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I dropped my HP TC1000 yesterday.  It was going into the slip case, and while zipping it up it just kind of slipped out.

 

Ouch.

 

Shortly after the beginning the lengthy drop from an altitude of 2 feet, it impacted the ground.  Impacts with computers are bad.

 

The actual collision occurred along the bottom edge of the unit, where the speakers are located.  Now, I find speakers builtin to notebooks to be extremely annoying (although people are getting better about knowing how to toggle MUTE on the volume controls), but dropping a whole Tablet along the speaker edge in retribution doesn't seem very...effective.

 

ANYWAY, there wasn't much damage (too bad speakers...<cackle>I'll get you next time my pretties!</cackle>).  The batter latch gave out and the battery popped out, and the casing on it is pretty much toast now.

 

Did I mention that I dropped my primary battery during Winter Break and chipped parts of that casing off?  Well, I did, so it was the backup battery that got hosed.  So now I'm stuck with a primary battery that's back in the unit, being held in with tape.

 

Despite my extra warranty coverage, batteries aren't covered for anything beyond the first year.  Last I checked, a new battery was hundreds of dollars.  This sucks.

 

So ya...things haven't been going so well with the Tablet PC for me lately.

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