Hmmm, Really speaking of build quality of any thing, wife dropped her laptop ending up with broken hinge on one side, B4 it quits altogether I went out to try new laptops. Every one of them felt so flimsy I ended up buying 4 year NOS Toshiba which is built like tank. Any one watched Panasonic Tough Book and Motorola's equivalent one going through all kinds of abuse? First driving a car over them, pouring water, sand, heat them up under direct sun light. Lastly they blew them up with TNT sticks. Still they remained in one piece but dead. Motorola one fared better there. My field work laptop is Durabook semi-rugged mil-spec. one. I can drop it or bang them around without any problems.