Impact-resistant notebook computer having hard drive mounted on shock-isolating mounting bridge and impact attenuating covering

An impact resistant portable personal computer having a housing including a top case and a bottom case, a motherboard having a hard drive assembly and a central processing unit in combination with memory modules, and a keyboard assembly including a keyboard supported along a top face of the bottom case, wherein a screen is supported within the top case and the top case is rotatably carried by the bottom case, the computer comprising:

• a covering formed from an impact attenuating resilient elastomeric material configured to at least partially overlay the housing of the computer such that the inner face of the covering substantially conforms to the outer face of the case;
• a hard drive;
• a mounting bridge configured to support the hard drive within the computer bottom case having at least one mounting aperture configured to receive an isolation grommet having a through-hole for receiving a fastener to mount the bridge via the fastener to the inside of the case in resiliently retained relation so as to secure the hard drive within the case in a compliant and impact attenuating manner;
• a mobile telephone having an antenna and a modem configured to enable the computer to remotely transmit and receiver information over the mobile telephone;
• a speaker configured in the bottom face of the bottom case, wherein the covering partially covers the bottom face so as to provide a gap between the speaker in relation to a surface on which the computer is supported in use which enables audible sound transmission therebetween;
• wherein the resulting impact attenuating housing and bridge mounted hard drive facilitate use of the portable computer under harsh conditions.