Print advertising, technology white papers, and product data sheets were created to promote NEC’s tough notebooks and innovative blade servers among discerning corporate IT customers.

NEC notebooks underwent rigorous testing to ensure their durability, including subjecting them to extreme temperatures, a series of thorough beatings, and dumping coffee and other liquids onto them. Who hasn't done that at one point or another, and what better way to communicate these notebooks' quality and toughness?