There is a whole range of toughbooks from "business level" up to "Fully
Rugged". That's why I mentioned the ones removed from police vehicles.
New, these things are incredibly expensive, like $4000-$6000 depending
on options. You can often find them for 10-20% of that on Ebay.
Bill Bina
On 5/22/2013 11:42 AM, Joel Aronson wrote:
My business partner had a Toughbook. The hard drive was not so tough
- just a standard drive in a cushion. I'd recommend upgrading to an
SSD drive for any boat laptop. After all, who backs up their boat
laptop?
Joel
35/3
Annapolis
On Wed, May 22, 2013 at 11:38 AM, Bill Bina <billb...@sbcglobal.net
<mailto:billb...@sbcglobal.net>> wrote:
Many police departments lease the Panasonic toughbook laptops for
their patrol cars. That means that you can usually find deals on
Ebay and elsewhere for 3 year old toughbooks that came off of a
lease at very reasonable prices. They have many advantages over
other laptops and notebooks. They are water resistant/proof so
they can be used on deck, even in the rain, and the displays are
truly daylight viewable. These things are very popular with
construction companies and arctic expeditions, too. One of the
specs is that they can be dropped from 6 feet onto concrete WHILE
RUNNING. If you spill coffee on the keyboard, just rinse it off
with water! :-)
Bill Bina
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