Posted by: "Rich Peet"
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> CF-29. It is the best laptop made but you really need to care about
> data or field use to justify paying about 5 times what a consumer
> laptop costs.
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> There are a lot of options to choose from when you get one built.
> For nature recordist field use I would recommend passing on the touch
> screen. Go for the Back lit keyboard, Cell phone for your brand of
> vendor to keep internet, and GPS is a tough choice because of the
> options cost. I use external GPS.
>
> I will be placing one custom armor plate on the bottom and Car mount
> plateforms can be found on e-bay as the police tend to put in new with
> a new car. The car mounting plate has not changed over the last 5 years.
>
> All the state police use them in my area because of the daylight
> screen so all you have to do to check one out is drive 85 mph.
A little over a year ago I ended up with a ride in one of our aid cars.
Spent most of the ride discussing the Toughbooks that they use as
standard equipment. Not sure which model they use, it was a B&W screen.
The paramedic I was with was one of their testing committee for them. He
said that they even ran a firetruck over one without damage.
One question I have, newer faster laptops use processors that produce a
lot of heat. How does Toughbook handle cooling the unit? Or do they just
limit themselves to less capable processors.
Rumor has it Santa is treating me to a new laptop as a reward for taking
the first successful step to becoming a cancer surviver. It won't be a
Toughbook, but a MacBook Pro. Capable of running both windows and mac
programs simultaneously. I'll have to baby it more than the Toughbook.
Walt
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