I will look into it Rich, I like the look of them but I need to send the
wife away while I get on the phone to buy one!!!!!
I certainly like the ruggedness of these as opposed to the itronix.
Are they made of gold?!!!?&@$$*****
Martyn
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From:
On Behalf Of Rich Peet
Sent: Thursday, December 21, 2006 3:59 PM
To:
Subject: [Nature Recordists] Re: Toughbook computers
--- In naturerecordists@ <naturerecordists%40yahoogroups.com>
yahoogroups.com, Walter Knapp <> wrote:
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>
> 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.
>
Mine is fast. the cf-30 went to duo-core.
The only thing that is slow is the hard-drive.
My SD chip or external usb2 drive is faster than the internal.
But then I am getting over 8 hours of use between recharge.
I guess for my type of use I would rather be able to run an entire day
on a battery more than I care about drive seek time.
If you want 20 hours of time out of this machine you have to replace
the cd drive with a second battery.
The heat is handled by the metal case. This is not a light laptop and
I have never seen it switch to low gear from heat although it can.
Rich
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