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McRat
June 16th, 2010, 10:35 PM
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=6076260&Sku=T76-130001

These are ~$3000 US new last I checked. Used for field and military applications. A very good price if you are wanting to play with a touchscreen notebook and O/S experiments.

cariboo
June 16th, 2010, 11:04 PM
My brother-in-law was supplied one by his employer, he is a bridge inspector for the provincial government. He packs it with him almost everywhere he goes. He once used the built-in web cam to make a video of the underside of a bridge out in the middle of nowhere. His has an internal G3 modem plus wifi, he had the option of a sat phone modem too, but they don't work very well out here. The area he was in was just a few kilometers from where I took the picture I linked to.

http://imgur.com/BexeAs.jpg (http://imgur.com/BexeA.jpg)

madjr
June 16th, 2010, 11:10 PM
i like how it looks, but the hardware is bit old

ddrichardson
June 16th, 2010, 11:17 PM
We use CF-29 and they're rock solid. I've knocked one of the top of a aircraft and it survived. Mind you, someone I know lost his temper and threw a blade pin (they're quite heavy) at the screen - it didn't survive that.

The ones we use on aircraft use Windows 2000 and run reasonably fast but they're very stripped down. There are CF-28 around that we use for aircraft paperwork and they run Redhat - they're perfectly usable although the trackpads are terrible.

alphaniner
June 17th, 2010, 03:39 AM
My brother-in-law was supplied one by his employer, he is a bridge inspector for the provincial government. He packs it with him almost everywhere he goes. He once used the built-in web cam to make a video of the underside of a bridge out in the middle of nowhere. His has an internal G3 modem plus wifi, he had the option of a sat phone modem too, but they don't work very well out here. The area he was in was just a few kilometers from where I took the picture I linked to.

http://imgur.com/BexeAs.jpg (http://imgur.com/BexeA.jpg)

Where was that picture taken?

aklo
June 17th, 2010, 04:55 AM
I will die of shame if I bring this notebook out.

Lightstar
June 17th, 2010, 05:32 AM
Over here, those panasonic toughbooks are the computers included in police cars.
I guess they are reliable