So, i want to buy a rugged laptop

Stormtrooper of Death

Yep, folks, i want to buy another laptop for my collection of "special" laptops.

This time , its the Panasonic Toughbook CF-27. Its an old laptop from 1998 or so, it has an Pentium 2 - 300Mhz inside, but its tough.

I am just thinking wether to buy the CF-27 or the CF-18. the CF-18 is newer, faster, but the keyboard sucks, and the tablet option also is lame.

What would you folks buy ? My budget is between 100-300$.

hehe.

Oh, and by the way, this topic is about Punkrock-proof laptops = rugged laptops that can withstand extreme conditions like

-snow
-water
-dust
-vibrations
-dropping from 1 meter on concrete
-bulletproof
-surviving a fire for at least 5 minutes
-etc.etc

so, all members may post their own idea of what their best rugged laptop is/can be.

Cheers.

and in the meantime, Stormtrooper is drinking beer, and watching nice videoclips on youtube.
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Calem

Bulletproof?
Stormy, if people are shooting at you while you use your computer, you've got bigger problems to address :O
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Stormtrooper of Death

thats correct, but what if the information that is inside the laptop is worth more as many human lifes ?

what if the laptops contains ....

the cure for Aids

or a blueprint to built a spaceship that can travel faster as light

or a blueprint for a timemachine

or a formula for eternal life ?

Then , even when the wearer dies, the laptop itselve is not damaged.

so, therefore,, ... also bulletproof laptop ... please...

any hints ?
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tonehog

A kevlar & ceramic plate armoured case would work for the bulletproof aspect, and if the case is good enough, even seal the case to 100M underwater AND cover your fireproofing needs.
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Calem

Screwhead

the old Panasonic Toughbook series used to be amazing. I'd seen one shown at a computer show back in 95/96 where the guy started playing a CD in the laptop, then he took it and slammed it onto the floor of the stage and the CD didn't skip.. the LCD can work down to -40c and take a bowling ball without cracking.. (at least that's what it was like back then, don't know if they're still that good)

tonehog

Kovacs

Klaw

tonehog

Stormtrooper of Death

panasonic cf-18,TOUGHBOOK,Water Resistant .TABLET EXTREME

ttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cu_Fc2E6xxs

if it can handle water, it also can handle beer Spilling.

But its a sin to spill the beer. dont spill the beer, spill the blood and drink the beer.

Does this make sense ? To me it does, and i love beer. and i do not drink blood. At least not yesterday.

Vampire Cyberpunks ? anybody ?
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shieldforyoureyes

I have a CF-27.

It's from the era when laptop hardware wasn't very standard, so getting linux or bsd running fully on it is a bitch. (Or, it was for me, but I'm not very good with PCs.)

Fuckers are heavy.

But yeah, they're nice. There's a sub-notebook toughbook that's a little faster, which is neat. the CF-34?

the gel disk caddy looks like something from Videodrome.

tonehog

I want pics of the internals, just to be certain.

And, yes, a Panasonic Toughbook has been in my dreams for almost a decade. Very Happy

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Wiggett · More Machine Than Man Joined: 06 May 2007 Posts: 2100

Unless the plans for a cure for aids at the speed of light is just a few pages of a txt document I doubt a p2 300 will be able to handle it! Mind you I used to own in counter strike on a 233 with a 28kbps modem. But if they need super computers to calculate DNA strands and make those funky 3d renditions of them then I doubt the eternal life elixir will fit on it.

Actually a friend of mine got a 2 year old ex military one and said it was extremely awesome to have a rugged laptop except he can hardly browse the web nowadays because it processes so slowly/
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shieldforyoureyes

Yeah, speed is a problem. Also 8-bit color, if I remember correctly.

I occasionally use mine as a telnet terminal, that's about it. Haven't actually fired up X on it in ages.