Business laptops

SeaShell · #1 04-15-2009, 04:19 AM

I've been using a Panasonic Toughbook at work. The battery lasts for about 5 hours in the field and it's been performing great for me!

mark · #2 04-15-2009, 04:38 AM

Majority of our shop have moved from Toshiba Tectras to HPs with docking stations. Biggest issue was lack of dedicated serial port and getting the USB/serial adapters to work but all seem okay with them now.

As for Dells service, can't complain. Last Tuesday had a desktop that wouldn't boot so called Dell Service, on Thursday tech (contracted to Dell) was on site and replaced the motherboard and Pwr supply.

Aquattro · #3 04-15-2009, 04:55 AM

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Originally Posted by SeaShell

I've been using a Panasonic Toughbook at work. The battery lasts for about 5 hours in the field and it's been performing great for me!

And you actually can drop them from 12 feet

SeaShell · #4 04-16-2009, 02:46 AM

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And you actually can drop them from 12 feet

Yeah.... I've conducted some testing in that regard.... But not from 12', that would require a ladder and I'd have to explain to my boss why I climbed a ladder just to drop the Toughbook.

Aquattro · #5 04-16-2009, 03:11 AM

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Originally Posted by SeaShell

Yeah.... I've conducted some testing in that regard.... But not from 12', that would require a ladder and I'd have to explain to my boss why I climbed a ladder just to drop the Toughbook.

My actual project was to source tough laptops, so they had to go through all the tests I could perform. The larger CF29 and CF30's are not too bad, but the CF 19!! I can't even fit my fingers on the keys

SeaShell · #6 04-16-2009, 06:11 PM

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Originally Posted by Aquattro

My actual project was to source tough laptops, so they had to go through all the tests I could perform. The larger CF29 and CF30's are not too bad, but the CF 19!! I can't even fit my fingers on the keys

Yeah, mines a CF19. I have no issues, but the guys using them do.

Lydia · #7 04-22-2009, 11:48 PM

I use a toughbook, too, the CF-W7. Took awhile to get used to the smaller keyboard, but what a great laptop! I heard you can drive over it with a pickup truck - LOL (I don't plan to test that). What sold me was a) the weight - very portable at 2 lbs, and b) the disk drive - no flimsy slide out tray.

I'll confess that I often use it hooked up to an LCD monitor - the tiny screen is too hard to look at for 8 hours a day