[Thinkpad] Re: RF resistant ThinkPads

Hello,

At the risk of being unloyal, I'd just like to suggest that the best
notebook computer for the task may not be an IBM ThinkPad after all.

A quick Internet search found several manufacturers of ruggedized and
semi-ruggedized laptops, including:

   Dolch <http://www.dolch.com>
   GridUK <http://www.griduk.com>
   Itronix <http://www.itronix.com>
   Melard <http://www.melard.com>
   Panasonic <http://www.panasonic.com/computer/notebook/>

While going with a new laptop will be much more expensive than going
with a used one, a new laptop will come with a warranty and technical
support of some sort, which is not something you will necessarily
obtain with a used one. I am unsure of how much of a consideration that
is but if there is going to be some valuable data being logged or if
downtime/system unavailability must be minimized, it may make sense to
go with someone who specialized in ruggedized laptop field.

Regards,

Aryeh Goretsky

At 06:25 PM 9/25/2003, you wrote:
>Message: 1
>From: "STeve Andre'" <andres@msu.edu>
>Reply-To: andres@pilot.msu.edu
>To: <thinkpad@stderr.org>
>Date: Thu, 25 Sep 2003 17:30:47 -0400
>Subject: [Thinkpad] RF resistant ThinkPads
>
>Thanks to all who've responded so far in my quest for the
>RF resistent ThinkPad. I have verified that I need very little
>in the way of CPU and disk, so it sounds like the 701 to 770
>class machines are a good bet for this, and pretty cheap to
>boot. I'm still working on this so any further ideas/comments
>are/will be appreciated.
>
>--STeve Andre'

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Received on Thu Sep 25 22:41:22 2003