abuse proof laptop

ediz

I've had a search through the forum without much luck so I was wondering if anyone had any suggestions; I need to find a laptop that's as close as possible building site proof, or possibly some kind of protective shell to fit an existing make. As well as the obvious gravity induced knocks/general abuse the main problem is the amount of dust around which has a habit of collecting in any and every drive/port/keyboard etc.

Any suggestions or experience of such a laptop would be much apreciated, cheers.

lomb

panasonic toughbook, about 3 grand for a low spec model, but the military use them http://www.panasonic.com/business/toughbook/home.asp

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lomb wrote:

panasonic toughbook, about 3 grand for a low spec model, but the military use them http://www.panasonic.com/business/toughbook/home.asp

agreed. have supplied them to the airport police for mobile personell verification. they are ip rated (waterproof) so dust shouldnt be a problem and can be dropped from 20 feet (tho we were afraid to try that one) thats the closest to abuse proof you will get

Virus_Inc

Seen ones like it in singapore... all ports are sealable & watertight... demo video of someone burying it in mud was rather entertaining...

Clanc

For dropproof, try the IBM T41/T42/T43 machines. These have a built in motion detector which parks the heads on the hard drive when is detects a sudden acceleration (ie before the shock). This means that even if the laptop is smashed, the hard drive is protected.
I tripped over a power cable + dragged one belonging to a colleague onto a concrete floor recently + it was perfect.

Stephen

Those toughbooks are great - we had one on trial in work last summer.