Panasonic tougbooks
NeilGabriel
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One of my clients has these for its business. I thought about getting one for my son's graduation...assuming he actually graduates. Anybody have experience with them? Are they sold to consumers? The website is pretty confusing about this.
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We're using them in the ER at the hospital where I work. They're great from the point of view that they can be wiped down and sanitized very easily. They're also very good with rough handling, although we did kill a hard drive in the test unit after a couple of 5' drops.
Our only complaint is specific to the model we chose. The nurses wanted something small and light, so we went with one of the 12.1" models and the keyboard is entirely too small for normal fingers. Fortunately, the application they use them for most of the time is pen based.
Anyone can buy one. We bought ours through CDW and I'm sure there are many other places to get them. -
the paramedics use them here. Pretty cool machines. the screen swivels and you can sign the screen, they are big and a tad heavy.
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And expensive.
They are as tough as advertised. The ATT tech that set up my dsl dry loop was using one in the rain and it worked just fine.Tschüss
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We use them at work and they can take some punishment.Sharp Elite 70
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the paramedics use them here. Pretty cool machines. the screen swivels and you can sign the screen, they are big and a tad heavy.
The ones I am looking at are a little over 3 pounds...expensive, yes! $2000+
There should be refurbished models out there since so many institutions use them. -
The specs will not be top of the line compared to your normal laptops. Not sure if that's a concern for you or not.
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What is he actually going to be doing with the laptop?Tschüss
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The DSL guy was using one and dropped it right in front of me from the top of a 6 foot ladder...the laptop didn't break ( And from the previous scuffs on it...he is a regularly clumsy guy ) . Pretty damn tough if you ask me ( Thick and butt ugly...but tough )The first rule of Fight Club is you don't talk about Fight Club
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We use them on the ships at work and the ToughBooks will pass every military standard test with flying colors. They are expensive but they will take the abuse if you need a system that will run in an environment like that.
Otherwise a standard laptop is adequate for most purposes.
As far as buying one on the consumer level, yes they are available but you have to search for them because very few people out there actually need that kind of a system. So the consumer level market is not real big for them. Look on http://www.pricewatch.com and search for Panasonic ToughBook and you will likely find one, either new or refurb, and it will be hard to beat the price you find there too.Expert Moron Extraordinaire
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I haven't looked at them in a good while, but Dad was considering one for his business as he's relatively hard on laptops. However, they were waaaaay too expensive. Over twice as much for half as much computing power.
It's awesome how tough they are, and if you need that, awesome. But man are they expensive and behind on technology (last I looked).
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I heard somewhere that Lenovos do pretty well in the durability testing. They once took one in NASA's tank where the train the astronauts and turned it on - it ran for 3 seconds fully submerged!
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The only ones I've seen are in cop cars here. They're pretty beefy, but expensive. Overkill for the average user when you can purchase a well made laptop with the same specs for a lot less.
We use lenovo T series laptops at work and they seem to be holding up fairly well. (T42 and T60's) -
Yep, Lenovo benefits alot from IBM's engineering of the ThinkPad which is what most if not all of Lenovo's systems are based on.
Our Dell laptops seem to hold up pretty well logging hundreds of thousands of traveling miles in some cases, all in the hands of clumsy, ham-fisted engineers.Expert Moron Extraordinaire
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I have a Lenovo T60P and besides a slight overheating issue (which only rears its head when the heatsinks are dusty) it's been very trouble free - never had to send it in for service, and we're approaching the 2 year mark. My only complaint is that since I bought it through my college, they didn't include the OS disk.
I would not hesitate to recommend Lenovos to anyone.
