If you can afford a CF30, many of them even have GPS built in. I own a
CF-29 similar to what you are looking at. Mine had a failed battery when
I bought it, but I found that if you removed the battery, it would run
just fine on house 12v with a lighter plug. It wouldn't do that with the
battery installed. It is slow as molasses to boot and open programs,
mostly due to lack of adequate RAM, but once you get stuff opened and
running, it is fine for nav, etc.
Bill Bina
On 5/22/2013 12:20 PM, Della Barba, Joe wrote:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Panasonic-Toughbook-CF-29-1-3GHz-Touchscreen-LCD-Windows-Laptop-40GB-XP-Pro-/370818932048?pt=Laptops_Nov05&hash=item565687dd50#ht_2422wt_1164
Looks good for boat use. I may have to check these out.
*/Joe Della Barba/*
*/Coquina/*
*From:*CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] *On Behalf Of
*Bill Bina
*Sent:* Wednesday, May 22, 2013 12:07 PM
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*Subject:* Re: Stus-List OpenCPN fans?
There is a whole range of toughbooks from "business level" up to
"Fully Rugged". That's why I mentioned the ones removed from police
vehicles. New, these things are incredibly expensive, like $4000-$6000
depending on options. You can often find them for 10-20% of that on Ebay.
Bill Bina
On 5/22/2013 11:42 AM, Joel Aronson wrote:
My business partner had a Toughbook. The hard drive was not so
tough - just a standard drive in a cushion. I'd recommend
upgrading to an SSD drive for any boat laptop. After all, who
backs up their boat laptop?
Joel
35/3
Annapolis
On Wed, May 22, 2013 at 11:38 AM, Bill Bina
<billb...@sbcglobal.net <mailto:billb...@sbcglobal.net>> wrote:
Many police departments lease the Panasonic toughbook laptops for
their patrol cars. That means that you can usually find deals on
Ebay and elsewhere for 3 year old toughbooks that came off of a
lease at very reasonable prices. They have many advantages over
other laptops and notebooks. They are water resistant/proof so
they can be used on deck, even in the rain, and the displays are
truly daylight viewable. These things are very popular with
construction companies and arctic expeditions, too. One of the
specs is that they can be dropped from 6 feet onto concrete WHILE
RUNNING. If you spill coffee on the keyboard, just rinse it off
with water! :-)
Bill Bina
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