Some of the Toughbooks are not so durable, CF-45 (or 7?) come to mind. Wife also killed a -27 in fairly short order, though it worked well for me for several months before she got it. Thinkpad held the laptop wife life record, no other marque came close.
I have noticed functioning Itronix P4s are now consistently <$200 on eBay. Those things are literally rugged and shockingly well-built in person, and help build upper body strength when you try to move them. I bought one for my wife (when they were a lot more expensive), who made the choice to go desktop rather than install a hoist to lift it onto the bed; we sold it on CL and bought a nice C2D desktop instead, which is still running. :) Liked it while I had it, though, so I eventually plan to get a pair for the kids when they outgrow their P3+G4. -Tim On Sun, Sep 19, 2010 at 8:51 PM, Dave Walton <walton.d...@gmail.com> wrote: > Panasonic Toughbook > > Many models over the last decade to choose from. I use CF-29's with > touchscreen for my autistic nephew, although that model is slow by today's > standards. They can take quite a beating - literally. > > -Dave Walton > > On Sep 19, 2010, at 5:59 PM, Rick Knoble <rickkno...@hotmail.com> wrote: > >> >> A quick laptop question for the knowledgeable members of the list. >> >> I am going to purchase yet another used laptop. I don't need the latest and >> greatest, it will be for web browsing and emails. I will also be used by my >> teen aged sons, one of whom is extremely tough on equipment. Extremely. Like >> bordering on abusive. Anyway, what laptop manufactured in the last several >> years can take a beating, specifically the jacks for power and headphones? I >> am leaning towards a Dell d610, d620, d630 or IBM t40 or t41. >> Any suggestions? >> >> Rick >> With two dead laptops to fix... >> >> _______________________________________ >> http://www.okiebenz.com >> For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com >> >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >> http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/linux_okiebenz.com > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
