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PowerBook, Because Lives Are On The Line

Posted by pudge on from the sir-yes-sir dept.

WCityMike writes "Major Shawn Weed, an intelligence planner with the Third Infantry Division, eschewed his Panasonic Toughbook because it wasn't fast enough in processing giant satellite and reconnaissance images. He put in a requisition for and received a PowerBook G4, the only Apple currently being used in the entire Middle East theater. 'Frankly, lives are in the balance here, so the quicker I can get stuff done accurately, the better,' Weed says."

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  1. Re:It's not ruggedized. by syrinx · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Anyone else find amusement in the parent complaining about credibility, while posting anonymously?

    Log in if you want people to take what you say seriously, or even care about what you say at all.

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  2. Re:With my luck... by ealar+dlanvuli · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Mods are smot pokin again.

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