Durable Laptop Suggestions for the Desert?

Posted by Cliff on Wednesday September 7, 2005 @02:30PM from the portable-GHz-in-the-sandbox dept.

glarbl_blarbl asks: "My brother is assigned to the 82nd Airborne in the US Army. His last laptop was a Sony Vaio whose power jack and hard drive both failed after about three years, and it didn't see anything worse than a state college dorm. He has just been ordered back to Iraq, and as the family computer geek I have been trying to help him with some general advice - but I have no experience with laptops in exotic environments. Does anyone know which brands/models would be better suited for life in the desert?"

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Re:Look for dustproof design and heat tolerance. by Solder+Fumes · 2005-09-07 17:05 · Score: 5, Funny

"Gust of wind" you say.

We all know you forgot it on top of the car when you drove away.
Re:Panasonic Toughbook. by biglig2 · 2005-09-07 21:11 · Score: 3, Funny

Ditto. Did some training with an RAF guy, his toughbook looked like it ate ibooks and crapped ipod shuffles.

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