Cheryl, Hey, and the Titanic was unsinkable! I wouldn't want to purposely drop a laptop, rugged or not, but the Panasonic Toughbooks ARE much more durable than anything else on the market, they are designed to Military specs, for use on construction sites, etc. And of course, you pay for it. (But they also have much longer warranties than the consumer oriented laptops) If you have the need and the extra cost isn't an issue, they come highly recommended. Kevin -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of singhals Sent: Sunday, November 18, 2007 10:05 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [PAF-5] A rugged laptop Kevin R. Phillips wrote: > > and yes you CAN drop them, they are that > tough although I wouldn't want to try it out after spending the money on > them) (G) The concept there brings back fond memories ... Remember back in the '60s when Corning put out dinnerware called Centura? It too was advertised as unbreakable. One night we were in an up-scale department store when we overheard a saleman with a potential customer. Store had that new fancy red, stone, tile in the Kitchenwares section. Salesman was holding a dinnerplate when he uttered "guaranteed unbreakable..." and flung the plate on the floor -- the place shattered into a hundred or so shards. Cheryl

(G) But the Titanic and that plate _do_ tend to alter one's willingness to believe PR about how durable something else is. (g) And when push gets to shove, it's easier on the nerves to lose a $300 laptop than a $900 one *IF* it gets damaged -- and you can lose 3 of the $300 ones for the same price. Add to that that most people will be careful after the first one dies ...? I had a really cheap laptop work beautifully until the 3rd time it got dropped on a corner and the LCD screen went bad (well, I _did_ say most people, didn't I? ;) ). I'm babying my current laptop because I prefer the space bar at the end of the box, not in the middle, and all the new ones have that nice big screen that puts the space bar in the middle! Cheryl Kevin R. Phillips wrote: > Cheryl, > > Hey, and the Titanic was unsinkable! > > I wouldn't want to purposely drop a laptop, rugged or not, but the Panasonic > Toughbooks ARE much more durable than anything else on the market, they are > designed to Military specs, for use on construction sites, etc. And of > course, you pay for it. (But they also have much longer warranties than the > consumer oriented laptops) > > If you have the need and the extra cost isn't an issue, they come highly > recommended. > > Kevin > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of singhals > Sent: Sunday, November 18, 2007 10:05 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [PAF-5] A rugged laptop > > Kevin R. Phillips wrote: > > >>and yes you CAN drop them, they are that >>tough although I wouldn't want to try it out after spending the money on >>them) > > > (G) The concept there brings back fond memories ... > Remember back in the '60s when Corning put out dinnerware > called Centura? It too was advertised as unbreakable. One > night we were in an up-scale department store when we > overheard a saleman with a potential customer. Store had > that new fancy red, stone, tile in the Kitchenwares section. > Salesman was holding a dinnerplate when he uttered > "guaranteed unbreakable..." and flung the plate on the floor > -- the place shattered into a hundred or so shards. > > Cheryl > -- There should be no attachments on this message, unless I specifically mentioned them above.