On Feb 20, 6:33*pm, "Flying Pig" wrote:
Cruising is... Nov 14, '09-Feb 14,'10, Part IV



An aside and a teaser on these touch-screen computers in which I have
absolutely no financial interest: They are completely waterproof,
withstanding a 40 PSI water (like running a household hose directly on it)
stream on all 6 axis for some astounding amount of time with no intrusion..
Each component can be removed and replaced easily. Sand in the keyboard? -
it laughs at it. Peel it up and shake it out and put it back. They have an
incredible battery life

(my buyer reports 22 hours on a charge, under way;

With their titanium cases, they

except that they're virtually
indestructible.

. Makes ToughBooks look
wimpy and hugely expensive. I'm very intrigued.

Ive had a CF29 for four years. I dont agree with your opinion.

Your wrong on several product points.
First the mil spec notebook has a battery life of SIX HOURS
Not a titanium case its MAGNESIUM
Cost new.............. $4369
Just about the same as a new ToughBook. Youre looking at one of the
low end models. Ya get what ya pay for when ya buy new.
Used........... humm not sure if Id want a military used. Better one
used by a USGS or NFS or fisheries biologest or surveyor geek.....

get your facts straight Skip.

Bob

On Sat, 20 Feb 2010 19:07:24 -0800 (PST), Bob
wrote:

Ive had a CF29 for four years. I dont agree with your opinion.

And I'm typing on a CF48 right now which I bought used 3 or 4 years
ago for about $400. It is just about indestructible having survived
several 3 foot drops, a lot of slamming around, and numerous salt
spray incidents. Screen brightness is better than average and it dims
down nicely for use at night. You can pick them up used at good
prices and they make great navigation computers.

On Sun, 21 Feb 2010 08:45:04 -0400, Wayne.B
wrote:

On Sat, 20 Feb 2010 19:07:24 -0800 (PST), Bob
wrote:

Ive had a CF29 for four years. I dont agree with your opinion.

And I'm typing on a CF48 right now which I bought used 3 or 4 years
ago for about $400. It is just about indestructible having survived
several 3 foot drops, a lot of slamming around, and numerous salt
spray incidents. Screen brightness is better than average and it dims
down nicely for use at night. You can pick them up used at good
prices and they make great navigation computers.

I've been using a retired police CF29 for several years. I leave it
outside in all sorts of weather with no trouble. The only mantenance
it requires is that you dump a cup of coffee on the ekeyboard
occasionally to rinse it off. My wife has been caught standing on it
to reach things.

On Feb 21, 5:47*am, wrote:
On Sun, 21 Feb 2010 08:45:04 -0400, Wayne.B

wrote:
On Sat, 20 Feb 2010 19:07:24 -0800 (PST), Bob
wrote:

Ive had a CF29 for four years. I dont agree with your opinion.

And I'm typing on a CF48 right now which I bought used 3 or 4 years
ago for about $400. *It is just about indestructible having survived
several 3 foot drops, a lot of slamming around, and numerous salt
spray incidents. *Screen brightness is better than average and it dims
down nicely for use at night. *You can pick them up used at good
prices and they make great navigation computers.

I've been using a retired police CF29 for several years. I leave it
outside in all sorts of weather with no trouble. The only mantenance
it requires is that you dump a cup of coffee on the ekeyboard
occasionally to rinse it off. My wife has been caught standing on it
to reach things.

Ya, i bought mine used for about $525. Has worked flawlessly. it spent
3 of it years as a liveaboard then moved for a year schleping between
every airport betwen MSY and PDX plus life on a skanky oilfield
anchorboat. I do have one question...... Needless to say several slips
off a desk,

At the time the most RAM I could get to fit in my CF29 was 1mb. Do you
know if any more RAM can be shoved in that sweet little 4 screw water
tight hatch on back side? Or is 1mb still the max for a CF29?

Bob

"Bob" wrote in message
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On Feb 21, 5:47 am, wrote:
On Sun, 21 Feb 2010 08:45:04 -0400, Wayne.B

wrote:
On Sat, 20 Feb 2010 19:07:24 -0800 (PST), Bob
wrote:

Ive had a CF29 for four years. I dont agree with your opinion.

And I'm typing on a CF48 right now which I bought used 3 or 4 years
ago for about $400. It is just about indestructible having survived
several 3 foot drops, a lot of slamming around, and numerous salt
spray incidents. Screen brightness is better than average and it dims
down nicely for use at night. You can pick them up used at good
prices and they make great navigation computers.

I've been using a retired police CF29 for several years. I leave it
outside in all sorts of weather with no trouble. The only mantenance
it requires is that you dump a cup of coffee on the ekeyboard
occasionally to rinse it off. My wife has been caught standing on it
to reach things.

Ya, i bought mine used for about $525. Has worked flawlessly. it spent
3 of it years as a liveaboard then moved for a year schleping between
every airport betwen MSY and PDX plus life on a skanky oilfield
anchorboat. I do have one question...... Needless to say several slips
off a desk,

At the time the most RAM I could get to fit in my CF29 was 1mb. Do you
know if any more RAM can be shoved in that sweet little 4 screw water
tight hatch on back side? Or is 1mb still the max for a CF29?

Bob




So, what's all this bull**** about getting facts right???

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On Sun, 21 Feb 2010 10:24:07 -0800 (PST), Bob
wrote:

On Feb 21, 5:47*am, wrote:
On Sun, 21 Feb 2010 08:45:04 -0400, Wayne.B

wrote:
On Sat, 20 Feb 2010 19:07:24 -0800 (PST), Bob
wrote:

Ive had a CF29 for four years. I dont agree with your opinion.

And I'm typing on a CF48 right now which I bought used 3 or 4 years
ago for about $400. *It is just about indestructible having survived
several 3 foot drops, a lot of slamming around, and numerous salt
spray incidents. *Screen brightness is better than average and it dims
down nicely for use at night. *You can pick them up used at good
prices and they make great navigation computers.

I've been using a retired police CF29 for several years. I leave it
outside in all sorts of weather with no trouble. The only mantenance
it requires is that you dump a cup of coffee on the ekeyboard
occasionally to rinse it off. My wife has been caught standing on it
to reach things.

Ya, i bought mine used for about $525. Has worked flawlessly. it spent
3 of it years as a liveaboard then moved for a year schleping between
every airport betwen MSY and PDX plus life on a skanky oilfield
anchorboat. I do have one question...... Needless to say several slips
off a desk,

At the time the most RAM I could get to fit in my CF29 was 1mb. Do you
know if any more RAM can be shoved in that sweet little 4 screw water
tight hatch on back side? Or is 1mb still the max for a CF29?

Bob


I'm not sure it can even use a full gig of RAM. I run XP on mine, but
it's really from the age of win 98 as far as speed and other specs.

On Sun, 21 Feb 2010 16:33:41 -0500, wrote:

I'm not sure it can even use a full gig of RAM. I run XP on mine, but
it's really from the age of win 98 as far as speed and other specs.

Yes but that's all you need for running nav software, checking EMAIL,
browing the web, etc.

On Sun, 21 Feb 2010 19:32:37 -0400, Wayne.B
wrote:

On Sun, 21 Feb 2010 16:33:41 -0500, wrote:

I'm not sure it can even use a full gig of RAM. I run XP on mine, but
it's really from the age of win 98 as far as speed and other specs.

Yes but that's all you need for running nav software, checking EMAIL,
browing the web, etc.

Very true. The other advantage is that older, slower computers
generally use less power. I'm glad it has enough poop to run XP,
though. Its a lot more solid than 98 ever was.

At the time the most RAM I could get to fit in my CF29 was 1mb. Do you
know if any more RAM can be shoved in that sweet little 4 screw water
tight hatch on back side? *Or is 1mb still the max for a CF29?

Bob

I'm not sure it can even use a full gig of RAM. I run XP on mine, but
it's really from the age of win 98 as far as speed and other specs.- Hide quoted text -


I stand corrected.... I wrote ...1mb... and should have said 1 Gb. I
guess I had a DOS 3.1 flash back.
Soooo back to my original qustion.... does anyoneknow how to shovel
more than 1 GB or RAM in to a CF 29?

On a esthetic note........ i dont like the Hummer styling. Just a bit
over the top......
LIve from Utah
Dell Tech Rep Robert Rexroth
AKA Bob

wrote:
On Mon, 22 Feb 2010 12:29:06 -0800 (PST),
wrote:

At the time the most RAM I could get to fit in my CF29 was 1mb. Do you
know if any more RAM can be shoved in that sweet little 4 screw water
tight hatch on back side? Or is 1mb still the max for a CF29?

Bob

I'm not sure it can even use a full gig of RAM. I run XP on mine, but
it's really from the age of win 98 as far as speed and other specs.- Hide quoted text -


I stand corrected.... I wrote ...1mb... and should have said 1 Gb. I
guess I had a DOS 3.1 flash back.
Soooo back to my original qustion.... does anyoneknow how to shovel
more than 1 GB or RAM in to a CF 29?


I just figured it as a very common typo. meanwhile, I think I also
answered your question, too. I have since looked up the specs, and I
was correct. It maxes out at less than 1 GB. 768 mb is all it will
do.

The OS I use on my old Tosh laptop is 14 times more elegant than Windows
7. Its called Windows 98.