Shaun Van Poecke wrote:
Im sure heaps of people out there must be carrying their laptops on board
when they are cruising for navigation/internet.... what is the general
consensus on life?
Thanks all
Shaun


In 1987 I bought a Korean laptop. It was a real cool one: 286 with 2meg
HDD. I think it had DOS 3.1 or maybe DOS Shell 6.0. I payed $1500. I
was working on boats then. I drug it all over the Bering and East
Pacific. I wraped it in plastic bags and it got the occasional bump. I
loved it!

It lasted 13 months with 8 months of that at sea. When it died while I
was at work I was screwed. Never again I thought.

Last year I bought a Panasonic CF-29 Toughbook. Its heavy and not that
fast. Whygo to the tripple expence? Much rather have one that can be
droped from 6' and keep on working.And Im hopping to have a few years
of relible use. But I have a $100 used Dell in a pelican case for
backup........... I'll let you know if the panasonic was worth the
extra money in three years.