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Originally Posted by Razor
ZoneOne, thanks for your post, but please take notice that the environment in which CommoGeek and Crip are using their equipment is significantly more abusive and harsh than one commonly finds on an academic campus.
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Razor, i had a Thinkpad i took out surveying in the oil field of SE Utah...canyons, arroyos, rough, rocky roads...it worked out fine...a couple of times, it rode in a helicopter while we were setting control...it was dropped a time or two, got real dusty, dirty and was rained and snowed on...never a hiccup...but the truth be known, i think the Toughbooks might be the way to go...the Thinkpads are somewhat heavy and cumbersome (at least the model i was using) and it is best to use something designed to be abused...the IBM was chosen because at the time, its proprietary PCMCIA card interfaced well with a Trimble TSC1 data collector, whereas other cards gave us problems...
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