[OT] Laptop and motorcycles

[dsr at tao.merseine.nu (Dan Ritter)]

On Mon, Apr 02, 2007 at 02:01:27PM -0400, Jerry Feldman wrote:
> A couple of friends will be riding to Phoenix on their Harley's in
> July, and I was asked what would a few days in a saddlebag do to a
> regular laptop. They are actually looking for a low cost or donated
> laptop as this is being done for a charity. 
> 
> Anyone know of ruggedized laptops?

Ruggedized != cheap, but look at the Panasonic ToughBook, for
instance.

However:

If the laptop is not spinning disks while in motion, and they
pack it reasonably well, I wouldn't think they will suffer any
significant damage.

-dsr-


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