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Old 02-10-2010, 04:39 PM   #602
sclitheroe
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Originally Posted by QuadCityImages View Post
I'd say it sounds like a job for neither of those things. Apple doesn't exactly make rough-and-tumble outdoorsy, industrial type devices, and netbooks are too cheap to survive in any kind of public real world use. I hear all these people talking about contractors or factory workers using the iPad, and just think back to my days working in a machine shop. Metal shavings and dirty hands are a fast way to a scratched glass screen, or ruined netbook.

Here's something a lot more realistic, although probably a lot more expensive.
Bonus points for having a handle so you can use it to take a swing at someone. And knowing Toughbooks, not only would it knock your opponent out, it would survive quite nicely


Forget that...here is the gold standard for ruggedized: http://www.coated.com/panasonic-toug...-field-tablet/
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