PowerBook gets the US Military seal of approval!

[edesignuk]

Taken from Wired.com article:
"Frankly, lives are in the balance here, so the quicker I can get stuff done accurately, the better," Weed said. "The Mac makes this work simple, quick and efficient. The other laptops either can't open the files or lock up halfway through, losing whatever I was working on at the time, and then (I have) to restart the computer and start over."

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[peter2002]

The military uses Panasonic Toughbooks. They won't break as easy as regular notebooks. Plus you can get the Toughbook hot, wet and dirty and they keep running. Can't say the same for the others. The Toughbooks are heavy, bulky, not pretty and slow, but war ain't pretty either.

 

[edesignuk]

Originally posted by peter2002
The military uses Panasonic Toughbooks. They won't break as easy as regular notebooks. Plus you can get the Toughbook hot, wet and dirty and they keep running. Can't say the same for the others.

I know they use Toughbooks, it says so in the article, the point is that this one guy uses a PowerBook for the power and stability it offers.

 

[pivo6]

My company issued me a Toughbook for my job (not military related), and I would gladly trade in for a Powerbook.

 

[patrick0brien]

Originally posted by peter2002
The military uses Panasonic Toughbooks.

Did we actually read the article?

The no-sh** factor on this comment ranks a 10.0.

What kils me about the toughbook, is that it's 802.11 antenna extends...

...so it can be broken off.

Not a problem in my 12PB

In all fairness, the toughbook is a capable machine, and very good at it's job. It just wasn't designed for what the intel people need it to do.

 

[Vector]

The only one of those toughbooks that even looks slightly pleasing to the eyes is the 28 model, and even that one is not that nice to look at. The 28 model also seems to have the best casing and physical protection features, and i like the integrated handle that extends