Posted by nappy on 01/07/08 22:56

"Richard Crowley" <rcrowley@xp7rt.net> wrote in message
news:13o3kmll17r9s25@corp.supernews.com...
> "Martin Heffels" wrote ...
>> "Richard Crowley" wrote:
>>
>>>OTOH, I wouldn't want to be lugging along a fiddly and
>>>delicate (not to mention ergonimically-inappropriate) laptop
>>>computer while out doing "run-n-gun" breaking news coverage.
>>
>> Ever heard of "rugged laptops"? ;-)
>>
>> http://www.whatlaptop.co.uk/YWJ3qsw.html
>>
>> Military style, and given how "gentle" soldiers can be, they must be
>> tough
>
>
> But even if you have rugged hardware, there's no such
> thing as "rugged" MS Windows. Mac OS, maybe.

I think those are the ones with batteries that explode when you throw it at
the enemy.

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