Posted by Richard Crowley on 01/07/08 23:26

"nappy" wrote ...
> "Richard Crowley" wrote ...
>> "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.

Is that why the TSA won't let you take any more than one
battery in the gadget, and one spare with you? :-)

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