RE: Notebook Choices

["Jeff Crosby" <jlcrosby@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> We had a sale rep at my previous employer that was mugged on 
> the way home in New Jersey. They grabbed her notebook case, 
> that was clearly a notebook case and not a purse, opened it 
> and tossed the Toshiba notebook (that back then was brand new 
> and VERY expensive; this was around 10 years ago) and grabbed 
> her purse and took off. She sent me the notebook, pleading 
> with me to get her contact list off of it, etc. The screen 
> was SHATTERED (boop, sha, doobie for you Stones fans) and the 
> case was busted all up. The keyboard was hanging off of it. I 
> checked for any broken wires, etc. and fired it up. It ran 
> FINE. Unreal :-)

Panasonic had a line at one time called Toughbooks.  Never tried one, don't
know if they still make them.