Just get a Toughbook CF-19... they can be had on ebay for reasonable prices, they're small, you can see the screen outside, they have ethernet ports, and you can run it over with a truck without hurting it.
On Mon, May 21, 2018 at 9:12 AM, Jeremy <[email protected]> wrote: > I found some used toughbooks for $100 and bought two of them after he > broke his last one. He is still using the first one and we have one as a > backup. > > On Mon, May 21, 2018 at 8:06 AM, Nate Burke <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I've thought about the air-router approach, but probably 90% of my >> mikrotik work is with MAC-Winbox, setting up new routers. >> >> I just found the Acer Travelmate Spin B1. $330. Might pick one of those >> up and see how it works. >> >> On 5/21/2018 8:53 AM, Steve Jones wrote: >> >> I paid 1500 for my Toshiba tecra (not toughbook) like 6 or 7 years ago, >> it's been through he'll in the field, roofs, grain elevators, rain, drops, >> left running in the bag and getting hot. It's on its 3rd battery, fourth >> keyboard, but runs strong and never fails, even has serial port. Price >> could have been less but I wanted the biggest processor because at the time >> I was running multiple VMs. >> >> Lenovo are decent, the antiglare is still visiblish in the sun. The keys >> fall off and batteries don't last, Ether net is questionable, but God only >> knows what the techs stuck into it or settings they jacked up. >> >> Other than the need for wireshark occasionally, a cheap air router to >> connect to the device with a ton of ip aliases has allowed me to do 99 >> percent from my phone now. Onedrive syncs our base config to dump in, we >> can test, allocate and finalize a customers installation directly from the >> top of their tower. >> >> On Mon, May 21, 2018, 8:38 AM Nate Burke < <[email protected]> >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >>> The Netbook I've been using for a the last couple years bit the dust on >>> an install last week. Acer Aspire E11. It was working fine one minute, >>> then the Ethernet adapter was not detected by windows anymore. Of >>> course now-a-days nothing comes with a built in Ethernet adapter, I'd >>> really hate having to remember to carry an Ethernet dongle everywhere. >>> Looking for a small form factor ~11" so I can throw it in a canvas bag >>> for a hike out to a tower site. SSD and several-hour battery life are >>> very nice as well. >>> >>> It doesn't need any mighty CPU or Video, the only thing that it does is >>> program Radios/Mikrotiks, and RDP into another machine. >>> >>> The only new machines I've found so far that fits this bill are the >>> Lenovo Thinkpad line. It looks like a current gen 11" Thinkpad is >>> ~$700. More than the $170 I paid for the Acer 5 years ago. I also >>> don't like that all the connections are on the sides of machines now, >>> instead of the back. When it's sitting on the truck console with things >>> connected, that makes it a lot wider. The Thinkpads also specify that >>> they have an 'Anti-glare' Screen. Would that make it easier or harder >>> to see outside? >>> >>> Is there a brand or Type that I missed? $700 for a field laptop is a >>> little more than I'd like to spend for something that has to survive >>> field work. Although the $170 unit has worked just fine in these >>> conditions for several years. >>> >> >> >
