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Dear Mia, Paul and Michael, Many thanks for your suggestions. Ally
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We have used Panasonic Toughbooks which come in at various levels of ruggedisation, from droppable off a desk to (literally) armour plated. No problems so far. They can also include rubber seals around ports and the screen for dust resistance.
I would also consider taking a solid state drive as a field backup and a spare battery (or two).
Hope that helps.
Michael
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On 2 Nov 2011, at 12:04, Paul Groves wrote:
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> Dear Alun,
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> Going for a model with a SSD (Solid State Drive) instead of a traditional
> HDD (Hard Disk Drive) might be a good idea, as these are much less
> sensitive to vibration and being dropped etc., require less power (so more
> battery life) as well as being *much* faster. The downside is capacities
> tend to be more limited than HDDs and they're more expensive per megabyte,
> e..g. a 256Gb SSD will be about £270+
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> Hope this helps!
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> Paul
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> On Fri, Oct 28, 2011 at 9:46 AM, Alun Edwards <[log in to unmask]>wrote:
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>> Dear all, We have an academic who is about to visit Tanzania for field
>> work (see below) and is asking advice about what semi-rugged laptop she
>> should take. Does anyone have any experience in using laptops that purport
>> to be more rugged than usual - any winners out there - or ones to avoid?
>> Many thanks, Ally
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>> I wonder whether you (or somebody else at OUCS) could give me some advice
>> on what laptop to buy for my fieldwork in Tanzania? The laptop will be used
>> to store, view and transcribe video-recorded group discussions. It will be
>> used also for more common tasks such as creating word and excel documents,
>> e-mail and the web-serfing. The laptop will be transported on rough roads
>> and will be exposed to torpical wheather (hot temperatures and high
>> humidity). I am trying to find a semi-rugged laptop that is physically
>> resistant to vibrations/small dropping and bad whether conditions, and at
>> the same sufficiently powerful to enable the vision of video-recorded data
>> without slowing down and crashing etc. I am also looking for a machine that
>> is not terribly expensive. I selected a number of potential options online.
>> However, I am pretty ignorant about features like processors and rams.
>> Therefore I would like to hear the advise of an IT expert before buying a
>> lap-top.
>>
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