Rugged Laptop?

[desy]

One of our engineers came to me and asked if I could find a laptop that could ride one the front of a quad while they are using up to 4 dataloggers to capture data. You can buy rugged serial PCMIA cards but I'd need something that can handle a little weather and bumping.
Any sites or products suite?

 

[cavingjan]

Panasonic makes Toughbooks which are great little laptops. A little pricey but for what you get, its worth it. They aren't always the latest and greatest even in terms of laptops but the only other option is military issue.

 

[desy]

Yep familiar with those but its overkill for what we need.
Basically just need a pile of serial ports that take in the data and upload it to a LT or PC, specialty stuff I know but was hoping to find something cheaper than the Panasonic

 

[cavingjan]

IBM was mounting their hard drives in a gel to shock absorbtion. Doesn't help the screen or provide protection from rain but its a start.

 

[Boogak]

Try these guys:

http://www.field-works.com/