Comments on: Opinion on rugged laptops for the enterprise

By: icecubbe

icecubbe — Thu, 21 Apr 2011 06:41:56 +0000

As mentioned by Pjb0222, i am in the mining industry and as far as tests done the Panasonic is on top of the game when it gets to toughbooks, they are rugged and DON’T break!I would only suggest them to you!

By: pjb0222

pjb0222 — Wed, 20 Apr 2011 17:49:14 +0000

The Panasonic line is hard to beat for its nitch. It all depends on how rugged and your other requirements. I am sure that price is king and you are looking to cut back costs.

I just spec’d out a Motion Computing slate Tablet PC (F5v) for the refigeration techs. They needed a ruggedized device that can operate in sub-freezing and above 100 degrees. Not cheap, but meets the needs.

For others I have used the Panasonic for full rugged and Dell’s (or other’s) semi-ruggedized.

One thing I insist on in ruggedized specifications on all new systems is a solid state drive. That is one less major failure point.

The biggest questions you should look at are:
- Will a less rugedized device meet the service levels for the field techs?
(This is a big yes / no one.)
- How rough are your field users on the equipment?
- What was the failure rate you experienced?
- How did your failure rate compare to other users of that device in your usage scenario?
- How did your failure rate compare to industry averages for that tye of device?
- Did you purchase and use a ‘no-fault’ type warrentee?
- How much down time is acceptable?
(I know, everyone wants zero.)

By: rechil

rechil — Wed, 20 Apr 2011 12:30:20 +0000

Thanks for ur quick reply. But before buy / use must clear all queries in all respect regarding this issue.

By: swinehart6803

swinehart6803 — Wed, 20 Apr 2011 12:24:30 +0000

Thanks for the input. We were looking at those models.
the powers that be will decide, but I would like to use Dell also.