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Re: Laptop suggestions?

Posted: Tue Oct 25, 2011 11:24 pm
by Rob
The price skyrockets when you go SSD, and you get a miniscule amount of storage by comparison.

Re: Laptop suggestions?

Posted: Wed Oct 26, 2011 12:29 am
by willeh
these are in all the trucks where i work

http://www.gd-itronix.com/index.cfm?pag ... cts:gd8000


they are badass as far a ruggedness goes. not sure if it is good for gaming, but it wont break. also im not sure on the price.

Re: Laptop suggestions?

Posted: Wed Oct 26, 2011 12:36 am
by willeh
moosh wrote:
willeh wrote:we put these in all our fire apparatus.

http://www.gd-itronix.com/index.cfm?pag ... cts:gd8000


they are badass as far a ruggedness goes. not sure if it is good for gaming, but it wont break
oh general dynamics, how you rob america in government contracts. Bet those pieces of shit cost 2000 just cause they're wrapped in hard plastic and sold to the US gov.
hrm? they seem nice to me. i was just giving him an option.. i have a mac and they are expensive-- i don't know much about pc laptops except the gd's work well. they prolly haven't been restarted since we got them like 8 months ago and not one has had a problem yet.

Re: Laptop suggestions?

Posted: Wed Oct 26, 2011 12:57 am
by willeh
how come you don't like gd? figured most people in the military would.

Re: Laptop suggestions?

Posted: Wed Oct 26, 2011 1:38 am
by Swiss
So I'm guessing you're not a fan of raytheon

Re: Laptop suggestions?

Posted: Wed Oct 26, 2011 1:45 am
by squatta_leader
moosh wrote:most civilian contractors screw the military out of millions. GD in particular takes a mound of paperwork to get someone to come take a look at a piece of gear on the ship, and just them looking costs the navy 5k. Then they work on it.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military_i ... al_complex