Mini-laptop with CD burner

[Grant Johnson]

We took a Toshiba 610CT laptop with us on our trip(s) and had no trouble. Around the world and not a moments problem. BUT we had it sitting vertically on 20mm of very high-tech shock absorbing foam designed for scientific instruments. Back and front was 5mm of the same stuff, and misc packed junk elsewhere. It was inside a soft nylon carry bag only.

In some parts of Africa and South America the dirt/gravel road corrugations were so bad my vision was blurring and the grips were 3" in diameter, the fairing cracked in a half dozen places, and the windshield plastic screws disintegrated from the vibes, so it wasn't as if it didn't take a pounding.

We didn't have a cd-burner, only a portable cd drive which still works fine - and so does the laptop, although the hard drive died about 6 months after we returned home. Couldn't possible have had anything to do with the trip

For most people I think something like a Palm may be the way to go, all solid state, and a digital camera. See the Communications Forum for more on the subject.

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Grant Johnson

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