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There's a niche group of people (particularly electronics distributor FAEs for some reason) who have them for the same reason many people own F150s: because the
by InitialLastName 2y ago
There's a niche group of people (particularly electronics distributor FAEs for some reason) who have them for the same reason many people own F150s: because they like to look like they work in that sort of environment.
- jedberg 2y agoFascinating. I've never run into anyone with a vanity toughbook, but I can totally believe this.
- masklinn 2y agoNever run into vanity fully rugged either. I’ve met people who used business rugged as daily drivers, they’re somewhat less hostile and still rather nice: spill proof, hotswap battery, handle and strap, not as solid as the fully rugged but lighter and better looking. Still expensive as hell new.
- Cthulhu_ 2y agoThere's another lower level of ruggedness, school / student laptops, Dell has a line of them; they're cheap ish and have a rubberized edge. Doesn't really matter if a student closes their laptop hard with a pen in it though (the hinge sheared straight off) or they use it as a punching bag though.
- farhaven 2y agoI have a CF-33 that I got used for about 600€ (plus something like 120€ for a replacement battery). I use it as my "outdoor/garden/workshop" laptop that I can display CAD drawings on and stuff like that without worrying about getting wood splinters in it, or as a juke box/internet lookup-thing/spreadsheet when I work on a semi truck I sometimes drive (not for work though, purely for fun). It does also double as my backup laptop in case the XPS13 I use for freelancing ever falls off the table or something, but I don't really see that happening anytime soon. Granted, most of this I could just as well do with an old T-series Thinkpad, but there's something to having a carrying handle on the thing and being able to pull it off its keyboard base. Also, COM ports.