This looks tasty!!!

http://cgi.ebay.com/BNIB-MOTOROLA-M...goryZ177QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

I think I might bid on it

 

That is quite the beefy laptop! I didn't even know Motorola made lappies.

 

I was looking at those before i bought a toughbook but just did not like how they were setup. They have a fan that might let water in and they do not seem to have cover doors like the TB's do.

Might be a nice machine tho. Good luck if you bid.

That was a nice video on the page lol. Too bad the toughbook disintegrated when it was blown up.

These lucky guys just blow em up over there. I had to shell out a fortune for one.

-James

 

lol, no laptop can survive what they did... although with the water testing, my toughbook survived the 1st water test... When I was on vacation 3 weeks ago my toughbook got soaked when camping... took it like a champ! . All in all that video defiantly DID NOT convince me that the Motorola was better... Panasonic invented the rugged computer, (which Itronix following)...

 

I have a late model the ML850. Its like a toughbook too but unfortunately I am still hunting the harddrive caddy and cable ribbon for this model. This model has no fan almost the same setup with m34.


ohlip

 

sorry,im not trying to hijack this thread......but rob you have a m34 700mhz with 512 ram?????????if anyone knows how,please let me in!

 

My neighbor emailed me about the Moto laptop over a year ago. It is impressive.

Yes... They actually did the test on The Gadget Show. They did the same test on the CF-28 years ago. The dynamite blew the battery and battery cover off. When they found the battery and plugged it back in... IT WORKED! Though an impression of the keyboard had been pressed into the screen... It still worked!

KL... You may want to use the PM function...

 

I'd love to see how they mailed the laptops back to the manufacturers after "testing" hahahaha. I'd suppose the stipluation for the demo units is that they cannot be resold. Might as well blow 'em up.

 

You ever try bidding on it Rob?

-James

 

I think this model has a fan on it. I wonder why they went with a fan and not chasiss cooling like pana.

 

Should start seeing these show up more an more as surplus - seeing a lot of cops using them - VA state police uses them. Can see the big "M" on the lid as I pass them in the median. suppose it would make a good vehicle unit - now worries about water inside a vehicle.

 

Another Juicy item: http://cgi.ebay.com/NEW-Panasonic-Toughbook-CF-30-1-6GHZ-1GB-80GB_W0QQitemZ190264879756QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLaptops_Nov05?hash=item190264879756&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=72%3A1234|66%3A2|65%3A12|39%3A1|240%3A1318

$1700 AIN'T BAD for a NEW CF-30... just thought I'd share (although I won't buy this one lol)

 

Also too, that Sprint REV A card has been lowered to $350... http://cgi.ebay.com/PANASONIC-TOUGHBOOK-CF-30-WWAN-SPRINT-REV-A_W0QQitemZ350113783269QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLaptops_Nov05?hash=item350113783269&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=72%3A1234|66%3A2|65%3A12|39%3A1|240%3A1318

I paid about $440 for mine...

 

Im still not so sure Id give up my toughbook but I love Motorola radios and I really like the looks of that ML910......the dark side of the foce is very seducing....

 

Hi All,
I think if it was not a toughie then I would go for a gobook xr1.The motorola looks like it was made for a batman movie with that big logo on it. perhaps it does light up and project an image in the sky. lol. Stick with the toughie they've been tried and tested.
cheers
strawman