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    Is it possible to download route from mapquest on pc to garmin gps? I've been trying but keep getting message it is not locating gps. Run the garmin and usb downloads, get message that drivers are locating gps, but then try to send to gps only to get processing message forever. still no download.
     
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    If you install or choose a solid state hard drive, you honestly don't need to go with a pricey "toughbook" Average hardrives have moving parts and don't take dings well. Toughbook type laptops are mostly built to protect the most vulnerable to heavy impacts. IE hardrive. Solid state drives have no moving parts, use much less battery, are waaaaay faster, and can take some really hard drops. Only disadvantage is they hold less gigs for the buck, but that's what external drives are used for.

    And in my opinion, that toughbook is a huuge ripoff. 1 gig of ram really? Vista still, really? Old Intel core2, really? for 4 grand? You can go buy 8 500 dollar laptops and just keep replacing em with your stockpile and still have better specs.
    Just my 2 cents.
     
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    You can buy off lease tough books for around $350. Thats what we did. Touch screen, not a ton of power, but will run everything we need. I just took out the DVD drive from the acer that died in the truck and moved it to the Tough book. I like the hot swap technology on these cases. Plus waterproof, you never know when a cup will collapse.

    It will do most anything that we need it for in the truck. I use it for my work too, and its fine. Now if I was a gamer, I'd say forget it, not enough power and the graphics wouldn't be that great. But for logs, GPS, internet and watching dvd, it works. We just bought a USB speaker to add on when watching movies, because the internal speaker is piss poor and on the bottom of the laptop.

    It is bulletproof, in the respect that its cased in heavy aluminum and shock resistant too.

    I have yet to be disappointed with the tough book.
     
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    If you have or install a stereo in the truck with an input jack on the front, you can plug the audio from the laptop into it. Makes for a pretty good movie sound system.
     
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    I'm on my 3rd year with my HP laptop with no problems
     
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    I didn't have money for a laptop, so I used what I had. I used a c clamp to mount it to the table. It worked great, and I had it wired to the truck stero, and listened to iTunes
     

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    I agree, I'm not rushing out to buy one. For 4 grand, you'd think you'd get some ram in it at the very least.

    Regular spinning hard drives will last a long time in a laptop, provided you aren't driving down the road with the laptop powered on. When you shut it down the heads get parked, you'd have to hit it pretty hard, like a 3 foot drop, to damage it. But if you are one of those guys with the laptop stand bolted to your jump seat, yeah, you're right, a solid state is probably a good idea, although they seem kind of pricey, and I'm not sure how long they last under normal conditions. I've got spinning drives that are 12 years old and still work fine, but then I turn all my stuff off when the truck is rolling.
     
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    You do what you gotta do.
    I may do the same thing for a couple months. Atleast until I can fork out 3.5 grand for my dream laptop. http://www.ibuypower.com/Store/Battalion_101_D900F_2_Gaming_Laptop
     
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