I am new to the forum and a new driver's wife.
He was wondering if anyone had gotten a Panasonic ToughBook - laptop apparently designed for truckers - if so, what's your review of the product?
Also - how do you get an internet connection while driving? Do you need a satellite dish on the truck?
Questions regarding Panasonic Toughbook and internet connection while driving
Discussion in 'Trucking Electronics, Gadgets and Software Forum' started by javahead, Jan 10, 2008.
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Internet can be had as Wi-Fi, wireless, or at a wired location via phone modem. You can go the dish route but I don't know about using it while moving, there are TV setups that do television for a higher price.
The ToughBook is, or rather was a Mil-Spec device, very rugged and reliable. The newer ones aren't quite as much either way.
I haven't chosen to go to one of those yet, in fact I have never seen one.
The Thinkpad, IBM's version manufactured lately by Lenovo, has a hard disk drive that is cushioned to prevent it's failure, and will shut down if it detects shock that could damage the drive.
The Asus EEE PC is a solid state device with no HDD, but it comes running Linux and may be difficult to use if you are already used to Windows or Mac. It's inexpensive as well.
ToughBooks are often listed on E-Bay, the price of new ones is beyond me at this time
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No, an air card is FAST!! If you can get a cell phone reception, you can get an internet connection.
Verizon is not unlimited. It's stated clearly in their contract that it is limited to 5 gb a month but, unless you do a lot of streaming and downloading, 5 gb is TONS. I was online on here, emailing, browsing, searching, researching probably five to seven hours a day for weeks at a time and never even got close to 5 gb a month.
The best thing about Verizon, IMHO, is their customer service. Had to fix a couple things a couple times and they were awesome, quick to answer the phone and polite as heck. Customer service matters to me so much I'll even pay more for it but it's ultimately up to yourself
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Okay, I probably have the units wrong. I was online every day for hours and hours and never got close to five whatever it is. Do you do a lot of downloading or streaming? If so, that'd crank it up really fast. If you're just on here and emailing and browsing and reading, you don't use much bandwidth at all.
I was just saying that, for my purposes, Verizon was plenty for me.
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