Laptops in rigs

Our dept is thinking of adding laptops to some of our rigs. What types of computers are being used and how well do they hold up to abuse?

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Permalink Reply by Jeff Amundsen on June 27, 2010 at 10:17pm

Are you using toughbooks also?

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Permalink Reply by capcityff on June 27, 2010 at 10:20pm

Yep.

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Permalink Reply by Jeff Amundsen on June 27, 2010 at 10:35pm

Thanks for all of the input. I am not sure if our dept. will go for the price tag. I would love to outfit at least two of our rigs. Sounds like tough books are the way to go.

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Permalink Reply by Jessica Edmonds on June 27, 2010 at 11:26pm

I work with computers every day and can voucher for the "Panasonic Toughbook" EMS stations have been using them for years and our local FD's have started to as well. The really hold up and if you buy the extended warranty.."if it breaks they replace it, no questions asked".

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Permalink Reply by David Walker on June 27, 2010 at 11:54pm

Motorola Tough book... i have not seen any other type of laptop in any other car. Here in SC they are used across the board for Police, Fire, EMS ect..

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Permalink Reply by Michael Meadows on June 27, 2010 at 11:57pm

No but I do wonder how well they do using their laptops while driving down the road which is my point Jack.

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Permalink Reply by Mario Campos on June 28, 2010 at 1:58pm

Tough Books are good and Motorolla product is also good. The most important part though is programing and interoperatbility with your commuincation system. If the software does not support the use of the laptop then it's sort of like putting the cart before the horse. For example if are toned to a fire can you see the call type, address, go enroute and pull up the last pre-fire plan all from the laptop? Can you send messages with other companies from the laptop. These are question that you may need to research. But if you know the answers go with the best price.