john maclean wrote: > IBM Thinkpads are quite "strong" in th sense that they are very sturdy > and have titanium casing. Not rugged as such but I have travelled with > an X30 all over the place and it has been thrown into taxis, fallen > down stairs... still boots ;-) > it was the wet part of '10000 feet, cold, and occasionally wet' that led me to suggest the ip65 rated toughbooks