Have just acquired one of the above with a view to using it on the car... plan to use iCarsoft MB 7.4 initially, then later Star C3/4. Might also load DICE on it for Volvo (or its marine equivalent).
Toughbook is complete and working with hard drive (40gb) and memory (256mb) but no software either supplied or installed. Also no cdr/DVD drive (no space), although it has two USB ports.
It is wireless capable and can take a SIM, but not planning on connecting it to tinterweb unless absolutely vital as I will need to run it on Windows XP
I have a few questions...
1. What size hard drive to replace current IDE one? Thinking 1 or 2 TB 2.5" SATA with adaptor.
2. Apparently I can triple the RAM to 768, presumably this will be beneficial.
3. Will any cheapy external USB cd/dvd drive be suitable for loading software on to it? Any recommendations?
4. Which version of XP would be recommended? 32/64bit? Pro or not? I have a copy of 32 Pro with original discs somewhere, but it's cheap enough new.
Budget for all of the above is £100-150, which looks vaible from a quick scout around, even at PC World prices.