Driving a LandRover, and still using the N100

hello there.

I will be going on a regular hard driving on my way to the university for the next few monthes.

I am being driven in a seriouse Off-roader (Land rover defender), and happy to say I am saving 45 nimutes of traffic

to the point then:
The driving is HARSH! but seriously !
I know that your laptop shouldnt move while working, as it ruins the hard drive.

So I came hear to ask an important quastion.
How can I keep using my laptop while hitting 30 mph on a rough terrain ?

I have been told that I can purchase a portable drive that uses flash memory and therefor is "juggling" proof.
Pharhaps a USB one.
Is that so ?
Can it really be done ?

My knowledge is limited, so easy with the jargon.
by the way - is this by any chance it:
http://www5.pc.ibm.com/europe/products.nsf/$wwwPartNumLookup/_22P7196?OpenDocument


anyway, any suggestions will be very welcomed and thanked for
(i am having a hard time believing I am the first person who needs a laptop that can be juggled without damaging him).

THANKS !!!!

{Lenovo N100, Win Xp}

 

You can purchase an SSD for that purchase. You are probably looking at $500 for a 32GB SSD. Take out your old hard drive, put in the SSD, and voila, your laptop has just been upgraded to shock proof status.

 

lol !!

Yeah the n100 has the shock mounted hard drive, but no accelerometer like the thinkpad (so that it knows when you are flying over a dune while checking email and watching youtube).


Maybe a panasonic toughbook would be my recommendation.

 

Thanks !

But, if to be realistic, your suggestion are a bit "steep" for me (money wise) - I was thinking more in the direction of a creative solution.
4 example (and I am risking sounding like a complete moron), isnt there a USB thingy that can replace my hard drive only while I am on the go ?
I was thinking that there might be a device out there that lets u use your windows and word while completly depandent on that source (and letting the hard drive sleep). Am I talking crazy ? btw - all i need is enough space to run windows (3, 4 gigs? that's fine!)

POSSIBLE ???

 

Sandwich four stiff springs between two small squares of plywood. Strap it onto wherever it is you compute while driving, passenger seat, console, wherever.

Or just sacrifice those 45 minutes and compute on the freeway; the safe way.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=U9bUtpUbKRQ&mode=related&search=

 

The cheapest solution is to not use a laptop in the car, even if you are just a passenger. If you really need to check email or something, just use a cell phone.

 

Yeah, I second the suggestion for not using your laptop while driving. With your eyes on the laptop, you are not only endangering yourself, you are also endangering other cars on the road.

 

O. Thanks 4 the tips, but it's not me doing the driving (and I figured this was obvious ! what country do you guys live in? I will have my car taken if I will use my cell phone, let a lone a laptop! )

anyway, I guess i will have to sacrifice 45 minutes of studying.

While on the subject - a question:

Will the future SSD drives will bring a all new era of laptoping? will it really, finally, give us laptop-users, the true mobility we are waiting for ???

U know - I see hundernds of studants walking around with their laptops, moving them, passing them to each other, all while the laptop is working (and the HDD spining).
But the thing is - they are the sensible ones ! not moving your laptop and trying to avoid any movement (which is what i do) is damn hard and anyoing ! no one tells you that a laptop shouldnt move before u by it !
I cant wait to put my hands on that SDD drives !!!
So R they realy what they crack up to be ?

 

SSD's definitely consume less power than your regular hard drives, so long battery life and less heat. However, sustained write times of the current crop of SSD's pale in comparison to the newest generation of platter based hard drives. But this may improve over time.

The biggest drawbacks to SSD's are capacity and price. I really hate going back to the days when your average notebook hard drive only had 20GB capacity.