While no notebook outside the militarized units and the Fujitsu Toughbooks take much abuse, there are millions of Compaq laptops out there and working. Same for many other brands. What bothers some is the battery usually wanes in 18 to 24 months.
Bob
hi,
I've been looking at the compaq r3000 series of notebooks and they seem pretty good but then there is the IBM think pads series and they come with the hard drive protection technology. The compaq comes with better video. The most graphic intense game I have is Knights of the Old Republic. Are the compaq notebooks pretty durable?
-andrew

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