Thanks for the suggestions, there is definitley something there for me to look into. I had never heard of tough or rugged laptops so there is some research for me.
The ones suggested look hopeful and have e mailed the manufacturers concerning long term life in the jungle. The screens are a bit small for photographic work but could possibly get a separate screen for editing etc but that defeats the object of the exercise really.
Seacue, I have been told that your idea would be good for cameras as well. Certainly worth a lot of thought though. The trouble with the aircon, although it will help keep things dry, the many black outs one gets over there means it could suffer great temperature fluctuations which could build up condensation.
I have just heard that there has been a Philippine cobra in my cottage home, but thankfully that sort of thing shouldn't hurt the computer. It could of course affect the operator on a terminal basis!! Takes about 7 seconds I understand!!
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