~Toughbooktalk~

If this is in the wrong section, feel free to move it…..
So I’ve wanted a Toughbook for a very long time. Cost was always the main issue that got in the way. Luckily the right one found me! The wife and I were vacationing in Gatlinburg and we decided to stop off at the Unclaimed Baggage Center in Scottsboro, AL. They have a large selection of laptops and I always tend to drool a little as I walk by. A Macbook I was considering had just sold and I was about to walk away when the next laptop came out to replace it. A Toughbook CF-30 model #CF-30KAPAQAM with 2,000 hours on it. Touchscreen, emissive keyboard, Bluetooth, etc. As far as I can tell the only things missing are the fingerprint scanner and the GPS. They tend to price by the spec there so a 1.6Ghz with 2Gb of ram was $200! The harddrive was fine, but another $50 picked up a brand new still sealed Pyro 60GB SSD. So why not? I was told it was the first Toughbook they have ever gotten.
It was a good day!
The only issue it had was a missing DC cover and toughasnails hooked me up with that and a pair of D-rings. Don’t know if you guys have any kind of seller reviews, but tougasnails is awesome! Definitely will be ordering from him again!

So I have been using the heck out of it since I got it. I fully believe ALL laptops should come with a handle! I work in the marine industry so I know this thing will come in handy. You guys have a great site here and while this is not my first forum , I’ll do what I can to help out! Thanks!

Have fun with your new CF-30 !

You gotta be kidding...you only paid $200.00 for it. You do realize that you stold it

Some poor beggar in Scottsdale AZ or Scotland is saying "that's where it went". I'm sure they have been compensated. I can visualize the scene though on the day it was lost.

Good show. Welcome to the real Toughbook Forum.

That is why my toughbooks on the way to work are carry on only.

Dang! Just read this now... Been slammed busy...

MK3 with 2000 hours for $200... GOOD LORD you got a steal deal!! I sell these all day long for $1300 - $1650 depending on the specs for GRADE A, mint products.

I paid ~$430 (equivalent currency) for a (abused) Mk1 w/ WWAN and 7600hrs on it, a used MP battery and new LIND charger.
Put another ~$180 for a used emmissive KB and a new Sirf4 GPS kit, $56 for 4GB RAM, and $30 for new rubber covers.

So starting with a $200 investment for a Mk3/2kHrs/EmKB is a hell of a deal.
Have fun with your new toy, and remember, this is just the beginning ! see Rob's avatar picture above

I paid 299 euros for a CF-29 mk3 with Bluetooth, DVD-rw etc... so, a CF-30 for 200 bucks is indeed dirtcheap ! Lucky guy

Sorry it took so long to get back. Life and all.......
Still enjoying the hell out of this thing.

Thanks for the welcomes and Oh yea! I COMPLETELY understand the deal I got. Thats why when they pulled it out, I would not even let them put it down. It came out of the back and straight into my hands.
The funny thing is they insisted that it leave in a bag; for protection I guess.

Why anyone would "check" a Toughbook is beyond me. From my cold, dead hands!

(I am in NO way connected with them, I just enjoy going there!)
Unclaimed Baggage in Scottsboro, Alabama:
Link--->Unclaimed Baggage Center
A little bit of background. If you leave something on an airplane, a bus, a train, or your luggage is lost in the States, it ends up here. Middle of nowhere Alabama. I know.
But if you are willing to dig you can find some really good stuff there.
I will tell you, it is MUCH closer to a thrift store than to a Wal-Mart. You have to go there with this state of mind.
The wife and I usually make to trip up there about twice a year.

Glad I don't live near there...I would be there every day