outdoor laptop

[immobile7801@piefed.social]

I'm looking for a replacement for framework 16 laptop for light devops (mostly stuff for homelab, training) that can also be usable outdoors (antiglare/antireflective if possible) for watching TV, possibly light outdoor work. that's possibly modular like framework and has touch screen for tablet mode, but not finding anything that hits all these.

what I've looked at so far:
surface pro - this was what I thought was a great compromise, I bought an 8 before I heard about anti glare screens. I bought an 'anti-glare screen protector' but it doesn't help much outdoors
starlabs starfighter - doesn't appear to have any modular features, also can't tell if matte is the same thing as anti-glare? no touch screen
thinkpad t14 (various gen) - does appear to have ant-glare screen option, but not modular
yoga - no anti-glare option that found
macbooks - saw this mentioned somewhere for the screen for outdoors. newer versions don't have asahi linux support, no touch screen.
getac f110 - appears to be more of a straight rugged tablet than laptop, not sure how well these work for indoor use for devops stuff.

I'm also considering splitting functionality if necessary (laptop without touch/antiglare, but modular. and outdoor tablet with anti-glare/touch screen if it saves money). this is my current config anyways (framework for devops stuff, pixel tablet for lighter stuff) the tablet is basically useless outdoors though. I don't mind buying used, it would probably be more cost-effective for all the features I want anyways.

I'm open to any and all suggestions at this point. Price wise I was hoping to stay under $1500, but not sure how feasible that is, so it's not a hard limit.

[bitteroldcoot@piefed.social]

Panasonic Toughbook 40 MK3. They tend to be more expensive and one generation behind standard ones.

Also an ipad pro with an added IP68-rated cases, MIL-STD-810G drop protection, sealed ports. Archeologist use them because of it's available with lidar. Saw it on tv a while back. Not sure about current availability.

[immobile7801@piefed.social]

Thanks! I will look into these

[ryokimball@infosec.pub]

I can't immediately find it with 15 seconds of googling, but IIRC someone built a framework compatible eink screen with video compatible refresh rates. It may have been for a smaller size than 16 in

[ryokimball@infosec.pub]

https://www.crowdsupply.com/modos-tech/modos-flow

[immobile7801@piefed.social]

Interesting, that would solve half my problem. I wonder how well that works in direct/indirect sunlight. Thanks for the link!

[immobile7801@piefed.social]

From their listing "it stays readable in direct sunlight." Nice!

[onomatopoeia@lemmy.cafe]

Archeologist use them because of it's available with lidar.

Wow, now that's quite an unusual tidbit.

[bitteroldcoot@piefed.social]

Saw it on a documentary. They were using it to scan dinosaur foot prints. might be this one: NOVA Labs: "Alaskan Dinosaurs" (PBS)