Lonely Planet

Dell Latitude Laptops

For Tony, who’s been traveling and writing with a laptop for some 20 years, reliability is the top priority, and Dell is his laptop of choice.

“We decided at one stage we really needed to concentrate on one particular manufacturer. And it had to be something that was robust and reliable. I’ve got to say I am very tough on them. They do have a hard life, my laptops.” On a trip to Afghanistan in 2007, Tony put his Dell Latitude through a real shock test. “

There is this amazing minaret right in the middle of Afghanistan, the Minaret of Jam. And I’ve always wanted to see it. But the road was terrible. I think we went 15 miles an hour for 15 hours. I finally made it, took photographs and then downloaded them to my laptop. The local people looking at these photographs were amazed. It really excited them.”