Perfect Laptop?

[Neraida]

I think i've found it.. The ideal laptop.

Panasonic <A target="_blank" HREF=http://www.panasonic.com/computer/toughbook/learn_more_tb29.asp>ToughBook 29</A>
Briefly, magnesium case, drop proof, "spill" proof, this proof, that proof, wireless, centrino cpu (only 1.4Ghz, but enough for any nav aid i know) dvd, cdrw, 12.1 low consumption screen, gsm/gprs sim socket, A 9-PIN SERIAL PORT (whoo-hoo!!) and loads of other stuff.

All this comes at a bit of a price, I've seen them for $3,500, but with the dollar so weak against the pound, it's getting cheaper.

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[Sans Bateau]

Used one of these for about three years, would have been an early version as it was about 4 years ago. A bit agricultural, but very reliable, the most important benifit though is the tough construction. I seem to remember Panasionic tried to sell them to the armed services, did a demo driving an amoured car over one. I lost count of the number of times that mine flew off the front passenger seat into the footwell, usually with the lid open, the sort of treatment that regularly destroyed regular notebooks.

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[Twister_Ken]

Or, for the same prices, you could buy 10 secondhand notebooks capable of running nav software. Not all at the same time of course, but one on the boat, and one spare.

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[Sans Bateau]

Good idea, one flaw though, if you are going to use a lap top for navigating etc on the boat, Sods' law would kick in and the PC would fall off the chart table at a critical piont. How many spares do you carry on board at a time?

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[Twister_Ken]

How about one spare, foam wrapped, then shrnk wrapped, in a safeish locker. Mind you, by being clever with velcro, and things, it should be poss to avoid dropping the active one in anything short of a knockdown.

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[poter]

Yup agree, my very old but very reliable Tosh. is velcro'd down with the industrial velcro used in containers, got some from a mate in the buis. & the laptop aint goin nowhere without taking the chart table.

poter

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[Guest]

Still ....

Cheap s/hand sits better on my pocket .....

The BEST nav software package runs on 256 colour screen - refuses to even look at greater res.

So what's the point of wasting money ?? Seasclear, Seanav, Maptech, Maxsea, Raytech ..... etc. etc. all run on bog-standard Celerons etc.


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[pandroid]

I'm not having that thing falling off the chart table and damaging my woodwork....

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[pugwash]

Try e-bay

Saw a whole bunch of them on e-bay for about £200 each not long ago. Marketed by somebody in Wales who must have got a job lot. Worth keeping an eye out in case more come up.

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[qsiv]

May not take the chart table - I had one rip the plastic bottom off the computer!

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