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I'm considering a 'small form factor' computinmachin for sailing duty. It needs to be portable/live in a nav bag, be powered from battery cells and/or a boat's 12v supply, connect to the net, run charting software, run weather GRIB software.....

Does anybody have experience with this sort of thing?

Nokia tablet

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I may have posted this x2 - so sorry. Tablets are not good for heavy handling. Ideal for the office, but...boat conditions will take a toll on connections...Go for the Acer notebook. If you get the Ferrari badged version, can go to the Arctic and the equator...superb machine. Recommend to all my clients who need extreme condition machines....
 
I've one of these Nokia 770's for reading purposes. For the size of screen it's very very good resolution wise. Very clear. However shortish battery life (2-4 hrs) and slowness of processing in general would put you off using it for anything more than basic reading/web browsing. It's nice, but not quick and not versatile enough power wise. With the hard case it slots into it is fairly sturdy however.
 
Have a look at the Xplore Tablet PC. Been using one for a couple of years on the boat and still think it's the dogs doodas for nav and weather software. They can be picked up on eBay for an acceptable price but the new price is astromical.
 
Won, on eBay, as they say a machine as described.

After finding that it is very difficult and expensive to add a remote display to a Toughbook (from eBay) (You can find more at Bob Johnson Computers in a google search) and not wanting the Panasonic Toughbook on deck, although it is the same model used in the past by the US Coastguard at ridiculous expense to them, I have book looking for a truly waterproof computer / chartplotter.
B/w screen, hard drive, IMMERSION PROOF to U.S. mil. standards.

I added a GPS powered from the machine, and a mini docking port ( which it turns out I could have found elesewhere)

It works, has US charts installed and runs on a 12 volt power supply.

Programs can be loaded on the drive and/or use a wirless conne3ction to read the ships computer!

When I connected the GPS thru the docking port the chart read my location!

Only reservation is display is b.w. Not bad for a hundred pounds.


Found it on eBay! Search: military chartplotter
 
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