I agree with both those suggestions, with the reservation that neither one is doable for $45 ;) I also have the Navionics app on my iPhone. I really like that too.
Joe Della Barba From: CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] On Behalf Of Joel Aronson Sent: Wednesday, May 22, 2013 11:42 AM To: billb...@sbcglobal.net; cnc-list@cnc-list.com Subject: Re: Stus-List OpenCPN fans? My business partner had a Toughbook. The hard drive was not so tough - just a standard drive in a cushion. I'd recommend upgrading to an SSD drive for any boat laptop. After all, who backs up their boat laptop? Joel 35/3 Annapolis On Wed, May 22, 2013 at 11:38 AM, Bill Bina <billb...@sbcglobal.net<mailto:billb...@sbcglobal.net>> wrote: Many police departments lease the Panasonic toughbook laptops for their patrol cars. That means that you can usually find deals on Ebay and elsewhere for 3 year old toughbooks that came off of a lease at very reasonable prices. They have many advantages over other laptops and notebooks. They are water resistant/proof so they can be used on deck, even in the rain, and the displays are truly daylight viewable. These things are very popular with construction companies and arctic expeditions, too. One of the specs is that they can be dropped from 6 feet onto concrete WHILE RUNNING. If you spill coffee on the keyboard, just rinse it off with water! :-) Bill Bina On 5/22/2013 11:19 AM, Della Barba, Joe wrote: I have a spare hard drive for that if I can get the drivers to work. Last time I tried to load Ubuntu on a 600 series it did not work at all. For anyone wondering about it, OpenCPN is available for Linux and Mac too. So far the only issue I have really had was a decade of hot/cold/damp/salt was about as much as the old IBM could stand. Joe Della Barba _______________________________________________ This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album http://www.cncphotoalbum.com CnC-List@cnc-list.com<mailto:CnC-List@cnc-list.com> -- Joel 301 541 8551
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