Next message: Rosalie B.: "Re: lv-ab: Advice on computers aboard"
I have been informed by the Admiral that it is high time to get a laptop computer aboard Tin Cup. Not that the walks to the local library are not interesting and good for a little exercise. I have surfed the net and also checked a few stores and there is a wide range of computers and features out there for sale. What I would really like to know from you that have used them aboard your boat for a period of time is what is important and what is not. We would keep some personal records, do a little word processing, do email (and winlink if I ever get busy and buy the gear), surf the internet, and simple work like that. We would be concerned about product reliability in a salt air environment, tech support, and service contracts. This past winter the marina we were at in Florida had free Wi-Fi which was great; we are now up north and that is nearly as common.
How many of the bells and whistles are really worth it for the purposes that I have outlined? Any thoughts and recommendations, either off-line or thru this site, would be greatly appreciated. Norm shared a few thoughts with us a couple of years ago, but prices and features have changed some since then and we are taking another serious look at what has come to be common place aboard many boats.
Thanks in advance...........Roger & Marie SV Tin Cup
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