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From: Len den Besten (no email)
Date: Fri Aug 05 2005 - 11:51:04 EDT
Imo a fanless 12-v pc is a better solution than a laptop.
- a laptop is prone to fall.
- a laptop fan blows salty air by its components.
- a laptop's power consumption is considerable, esp. when you use an
inverter/adapter.
- when you spill some liquid over your keyboard, the whole laptop
is out of order.
As I look at it now my choice is an Alubox fanless 1 GHz PC.
If you don't mind the dutch language:
http://www.shiptron.nl/docs/alu-max.pdf
Complete system for $1,200. It works on 12 v / 1,3 Amp.
I'll probably invest in a stabilized 12-v powersource to be on the
safe side.
With it's Pentium III and 512 Mb memory it can handle all I want to
do with it.
It will be many months before I actually buy one but it will be
mounted inside a locker. I'll have a keyboard and a trackball at the
chart-table and I'm considering a second screen (these VGA-cables
come in up to 7 meters) and a "bolt-on" trackball near the wheel in
the cockpit.
Len
S/v Present
--- In , "Lee Haefele" <Lee at h dot dot dot >
wrote:
> One BIG problem I have seen is that people get new computers
> which are under warranty. Where YOU can CARRY a computer through
> customs easily, if you try to SHIP it over and back through
> customs you may be asked for duty, also there are long waits for
> processing at customs. I have met possibly 10 cruisers in this
> situation, all unhappy. Plan on laptop failure once a year, but
> YMMV.
> Lee Haefele
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