On 1 Feb 2009 11:52:02 -0600, Dave wrote:

On Sat, 31 Jan 2009 13:04:20 -0800, "Capt. JG" said:

Do you think it can run XP? I can't stand any of the earlier ones, and I can
barely tolerate XP. I won't install Vista. I'd use linux, but that limits
the PC apps.

Probably not very well Those are pretty old machines. The advantages are
that it's cheap, and very small. You don't need a lot of horsepower to run
SeaClear.

Mine was set up to automatically start SeaClear on bootup.

The biggest advantage of an older computer on a sailboat is that it
draws less power. I have a Panasonic toughbook, which is absolutely
great, except it draws a lot more power than my RADAR and
Chartplotter, combined. You can, however, dump as much coffes as you
like on it without doing any harm. That's why you see them in so many
police vehicles.

I only use it to plan and create routes to upload to the chartplotter,
and to check weather and email when in port.