"Dave" wrote in message
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On Fri, 30 Jan 2009 14:22:12 -0800, "Capt. JG"
said:

I know, I know. I have a laptop, but it's a beast... 17" monitor, which I
use for work-stuff and another laptop, also for work. I would actually
have
to buy another laptop, which would put me in the techno-geek-nerd category
(well, higher up in the category). (I also have three base systems, one of
which is a Mac.)

I already have SeaClear on the 17" laptop, along with a bunch of rasters.
I'm just loath to haul it around and can't leave it on the boat.

My trusty but ancient Toshiba Libretto finally gave up the ghost last
year.
Picked up another one on Craig's list for next to nothing, and it works
fine
with SeaClear. It's just a little bit bigger than a paperback.


You picked up another Toshiba Libretto or another model? What OS does it
run?

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"Dave" wrote in message
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On Sat, 31 Jan 2009 10:09:32 -0800, "Capt. JG"
said:

You picked up another Toshiba Libretto or another model? What OS does it
run?

Another Libretto. My old one dual booted Win 98 and NT4. The replacement
is
running Win 98 IIRC, though I'm considering pulling the drive from my old
one and putting it on the replacement.


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.

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"Capt. JG" wrote:

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.

The new Intel Macs (everything sold now) run XP really well, eg the
currently cheapest MacBook (the white one), and they are rather tough
(polycarbonate shell).
http://store.apple.com/us/browse/hom...ok?mco=MTE3MzM
Of course, a second hand one is fine as well.
You can boot them in XP just fine.

Or you can run Mac OS X, of course with less selection, but still a few
very useful apps for navigation.

They also triple boot Mac OS X, Windows XP, Ubuntu (for example) if you
like.

HTH

Marc

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"Dave" wrote in message
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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.


Interesting... if I used it for just that then I wouldn't care I guess.

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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.