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Wireless and Waterproof Remote PC screen
Every once in awhile something interesting shows up in my inbox buried
under all of the other advertisements. Yesterday I received this one: http://tinyurl.com/yrl8bb It purports to be a wireless, waterproof, touch sensitive screen for remote control and display of a PC. It looks like it might be particularly useful for the cockpit of sailboats or on small power boats. Apparently it is battery operated. Anyone have any experience with something like this? I have no connection with the product or vendor. |
Wireless and Waterproof Remote PC screen
"Wayne.B" wrote in message ... Every once in awhile something interesting shows up in my inbox buried under all of the other advertisements. Yesterday I received this one: http://tinyurl.com/yrl8bb It purports to be a wireless, waterproof, touch sensitive screen for remote control and display of a PC. It looks like it might be particularly useful for the cockpit of sailboats or on small power boats. Apparently it is battery operated. Anyone have any experience with something like this? I have no connection with the product or vendor. Pricy for what it is. I wonder about it's viewability in sunlight. If you need to build a sunshade for it, you might just go ahead and build a water resistant enclosure and throw a laptop into it.Very short battery life which is understandable. There may be a practical application, but I can't think of any. I spoke too soon. I just thought of something. How about reading rec.boats while taking a shower. Kidding of course. |
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" wrote in message ... snip... I spoke too soon. I just thought of something. How about reading rec.boats while taking a shower. Kidding of course. That sounds perverted..... especially on the Easter weekend. |
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"Wayne.B" wrote in message ... Every once in awhile something interesting shows up in my inbox buried under all of the other advertisements. Yesterday I received this one: http://tinyurl.com/yrl8bb It purports to be a wireless, waterproof, touch sensitive screen for remote control and display of a PC. It looks like it might be particularly useful for the cockpit of sailboats or on small power boats. Apparently it is battery operated. Anyone have any experience with something like this? I have no connection with the product or vendor. Pricy for what it is. I wonder about it's viewability in sunlight. If you need to build a sunshade for it, you might just go ahead and build a water resistant enclosure and throw a laptop into it.Very short battery life which is understandable. There may be a practical application, but I can't think of any. I spoke too soon. I just thought of something. How about reading rec.boats while taking a shower. Kidding of course. Well, that would be a change from your usual habit of reading rec.boats and taking a dump. |
Wireless and Waterproof Remote PC screen
"HK" wrote in message ... wrote: "Wayne.B" wrote in message ... Every once in awhile something interesting shows up in my inbox buried under all of the other advertisements. Yesterday I received this one: http://tinyurl.com/yrl8bb It purports to be a wireless, waterproof, touch sensitive screen for remote control and display of a PC. It looks like it might be particularly useful for the cockpit of sailboats or on small power boats. Apparently it is battery operated. Anyone have any experience with something like this? I have no connection with the product or vendor. Pricy for what it is. I wonder about it's viewability in sunlight. If you need to build a sunshade for it, you might just go ahead and build a water resistant enclosure and throw a laptop into it.Very short battery life which is understandable. There may be a practical application, but I can't think of any. I spoke too soon. I just thought of something. How about reading rec.boats while taking a shower. Kidding of course. Well, that would be a change from your usual habit of reading rec.boats and taking a dump. I can dump on you some more if that's what you want. |
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"HK" wrote in message ... wrote: "Wayne.B" wrote in message ... Every once in awhile something interesting shows up in my inbox buried under all of the other advertisements. Yesterday I received this one: http://tinyurl.com/yrl8bb It purports to be a wireless, waterproof, touch sensitive screen for remote control and display of a PC. It looks like it might be particularly useful for the cockpit of sailboats or on small power boats. Apparently it is battery operated. Anyone have any experience with something like this? I have no connection with the product or vendor. Pricy for what it is. I wonder about it's viewability in sunlight. If you need to build a sunshade for it, you might just go ahead and build a water resistant enclosure and throw a laptop into it.Very short battery life which is understandable. There may be a practical application, but I can't think of any. I spoke too soon. I just thought of something. How about reading rec.boats while taking a shower. Kidding of course. Well, that would be a change from your usual habit of reading rec.boats and taking a dump. I can dump on you some more if that's what you want. Please...you're barely an amateur. |
Wireless and Waterproof Remote PC screen
"HK" wrote in message ... wrote: "HK" wrote in message ... wrote: "Wayne.B" wrote in message ... Every once in awhile something interesting shows up in my inbox buried under all of the other advertisements. Yesterday I received this one: http://tinyurl.com/yrl8bb It purports to be a wireless, waterproof, touch sensitive screen for remote control and display of a PC. It looks like it might be particularly useful for the cockpit of sailboats or on small power boats. Apparently it is battery operated. Anyone have any experience with something like this? I have no connection with the product or vendor. Pricy for what it is. I wonder about it's viewability in sunlight. If you need to build a sunshade for it, you might just go ahead and build a water resistant enclosure and throw a laptop into it.Very short battery life which is understandable. There may be a practical application, but I can't think of any. I spoke too soon. I just thought of something. How about reading rec.boats while taking a shower. Kidding of course. Well, that would be a change from your usual habit of reading rec.boats and taking a dump. I can dump on you some more if that's what you want. Please...you're barely an amateur. I'll try harder. Practice makes perfect. |
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"HK" wrote in message ... wrote: "HK" wrote in message ... wrote: "Wayne.B" wrote in message ... Every once in awhile something interesting shows up in my inbox buried under all of the other advertisements. Yesterday I received this one: http://tinyurl.com/yrl8bb It purports to be a wireless, waterproof, touch sensitive screen for remote control and display of a PC. It looks like it might be particularly useful for the cockpit of sailboats or on small power boats. Apparently it is battery operated. Anyone have any experience with something like this? I have no connection with the product or vendor. Pricy for what it is. I wonder about it's viewability in sunlight. If you need to build a sunshade for it, you might just go ahead and build a water resistant enclosure and throw a laptop into it.Very short battery life which is understandable. There may be a practical application, but I can't think of any. I spoke too soon. I just thought of something. How about reading rec.boats while taking a shower. Kidding of course. Well, that would be a change from your usual habit of reading rec.boats and taking a dump. I can dump on you some more if that's what you want. Please...you're barely an amateur. I'll try harder. Practice makes perfect. Follow Reggie's example. Offer nothing of value, but insult everyone else and what they've done, do, own, et cetera. |
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... "Wayne.B" wrote in message ... Every once in awhile something interesting shows up in my inbox buried under all of the other advertisements. Yesterday I received this one: http://tinyurl.com/yrl8bb It purports to be a wireless, waterproof, touch sensitive screen for remote control and display of a PC. It looks like it might be particularly useful for the cockpit of sailboats or on small power boats. Apparently it is battery operated. Anyone have any experience with something like this? I have no connection with the product or vendor. Pricy for what it is. I wonder about it's viewability in sunlight. If you need to build a sunshade for it, you might just go ahead and build a water resistant enclosure and throw a laptop into it.Very short battery life which is understandable. There may be a practical application, but I can't think of any. I spoke too soon. I just thought of something. How about reading rec.boats while taking a shower. Kidding of course. I agree it's pricey, but the practical apps would include chart-reading and general nav issues? -- "j" ganz @@ www.sailnow.com |
Wireless and Waterproof Remote PC screen
"HK" wrote in message ... wrote: "HK" wrote in message ... wrote: "HK" wrote in message ... wrote: "Wayne.B" wrote in message ... Every once in awhile something interesting shows up in my inbox buried under all of the other advertisements. Yesterday I received this one: http://tinyurl.com/yrl8bb It purports to be a wireless, waterproof, touch sensitive screen for remote control and display of a PC. It looks like it might be particularly useful for the cockpit of sailboats or on small power boats. Apparently it is battery operated. Anyone have any experience with something like this? I have no connection with the product or vendor. Pricy for what it is. I wonder about it's viewability in sunlight. If you need to build a sunshade for it, you might just go ahead and build a water resistant enclosure and throw a laptop into it.Very short battery life which is understandable. There may be a practical application, but I can't think of any. I spoke too soon. I just thought of something. How about reading rec.boats while taking a shower. Kidding of course. Well, that would be a change from your usual habit of reading rec.boats and taking a dump. I can dump on you some more if that's what you want. Please...you're barely an amateur. I'll try harder. Practice makes perfect. Follow Reggie's example. Offer nothing of value, but insult everyone else and what they've done, do, own, et cetera. Be kinder than necessary, for everyone you meet is fighting some kind of battle. |
Wireless and Waterproof Remote PC screen
On Sat, 22 Mar 2008 10:39:39 -0400, Wayne.B
wrote: It purports to be a wireless, waterproof, touch sensitive screen for remote control and display of a PC. It looks like it might be particularly useful for the cockpit of sailboats or on small power boats. Apparently it is battery operated I could see an application for it if it had external power. Battery life ain't much to brag about. |
Wireless and Waterproof Remote PC screen
"cavelamb himself" wrote in message
... Capt. JG wrote: " wrote in message ... "Wayne.B" wrote in message ... Every once in awhile something interesting shows up in my inbox buried under all of the other advertisements. Yesterday I received this one: http://tinyurl.com/yrl8bb It purports to be a wireless, waterproof, touch sensitive screen for remote control and display of a PC. It looks like it might be particularly useful for the cockpit of sailboats or on small power boats. Apparently it is battery operated. Anyone have any experience with something like this? I have no connection with the product or vendor. Pricy for what it is. I wonder about it's viewability in sunlight. If you need to build a sunshade for it, you might just go ahead and build a water resistant enclosure and throw a laptop into it.Very short battery life which is understandable. There may be a practical application, but I can't think of any. I spoke too soon. I just thought of something. How about reading rec.boats while taking a shower. Kidding of course. I agree it's pricey, but the practical apps would include chart-reading and general nav issues? FWIW, I think it's too small for that... I guess it's a compromise between readability and size/weight. Seems like the price should be 1/4 of what it's going for, which would help. Also, you'd have to have a good place to put it... a holder of some sort. -- "j" ganz @@ www.sailnow.com |
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Capt. JG wrote:
" wrote in message ... "Wayne.B" wrote in message . .. Every once in awhile something interesting shows up in my inbox buried under all of the other advertisements. Yesterday I received this one: http://tinyurl.com/yrl8bb It purports to be a wireless, waterproof, touch sensitive screen for remote control and display of a PC. It looks like it might be particularly useful for the cockpit of sailboats or on small power boats. Apparently it is battery operated. Anyone have any experience with something like this? I have no connection with the product or vendor. Pricy for what it is. I wonder about it's viewability in sunlight. If you need to build a sunshade for it, you might just go ahead and build a water resistant enclosure and throw a laptop into it.Very short battery life which is understandable. There may be a practical application, but I can't think of any. I spoke too soon. I just thought of something. How about reading rec.boats while taking a shower. Kidding of course. I agree it's pricey, but the practical apps would include chart-reading and general nav issues? FWIW, I think it's too small for that... |
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wrote in message ... On Sat, 22 Mar 2008 11:03:04 -0400, " wrote: There may be a practical application, but I can't think of any. They show it as a nav aid. It might make some sense if you had an old boat and you wanted PC driven electronics on the flying bridge without trying to hide wires. The price is the killer If it was cheaper they might find more users and more uses. It is LAN attached so it could be used for almost anything, most of which are not boat related. That's the first thing that occurred to me. Might be useful, but because it's "marine", it's four times the price. Eisboch |
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On Sat, 22 Mar 2008 17:28:42 -0400, "Eisboch" wrote:
That's the first thing that occurred to me. Might be useful, but because it's "marine", it's four times the price. That's part of it no doubt, but it really is difficult to make a piece of electronics like that both waterproof and somewhat shock proof. I don't view the price as a big obstacle if it actually works. Compare it to the price of a Furuno 10 inch display. |
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Capt. JG wrote:
I agree it's pricey, but the practical apps would include chart-reading and general nav issues? FWIW, I think it's too small for that... I guess it's a compromise between readability and size/weight. Seems like the price should be 1/4 of what it's going for, which would help. Also, you'd have to have a good place to put it... a holder of some sort. For a little bit more you can buy a laptop built for marine enviroment and/or one built to military specs for weather/water proof. |
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"Reginald P. Smithers III" "Reggie is Here wrote in message
. .. Capt. JG wrote: I agree it's pricey, but the practical apps would include chart-reading and general nav issues? FWIW, I think it's too small for that... I guess it's a compromise between readability and size/weight. Seems like the price should be 1/4 of what it's going for, which would help. Also, you'd have to have a good place to put it... a holder of some sort. For a little bit more you can buy a laptop built for marine enviroment and/or one built to military specs for weather/water proof. Thus my comment about the cost. Having a screen rather than a full pc seems like a good idea sans the cost and possibly the size of the screen in question. -- "j" ganz @@ www.sailnow.com |
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Jack Erbes wrote:
Wayne.B wrote: Every once in awhile something interesting shows up in my inbox buried under all of the other advertisements. Yesterday I received this one: http://tinyurl.com/yrl8bb It purports to be a wireless, waterproof, touch sensitive screen for remote control and display of a PC. It looks like it might be particularly useful for the cockpit of sailboats or on small power boats. Apparently it is battery operated. Anyone have any experience with something like this? I have no connection with the product or vendor. I don't have any experience with that one but it looks like it may have something in common with the Panasonic Toughbook Wireless Displays. You can see one of those he http://www.panasonic.com/business/to...-computers.asp That shows a 10.4" model and says it is rated at 460 NIT for daylight use and will dim down to 5 NIT for nighttime use. I've heard that they work very well with direct sunlight on the display but have not actually seen on in action. I think the Toughbook Wireless Displays used to be offered in a 8.2" model, maybe that is what MapTech is selling as a branded product. I don't see any links for more info or detailed specs from the MapTech page. If the specs on display on the MapTech offering were not of comparable brightness and range to that of the Toughbook, I probably wouldn't even consider it. Jack My VHF radios are rated waterproof - to 10 feet for 30 minutes. This is rated... • Moisture- and dust-resistant LCD, keyboard and touchpad |
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On Sat, 22 Mar 2008 18:52:37 -0400, Wayne.B wrote:
That's part of it no doubt, but it really is difficult to make a piece of electronics like that both waterproof and somewhat shock proof. I don't view the price as a big obstacle if it actually works. Compare it to the price of a Furuno 10 inch display. Have you considered a tablet PC? Some of them are mil-spec. |
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On Sat, 22 Mar 2008 21:25:52 -0400, Jack Erbes
wrote: I don't have any experience with that one but it looks like it may have something in common with the Panasonic Toughbook Wireless Displays. Yes, I think that's it: http://tinyurl.com/ycqf99 I already have an older Panasonic Toughbook laptop and it's a good unit, surviving several salt water showers and one 3 ft drop. With a remote display I could leave the laptop down below in a safer environment or even run a more powerful desktop box. |
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On Sun, 23 Mar 2008 01:20:05 -0400, Wayne.B wrote:
On Sun, 23 Mar 2008 03:58:07 -0000, wrote: That's part of it no doubt, but it really is difficult to make a piece of electronics like that both waterproof and somewhat shock proof. I don't view the price as a big obstacle if it actually works. Compare it to the price of a Furuno 10 inch display. Have you considered a tablet PC? Some of them are mil-spec. Don't know much about them, any that you'd recommend ? Sorry, no recommendations. I just found the remote LCD interesting. So, I did a little Googling. There seem to be quite a few weather resistant, or mil-spec Point of Sale, touch screens, but I couldn't find any wireless ones. This site has submersible and mil-spec touch screens that might give you some ideas. http://www.vartechsystems.com/produc...technology.asp The table PC just came from the searching. It would have all the capabilities of a display, plus would be, in itself, a PC. There are mil- spec or weather resistant ones, and wireless capability is common. |
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Wayne.B wrote:
On Sat, 22 Mar 2008 21:25:52 -0400, Jack Erbes wrote: I don't have any experience with that one but it looks like it may have something in common with the Panasonic Toughbook Wireless Displays. Yes, I think that's it: http://tinyurl.com/ycqf99 I already have an older Panasonic Toughbook laptop and it's a good unit, surviving several salt water showers and one 3 ft drop. With a remote display I could leave the laptop down below in a safer environment or even run a more powerful desktop box. Big enough to see, and bright enough to read, that looks like a much better choice, there are still a couple of gotchas involved. 1 it's still only rated moisture resistant. Maybe it will survive spray - maybe not. AND 10 hours on a set of batteries. |
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On Sun, 23 Mar 2008 03:07:48 -0600, cavelamb himself
wrote: http://www.vartechsystems.com/produc...technology.asp The table PC just came from the searching. It would have all the capabilities of a display, plus would be, in itself, a PC. There are mil- spec or weather resistant ones, and wireless capability is common. On of the features of the Panasonic wireless touch screen that looks valuable is the ability to dim the screen to a low level. That is really important at night and I have yet to find a laptop display with sufficient dimming capability. I have to keep the laptop cover closed much of the time to preserve night vision. |
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On Mar 22, 11:49*am, HK wrote:
wrote: "Wayne.B" wrote in message .. . Every once in awhile something interesting shows up in my inbox buried under all of the other advertisements. *Yesterday I received this one: http://tinyurl.com/yrl8bb It purports to be a wireless, waterproof, touch sensitive screen for remote control and display of a PC. *It looks like it might be particularly useful for the cockpit of sailboats or on small power boats. *Apparently it is battery operated. Anyone have any experience with something like this? I have no connection with the product or vendor. Pricy for what it is. I wonder about it's viewability in sunlight. If you need to build a sunshade for it, you might just go ahead and build a water resistant enclosure and throw a laptop into it.Very short battery life which is understandable. There may be a practical application, but I can't think of any. I spoke too soon. I just thought of something. How about reading rec.boats while taking a shower. Kidding of course. Well, that would be a change from your usual habit of reading rec.boats and taking a dump.- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - What a refined and cultured statement, Harry..... |
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On Mar 22, 1:48*pm, HK wrote:
wrote: "HK" wrote in message ... wrote: "HK" wrote in message ... wrote: "Wayne.B" wrote in message om... Every once in awhile something interesting shows up in my inbox buried under all of the other advertisements. *Yesterday I received this one: http://tinyurl.com/yrl8bb It purports to be a wireless, waterproof, touch sensitive screen for remote control and display of a PC. *It looks like it might be particularly useful for the cockpit of sailboats or on small power boats. *Apparently it is battery operated. Anyone have any experience with something like this? I have no connection with the product or vendor. Pricy for what it is. I wonder about it's viewability in sunlight. If you need to build a sunshade for it, you might just go ahead and build a water resistant enclosure and throw a laptop into it.Very short battery life which is understandable. There may be a practical application, but I can't think of any. I spoke too soon. I just thought of something. How about reading rec.boats while taking a shower. Kidding of course. Well, that would be a change from your usual habit of reading rec.boats and taking a dump. I can dump on you some more if that's what you want. Please...you're barely an amateur. I'll try harder. Practice makes perfect. Follow Reggie's example. Offer nothing of value, but insult everyone else and what they've done, do, own, et cetera.- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - There's the pot calling the kettle black....... |
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On Mon, 24 Mar 2008 08:34:04 -0400, Jack Erbes
wrote: When you tot up the cost of a Toughbook laptop and one of the wireless displays, you are getting into the cost range of one of the better marine grade systems like the Raymarines. Yes. I already have a pretty good Furuno system integrated into a 10 inch display with excellent daytime brightness and good night time dimming. I use a laptop PC as a back up chart plotter because I prefer the look of raster charts when in unfamiliar areas, and also because the Maptech software has superior route planning and tracking. A remote, portable, weather proof display would allow me to keep the laptop in a dry secure location at the lower helm, and also might be useful on a small runabout. |
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On Mon, 24 Mar 2008 08:34:04 -0400, Jack Erbes
wrote: you'll find that those will intrude on your night vision some even at the dimmest settings that lets them be useful. Has next to nothing to do with night vision. Same thing is true in broad daylight. When you have a relatively bright light shining directly into your eyes it is more difficult to see dimmer objects. Regardless of the actual ammount of light involved. It takes as much as 45 minutes in close to complete darkness to get full night vision. Ask any astronomer. Casady |
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On Sat, 22 Mar 2008 15:12:44 -0600, in message
cavelamb himself wrote: Capt. JG wrote: " wrote in message ... "Wayne.B" wrote in message ... Every once in awhile something interesting shows up in my inbox buried under all of the other advertisements. Yesterday I received this one: http://tinyurl.com/yrl8bb It purports to be a wireless, waterproof, touch sensitive screen for remote control and display of a PC. It looks like it might be particularly useful for the cockpit of sailboats or on small power boats. Apparently it is battery operated. Anyone have any experience with something like this? I have no connection with the product or vendor. Pricy for what it is. I wonder about it's viewability in sunlight. If you need to build a sunshade for it, you might just go ahead and build a water resistant enclosure and throw a laptop into it.Very short battery life which is understandable. There may be a practical application, but I can't think of any. I spoke too soon. I just thought of something. How about reading rec.boats while taking a shower. Kidding of course. I agree it's pricey, but the practical apps would include chart-reading and general nav issues? FWIW, I think it's too small for that... My NAVMAN chartplotter has a 5" screen that is large enough to be very useful. It was about half the price of this display and stands alone with a much lower current draw. (less than 1 amp vs 6 or 7 amps to run my notebook) Still, I am intrigued by the product and hope it will come down in price. It's right up there now with similar sized Raymarine displays. Ryk |
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Victor Fraenckel wrote:
I always thought that it would be nice to have a hood to put over the display like the early radar-scopes had. Sort of a truncated pyramid thingy that was shaped to fit around your nose and eyes and make sort of a light-tight seal. The screen brightness would not be quite so annoying then. Ever hear of such a thing? Vic A polarized screen might just do teh trick. Notice how narrow the field of view is on the PC versions. Richard -- (remove the X to email) It's never too late to be the person you might have been. George Elliot |
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Jack Erbes wrote:
Wayne.B wrote: On Sat, 22 Mar 2008 21:25:52 -0400, Jack Erbes wrote: I don't have any experience with that one but it looks like it may have something in common with the Panasonic Toughbook Wireless Displays. Yes, I think that's it: http://tinyurl.com/ycqf99 I already have an older Panasonic Toughbook laptop and it's a good unit, surviving several salt water showers and one 3 ft drop. With a remote display I could leave the laptop down below in a safer environment or even run a more powerful desktop box. The Toughbook Wireless Display is not really just a display, and it is not a computer either. It is actually more like a PDA. It has 64 MB of memory (not expandable I guess) and runs Windows Mobile. Then you're using the wireless link and Windows Remote Desktop to see and use the applications running on the other nearby computer. So, unless the MapTech device is any different, you'd need to have a nearby computer running your applications. But if it works it ought to be pretty good what with the touchscreen and the bright display. I'd still want to have a handheld GPS receiver or something for a backup but that display would be good enough with something like Coastal Navigator running down on the nav station. The Windows Remote Desktop is a strange thing the first time you see it. I had to call Symantec for some tech support last year and they were running applications on my desktop from India while I sat and watched them. Made me a little nervous. That was under Windows 2000. As far as I know, you might need to be running XP Pro or Vista to use the Toughbook Wireless Display. Jack I've actually installed and used one. It is a very nice unit however it does have some issues. 1) Limited color depth, it drops your desktop color depth to 16bit 2) Limited resolution, IIRC 1024x768 or less 3) Odd network setup required. Good points, Its a great size. Serial port on the device (the one I used had one anyways) Very good stylus. Decent range (WiFi) The bottom line is that its probably too expensive. -- Travis |
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