For those of you looking into using a Mini laptop for APRS use, take a look at the MSI Wind series of laptops. I've done quite a bit of research on all of the mini's available and the MSI Wind seems to offer the most for your money. Some models of the Wind have bluetooth built in which is an option the Acer's don't offer. the Wind is also offering a 160GB SATA drive instead of a 120.<br>
<br>Since none of the Mini's have CD drives take a look at the LG Slim DVD writer, it's very small and is powered from the USB port so no exernal power required.<br><br>Mine is due to arrive today!<br><br>Greg<br>
<br>NV6G<br>OpenAPRS.Net<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Nov 16, 2008 at 12:19 PM, Ben Lindner <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:vk5jfk@activ8.net.au">vk5jfk@activ8.net.au</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
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I just bought the above and love it. Any suggestions on a good USB GPS.
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I suppose I could use bluetooth dongle with a bluetooth GPS. Has anyone
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73s<br>
Ben<br>
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<pre>This is my biggest gripe with the Panasonic toughbooks we use in police cars. The keyboard is a rubber membrane type and there is no tactile feel when you press it. The keys are incredibly sensitive, a simple touch of the key will result as a keypress, but I like having that tactile feel, to know that I actually pressed it
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A ham buddy of mine bought one and he loves it. Small, runs windows and perfect for a portable APRS setup.
Jason KE4NYV
RPC Electronics
<a href="http://www.rpc-electronics.com" target="_blank">www.rpc-electronics.com</a>
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