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volcano
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laptop recommendation?
any recommendations for small laptop, biggest battery and internal antennae..for remote communication area with no cell tower or power ?
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Russ
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macbook air
Just got one and its amazing
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bonanza bucko
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Agree....MacBook Air or Pro. Macs are about twice as good as ay PC.
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ditto above
second choice - Asus
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Fujitsu or Toshiba in the PC world. Still lots of REAL Japanese parts in these mfgrs. Some Chinese stuff, of course.
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i bought a toshiba L675D 17" for xmas and love it. battery life seems about 3 hours....
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ever play with a i pad?? thats all i travel with now
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volcano
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the mac air is a little more than I can spend, unfortunately. I know nothing about I pad's.....the eastcape where I go has no cell tower service.
would an ipad have a good internal antennae, and long battery life ? to just communicate by email...it is my main need there
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Russ
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I googled "iPad antenna" and got this info. I don't know the first thing about either the iPad or iPhone.
http://www.pcworld.com/article/195430/outofthisworld_apple_i...
Antenna booster
http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/antenna-booster/id379786818?m...
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LaTijereta
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Get one with a HDMI port... To handle future "media" needs when they come up...
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You'll love the IPad it's the only thing I use here.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by volcano
any recommendations for small laptop, biggest battery and internal antennae..for remote communication area with no cell tower or power ?
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I may have misunderstood, but if there is no cell tower for a cell phone or 3G connection, I'm not sure any computer will help you unless you get a
satellite connection like Hughes.
As far as computers go HP has some nice notebooks and laptops that are pretty cheap. We have several and they have served us well.
Good Luck.
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Russ
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Comparison MacBook Air & iMac
I know they are more expensive but....
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BajaNomad
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| Quote: | Originally posted by volcano
to just communicate by email...it is my main need |
You may just want to get a netbook with a 6-cell battery - looking at 6-8 hours of battery life with one of these low power-use units. They're great
for email, and light Internet/other use. Make sure it's a 6 cell battery though, as not all are supplied with one (many are 3-cell).
They exist in the USD$200-350 range for new and/or refurbished. Used ones aren't selling for much less right now on ebay and craigslist unless they
are much older and considerably less useful. Also with used units, the batteries tend to have less life in 'em.
Range-wise, I'd imagine that all of these systems mentioned are bound by the type of antenna they have, and dependent upon if it's internal or
external. Essentially they should all be somewhat similar unless they have an external antenna somehow.
Me thinks it's better to get the type of unit you need, and if you need more antenna range, buy something as an add-on that'll get you that. This has
been discussed here before in numerous threads.
The netbooks at geeks.com (they're in Oceanside, CA) tend to start at $200, but it doesn't look that way right now. It's an ever-changing lineup of
what's available. I don't see any that note 6-cell battery either - but you can keep checking back:
http://www.geeks.com/products_sc.asp?cat=1208
Geeks.com also has this USB adapter:
http://www.geeks.com/details.asp?invtid=BLK-USB-WLAN-ADA-2&a...
For higher range than this, check out what these suppliers have:
http://www.wifi-link.com
http://www.radiolabs.com
More being discussed here:
http://forums.bajanomad.com/viewthread.php?tid=47214
If you can find a tablet computer that works for you on all counts you're looking for (including budget) it might also be the way to go.
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Really styling there Russ... mobile and desktop... nice setup... is that your weather station to the left in the picture...
Oh.. your desk is way to neat....
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volcano
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thanks all, and super admin... My only power source will be my car battery for now, and my neighbors are powered up with solar and have an internet
signal I can buy/use....so add-on antennaes won't work unless I power them, which I will not do at this time....thus my limitations.
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Might check this out:
http://www.popsci.com/gadgets/article/2010-11/testing-goods-...
http://www.popsci.com/gadgets/gallery/2011-08/gallery-steve-... Look at all the photos for different gadgets.
http://www.popsci.com/gadgets/article/2011-08/jobsian-philos...
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BajaNomad
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| Quote: | Originally posted by volcano
add-on antennaes won't work unless I power them |
I believe all that were indicated are powered off the
laptop unit itself via USB and do not require any additional power to be supplied. fyi.
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Buy the cheapest refurb HP Laptop you can on www.woot.com when they offer one. (woot only sells on items per day and changes at 10pm pst) No tax, $5 Shipping no matter what the items is.
Almost a disposable price- which in our salt air should be a consideration for any electronics you bring down. Why spend a grand? Bought this one
last week:
HP Pavilion Intel Dual-Core Notebook with 17.3” BrightView LED Display
You ordered 1 HP Pavilion G72-C55DX Intel Dual-Core 2GHz, 4GB, 500GB, 17.3” BrightView HD+ LED, 802.11n, W7HP.
which each cost $379.99
for a subtotal of $379.99
plus shipping + $5.00
for a total of $384.99
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Bob and Susan
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yea russ...
aren't they supposed to look something like this...
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