Ricky, There's an old saying, Never is a long long time. Example, some of the newer long battery type laptops claim over 15 hours of battery life. There's a lot less consumption using the newer solid-state drives. Even the new Fujitsu claims 9 hours with a 60GB drive and Vista HOme Premium with a special four-cell battery. Steve ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ricky Prevatte, LMBT 1154" <rickyprevatte1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Monday, September 15, 2008 1:29 PM Subject: [gps-talkusers] Re: gps on laptops Well you would only get to use it for 2. hours. I use to think that was pretty tacky to tie that thing to the Voicenote like that. Then I got one and had to use it for a hole day and it was able to run some the next day with out charging. A standard laptop will never meet the needs of a blind user that really travels. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tina B." <tinabir@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Saturday, September 13, 2008 1:32 AM Subject: [gps-talkusers] gps on laptops > Just wondering how portable this would really be. How you would carry, > hear, and use the laoptop when you are out and how you'd do it with a > braille display if you used that. The idea of the pdas is to just carry it > and with the strap at least that the bn has, you can just wear it which is > what I always do with mine, and have it right there, but I can't picture > that with a laptop. I'd be interested though to hear how it worhks if > anyone figured it out or if sendero does revisit that. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Howard Kaufman" <wa9top@xxxxxxxxx> > To: <gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Friday, September 12, 2008 7:10 AM > Subject: [gps-talkusers] Re: bouncing around > > >>I always check the weather beefore going out. That way I know the >>prevailing wind direction, speed, and if it is expected to change. Living >>near Lake Michigan, the wind will often change in the afternoon, and come >>from the east off the lake. The temperature can drop 20 DG when the lake >>turns on the air conditioning. Usually winds die down after sunset. It's >>not perfect, but combined with other information, it can be a clue when >>needed. >> > >