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.
