I can understand that there is a demand for the Sendero products on different blindness specialist products and on mobile phones but I really cannot see the point in developing versions of the software for every operating system. The cheaper versions of the EEE machines are shipped with Linux in the UK. The more expensive ones have one or other of the Windows operating systems. Unless there is a proven demand for it then I don't think Sendero should spend time on developing it. There are enough items on the wish list to keep them going for quite some time anyway. Steve ----- Original Message ----- From: "Baracco, Andrew W" <Andrew.Baracco@xxxxxx> To: <gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Monday, September 15, 2008 4:51 PM Subject: [gps-talkusers] Re: gps on laptops With these new small subnotebooks, not much larger than a BN, a version of sendero might be worht thinking about. You can get an ASUS EEE 900 from www.buy.com for less than $400. Andy -----Original Message----- From: gps-talkusers-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:gps-talkusers-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Joleen Sent: Saturday, September 13, 2008 3:38 PM To: gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [gps-talkusers] Re: gps on laptops I purchased The Windows version of "Atlas speaks" several years ago and used it a great deal on my desk top computer no less. Although I think that putting GPS on a lap top would be a giant step backwards, I do think that there might be a market for the limited version to be put on a standard computer. The name escapes me, but I am thinking about the version that does not allow for GPS. It would be for those who would want to check out a route in vertual mode before or after walking the route. As for R and D on this, though, I think time might be better spent on continuing development of the software on a cell phone. Now that is easily portable. I think the price would be less than that of a PDA plus the GPS software. Joleen