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Post  Doug Rahn April 9th 2010, 7:56 am

Anyone got any input on the mini's out now. The 14" laptop I used to program my MSD took a dump yesterday and I'm looking for something cheap and dependable. I don't need anything with all the bells and whistles, just something that will be primarily used to program the MSD. Thanks cheers
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Post  whatbumper April 9th 2010, 8:12 am

Fellow worker has one and it is fast and the battery last like 8 hours or something. It is a pain surfing the web because you have to scroll to see the whole page but for the MSD it would be fine.

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Post  Doug Rahn April 9th 2010, 8:18 am

whatbumper wrote:Fellow worker has one and it is fast and the battery last like 8 hours or something. It is a pain surfing the web because you have to scroll to see the whole page but for the MSD it would be fine.

Which brand and model does he have?
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Post  schmitty April 9th 2010, 9:40 am

I've been around two of them, and they are just fine for small tasks like what you are after. I have trouble with typing on the little keyboard with my fat fingers, but I can peck away on it pretty fair. I doubt there are any that are that bad, just get one that has the features you need. Cool
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Post  whatbumper April 9th 2010, 9:54 am

The one that he has is an Acer I believe but I asked another guy this morning and he has an HP and loves it. I use a refurbished full sized laptop from Fry's electronics. It is a Dell and it was like $400 or something.

The next computer we will use is just a rebuilt desktop from an outlet computer place. All I want on a computer is MSD, Fast XFI, BS3, and excel for my data logging record keeping. You can have all that other junk. We don't even want music because we have a radio in the trailer. Even with the Laptop now we use a 50 ft VGA cable to go to the computer outside. We make sure that our computers have a 9 pin connector so we don't have to use the USD adaptor.

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Post  D. Sea April 9th 2010, 3:15 pm

Toshiba or HP Idea

I'm also shopping for a new laptop (regular size) and have narrowed it down to a Toshiba or HP...
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Post  Doug Rahn April 9th 2010, 3:27 pm

Thanks guys! I've been on the net reading reviews and it making me nuts. I was looking for one that I could permanently mount in the car and not be affected by vibration. Dell has a nice 11", but they want and arm and a leg affraid for one with SSD. I was hoping their Mini 10 had SSD but it doesn't. I wanted a Dell because Dell has the Employee Purchase Program with Gulfstream and Payroll Deduction.
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Post  Doug Rahn April 30th 2010, 4:45 pm

I ended up ordering the HP Mini 311 with the Solid State Drive, nice machine. It came today and I got it mounted in the car. Damn thing starts up faster than my high dollar Dell desktop in the house Mini Laptops Lol . Now for some testing with the new files I've been writing.


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Post  whatbumper April 30th 2010, 8:35 pm

What kind of mount is that?

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Post  QtrWarrior April 30th 2010, 9:03 pm

Doug Rahn wrote:I ended up ordering the HP Mini 311 with the Solid State Drive, nice machine. It came today and I got it mounted in the car. Damn thing starts up faster than my high dollar Dell desktop in the house Mini Laptops Lol . Now for some testing with the new files I've been writing.


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Post  Doug Rahn May 1st 2010, 5:39 am

whatbumper wrote:What kind of mount is that?

MiniMount be Aileron Designs http://www.netbookmounts.com/
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Post  Doug Rahn May 1st 2010, 5:40 am

QtrWarrior wrote:
Doug Rahn wrote:I ended up ordering the HP Mini 311 with the Solid State Drive, nice machine. It came today and I got it mounted in the car. Damn thing starts up faster than my high dollar Dell desktop in the house Mini Laptops Lol . Now for some testing with the new files I've been writing.





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Post  86 coupe May 1st 2010, 5:08 pm

Thats a sho nuff High Tech Redneck!!!!!!!!

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