http://blogs.guardian.co.uk/technolo...tebook_pc.html
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what you guys are suggesting
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Yay?

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i have the thomas guide pre loaded on my laptop and update it every so often.

 

well, here's my honest opinion regarding laptop and gps (I used it as a testbed for my project for a month)

loading time- it'll be at least 2-3 minutes before you could actually use the gps program. (imagine having to stop to fill up gas and then driving away) Consider that you have to buy a converter for the laptop too.

screen will be washed out @ certain angles during daylight, there's no way around it using a laptop.

how will you tightly secure your laptop to a position where you can actually view the map?

few things you need to think about if you're going with the laptop gps route. If you only need the gps, just buy a small portable gps with voice guidance. It'll be cheaper than the laptop route.

 

since I already had a laptop, I used it in my passenger seat with the volume all the way up.

but if you don't, get the portable gps fosho

 

Add in to that the amount of heat that builds up in your car. FTL for your laptop. If i bring mine with me anywhere during the summer, it never stays in the car.

 

honestly, I don't think it can get any hotter than when I play Source :dunno:

 

probably had to hold the damn thing everytime you brake huh?

i did that for awhile and it was not worth it

 

lol no, I don't brake hard :ugh:
I only use it if I have to go somewhere I don't know, which isn't too often