Hi Tony, I have had a few netbooks and never liked em that much.
For work and portable ham operations, I use Lenovo X61 Thinkpad laptops. Dual-Core CPU, 3 Gigs RAM, and typically a 100GB hard disk. 3 USB ports; I used serial-to-RS232 if required. These are available off-lease on ebay for about $250, and smoke just about any netbook. They have a full size keyboard, and weigh 3 pounds. For another $99, you can add a 500GB hybrid solid-state/disk drive, which allows me to boot Windows 7 in less than 10 seconds. I'm using one now, and was when having the CW QSO with you yesterday... 73, Gerry, VY2CDX (back to W1VE tomorrow :-( ) On Sat, Aug 13, 2011 at 10:05 AM, ANTHONY JAPHA <[email protected]>wrote: > All, > Mni tnx for the responses about netbooks. Generally, a lot of satisfaction > with them, with concerns abt. speed and keyboard size. In my application, > neither should be a problem. ASUS was highly recommended. > 73, > Tony, N2UN > _______________________________________________ > YCCC Reflector mailto:[email protected] > Yankee Clipper Contest Club http://www.yccc.org > Reflector Info: http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/yccc > > _______________________________________________ Sent via [email protected]. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
