[talk-au] Fwd: [OSM-talk] How to tag giant acorn?

[Evan Sebire]

I had an eee701 and would beg to differ on the screen readability, but LCD 's 
have been improving at about the same rate that my eyes are failing! (lenses 
getting thicker)

When surveying with a total station the toughbook sits on the tripod so weight 
isn't a great issue.  Panasonic recently introduced the U1 which is a tablet 
and weighs around the eee701(1kg) but costs 7 times the price.  Build 
qualities are worlds apart that is why commercial enterprises wouldn't touch a 
eee.  The arrow keys and space gave up on the 701 after 12 months of playing 
tetris!

Evan


On Friday 28 Aug 2009 10:08:27 John Smith wrote:
> 2009/8/28 Evan Sebire <evan at sebire.org>:
> > I develop a commercial surveying package for powerline design and of
> > course use Qt, it is ideal for low power CPU's in the field with almost
> > all of my customers using a panasonic toughbook which is quite slow but
> > can last a whole day in the field, readable in direct sunlight and
> > water/shock proof.  If you have a spare 5k I would recommend one :-)
> 
> I don't have much of a problem seeing the screen of an eeePC, but it
> wouldn't be water proof, but should be reasonably shock proof without
> the 10x price tag. The eeePC is easier to lug about too, the whole
> reason I got it was to stop using my laptop :)
>