[T Y L E R]

Thanks guys,

It was a bitch of a learning curve to hackitosh this but in the end it was very much worth it. I almost envy the guys that went out and bought an already established hackintosh-able laptop model .. or at least one with the easiet processors, and little things like a stock wireless card that has established drivers within the Hackitosh community. My stock Intel 4965 doesn't yet have working drivers, so I grabbed a D-Link card.

But I recommend the Hackitosh approach to anyone hungry enough to muddle through it. I've got Parallels Desktop running which is sweet! I run all my navigation software thru windoze.

Do it!


TY

[Ronin]

Originally Posted by T Y L E R

It's a universal Jotto mount. I did go into the tranny hump as suggested, but used far larger hardware then the teenie screws it came with.

Ty - did you get the two extra leg mounts with the Jotto desk or have you been running it with the single leg?

I use to run a similar setup in one of my Range Rovers and it seemed to be fine with the single leg, but wish I had gotten the screen holder like you mentioned.

[T Y L E R]

Ronin, I just have the single leg .. it's been just fine for the several years I had it in.

[TrickyT]

Originally Posted by Tools R Us

Mine is a Fujitsu slate with a daylight viewable screen, a great option for a rig PC. The mount that I whipped up for Cruise Moab has worked well. Still need to add a brace rod to go to the rear seat mount bolt, when in the ruff stuff it has more front to back movement than I prefer.

Kevin,
As I said to you at CM'09, yours is one of the neatest PC mounts I've seen. You say it's got some front-back movement but I had the opportunity to see/touch it first hand and it's really quite rigid IMHO.

Tell us more about the ball mount you used. I think you said it was surplus and would be hard to source, but maybe there are some identifying marks on it that would give me hints for my internet searches when trying to find one like it.

My impression is that the portrait orientation of the screen makes a lot of sense, both is terms of minimizing the impact to the passenger's space as well as for viewing maps as you're on the go (i.e. more of the map that's in front of you is displayed at the expense of less map area to the sides). Can you comment on your experience?

What model Stylistic is that? Any comments on using a tablet PC versus a traditional PC in a vehicle?

[Tools R Us]

Originally Posted by TrickyT

Kevin,
As I said to you at CM'09, yours is one of the neatest PC mounts I've seen. You say it's got some front-back movement but I had the opportunity to see/touch it first hand and it's really quite rigid IMHO.

It’s pretty good except in heavy washboard, then get some movement going. Adding a link from the back bolt would be an easy fix and make it better.

Originally Posted by TrickyT

Tell us more about the ball mount you used. I think you said it was surplus and would be hard to source, but maybe there are some identifying marks on it that would give me hints for my internet searches when trying to find one like it.

The ball mount is cool, compact and very solid. Unfortunately the only marking is what looks like a military nsn, google turns up nothing. Have a contact in military purchasing, need to send it to him and see if he can shed some light. If it comes to it, it’s pretty simple, so machining them wouldn’t be too bad?

Originally Posted by TrickyT

My impression is that the portrait orientation of the screen makes a lot of sense, both is terms of minimizing the impact to the passenger's space as well as for viewing maps as you're on the go (i.e. more of the map that's in front of you is displayed at the expense of less map area to the sides). Can you comment on your experience?

What model Stylistic is that? Any comments on using a tablet PC versus a traditional PC in a vehicle?

The screen orientation can be changed by a single button push, so pick your poison, I find portrait the best for mapping in the rig.

For “normal PC work” it’s somewhat a kludge deal, text entry options are; a popup on screen virtual keyboard and a scribble box, works OK for naming files, etc, but wouldn’t want to write a book that way! Have sent a few emails, posted on Mud, etc from the rig, kind of a pain, but that’s not why I got it. When I was setting it up, just plugged in a keyboard/mouse. The rig duties, dragging maps, marking points, etc the touch screen is great, when using it in the rig don’t miss the keyboard/mouse at all.

Mine is a ST4121, didn’t know if I would like it, so bought a cheap one ($130 shipped), it has some screen scratches, etc. The more I use it the more I like it, overall it’s a little slow, 933MHz, 760MB, 40GB HD, but works Topo just fine. If I find a deal, may upgrade to a ST5XXX unit, not so much for the speed, but some have a 12” screen in the same size unit.

Win XP tablet isn’t readily available, so when buying a tablet, it’s best to get one with it loaded. On the Fujitsu tablet the last digit in the model number is screen type, IIRC, 0 = indoor, 1 = daylight viewable Transflective, 2 = daylight viewable Transmissive.

[T Y L E R]

Just out of curiousity, is anyone mounting laptops in the 100 series. I'm curious if there is more, or less room and width of space available in that model.

If I ever go 100, I'll need my laptop


TY

PS: I'll google the Icelandic 100's .. those guys seem to have started the whole laptop thing for ascending the glaciers. If anyone is doing it it will be them I would imagine.

[TrickyT]

Great info, TRU! Thx. Keep us informed about availability of the ball mount.

[jlg32281]

Originally Posted by vjr021

Any chance I can borrow her for a road trip ???

(kidding) lol

If you can put up with her nagging.

Just kidding, my wife is wonderful and doesn't nag. You can't borrow her because then I would need a laptop mount.