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    New Laptop Search

    Since my laptop screen cracked months ago I’ve been waiting for Windows 7 to come out so I could get a new laptop, this will very likely be the laptop I take cruising as my personal machine. I’ll probably have a dedicated machine at the nav station. Here’s what I’m looking for feature-wise and some quick searching I did. If you have any suggestion lets me know…

    Must Have

    • Multi-Touch Screen
    • Multi-Touch Touchpad
    • Minimum 4GB RAM
    • Minimum 300GB Storage
    • 64 Bit
    • Wifi

    Optional

    • Built-in GPS
    • Tablet format
    • SDD system drive
    • 3G

    Light Research

    • Dell
      • Studio 17 – Not yet shipping, Unclear about Multi-touch monitor or touch pad, but claims it as optional
    • Asus – Wow what a horrible web site…
    • Lenovo
      • IdeaPad U550 - 374955U $800 - multitouch
      • ThinkPad T400s – Way exoensive, small drive multitouch
    • Toshiba
      • Protege Tablets – Touch, no 64bit
      • Satellite Pro U500-EZ1311  32bit - $1000
    • Acer
      • Aspire 5738
        • AS5738PG-6306 – Touch, 4gb TAM, 15.6”, 64bit - $770 on B&H
    • HP
      • TX2 – TX2Z – 12.1” Tablet PC - Has all features when customized for $964
    • Fujitsu
      • T5010 - 13.3" screen Tablet PC - Not sure about 64bit. $2300 (eek)

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    November 29. 2009 07:31

    Hey Patrick,

    It's not on your radar at all, but I have to rave about our Panasonic Toughbook for the onboard nav machine. The durability is such great peace of mind! It's been subjected to some rough stuff (mostly by our children, ironically) and never given us a problem.  We do have a second machine, not a Toughbook, that is our media player and most other things... but I love the durability of the Toughie. I also really appreciated the great customer service- when our DVD drive started acting funny at 1.5 years into ownership, it was replaced and shipped to us: no cost, no questions asked.

    Behan

    November 30. 2009 07:37

    That is a good Suggestion Behan.

    Patrick

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