Can we build the perfect laptop for the road.
For a while now I've been wondering about the perfect computer for the road. Yes we've discussed the EEE PC in detail, and indeed I've got one and it's pretty good, but it's not perfect. I'm wondering, whether it might be possible now, with available software and hardware to come up with what could be the perfect set up. I've done a quick google to try and find examples where I can.
My thoughts on what that would be are: But then I got to thinking, if it has a solid state drive, in theory it should be OK to run it WHILE riding and if it was small enough it could fit in a map bag, and if it had a touchscreen which twisted round like a tablet you could run software.
So this is what I thought it could do. - GPS - The New LG comes with an onboard GPS receiver, but there's plenty of external GPS that could be used if the right software could be found.
- Video - There's a range of software available that allow any video capture device to be used to record onto a computer's hard disc. It may not be broadcast quality, but it'd do for YouTube etc. It might even be possible to have more than one cam mounted.
- Bike to Bike Coms - Something I can't find, but I can't see why it shouldn't be possible. There are already bluetooth bike to bike coms, but if you could use wifi you'd have greater range, and the possiblity to transfer data between bikes. Only thing is I can't find any audio software which would allow this. You could then use a cheap bluetooth headset to communicate to the computer which would use wifi to connect to all your riding buddies.
- And all the usual computery things.
But I know next to nothing about computers, for all I know this might all be out there already or easier to do. So I'm wondering if anyone fancies trying to draw up a list to make a cheap(-ish) system which would work?
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