Choosing a laptop mount for the car?
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From: Jane Galt on 20 Mar 2010 13:16 =?iso-2022-jp?q?Hachiroku_=1B$B%O%A%m%=2F=1B=28B?= <Trueno(a)e86.GTS> wrote : > Of course, we all know you aren't planning to actually be using the laptop > while driving... For the second or third time, right. It's for GPS routing. I pull over and look at the map in a neighborhood, so I can tell where to turn etc. <sarcastic mode> No - I plan on using both hands and typing emails while I drive. LOL
From: exntluser on 20 Mar 2010 13:28 "Jane Galt" <Jane_G(a)gulch.xyz> wrote in message news:Xns9D41715D28404JaneGgulchxyz(a)216.196.97.142... > "exntluser" <exntluser(a)ntl.gone> wrote : > > >> Why would anybody want to use a laptop whilst in a car? >> Th mind boggles! > > Your mind seems to boggle at most things. > People like you shouldn't be allowed out on their own, never mind being in control of a car!
From: FatterDumber& Happier Moe on 20 Mar 2010 13:47 Jane Galt wrote: > FatterDumber& Happier Moe <"WheresMyCheck"@UncleSamLoves.Mee> wrote : > > >> You must do a lot of computing in the >> car to need a car stand. > > No, just gonna use a notebook with GPS for routing a bunch of trips imported > from a spreadsheet, and for zooming on maps when I need help finding > something, or going online for email at wifi spots. ( and no, to the safety > nazis, not while driving - I'll pull over ) > >> Did you see the ones that are homemade and use >> plastic pipe and fit in the cup holders? >> http://justoutsideboston.wordpress.com/ > > Amazing, but I want it infinitely adjustable, to bypass my handicapped > partner's legs on her left side and come up in the middle between us. > Whatever, where are you goin going to put the fax machine, copier, printer and beer keg.
From: Jane Galt on 20 Mar 2010 13:54 "exntluser" <exntluser(a)ntl.gone> wrote : > > "Jane Galt" <Jane_G(a)gulch.xyz> wrote in message > news:Xns9D41715D28404JaneGgulchxyz(a)216.196.97.142... >> "exntluser" <exntluser(a)ntl.gone> wrote : >> >> >>> Why would anybody want to use a laptop whilst in a car? >>> Th mind boggles! >> >> Your mind seems to boggle at most things. >> > People like you shouldn't be allowed out on their own, never mind being in > control of a car! > > > PLONK
From: Jane Galt on 20 Mar 2010 14:11
OldGringo38 <NoEnail(a)ThisOldHouse.Con> wrote : > , In The Beginning God Created The Heavens And Earth, Then I Added My > Two Cents To The Jane Galt Post: >> OldGringo38<NoEnail(a)ThisOldHouse.Con> wrote : >> >> >>> Uncomplicated solution, put the laptop in the trunk of the car, and >>> take a little stress out of your well being. >> >> Would kinda defeat the whole purpose, being it's for GPS routing and >> mapping while I drive. > > That's spooky as hell all by its self. Plan your trip in advance and > know where you are going and how to get there. > You obviously dont know a thing about my business or my trip planning. I route 25 or so stops. I use Streets & Trips for routing and to see local maps zoomed in on a neighborhood, if I need to. I type them into a spread sheet and import them to Streets & Trips. Cant do that with a regular GPS unit. So I wish everyone would just quit hassling me about my business and help with what I asked for help with. |