S/V Deep Playa - Pearson 424

Here’s a little tip for you locals here in Seattle. The Fisheries Supply online store which can tell you if things are in stock does not actually reflect what is in stock. I’m not sure how they built their system with out doing that right. But I called in today to check on something and the person on the phone confirmed that the web site and actual inventory are not hooked up.

Call first!

I finally upgraded the site to DotNetBlogEngine 1.5 so I'm guessing all you newsreader users just got all the posts again. Sorry about that. Jason from s\v Hello World had said was reposting the entire feed every once in a while. Let me know if it still does that.

Great write up from Bob (a fellow Pearson 424 owner) about open source navigation software.
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Here’s a great wikipedia entry for screens and laptops which support multitouch

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Multi-Touch_Computers_and_Monitors

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)