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If any of you carry a laptop what kind do you carry, A chrome book is not going to work I have one and they are only good for a few things. I will need to run Base Camp and need access to both banking and my trading accounts. I can do the banking and trading on my phone but I do need access to Road Runner and a few other mags as well as Rever if I am in a location I want to add some routes to. Apple is out I am a PC person. I think a Ultra 13" will fit in either my Fronk or a Teebag. I don't really want a back pack strapped to my back I don't think it will work with a seat with a back rest.
I have never used a laptop with a 13 inch screen, this really needs to work well for just regular car travel as well. I don't mind spending up to 1,000 or a little more.... better processor/more memory and SSD drive.
So what do most of you carry?
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Originally Posted by oldrider60
If any of you carry a laptop what kind do you carry, A chrome book is not going to work I have one and they are only good for a few things. I will need to run Base Camp and need access to both banking and my trading accounts. I can do the banking and trading on my phone but I do need access to Road Runner and a few other mags as well as Rever if I am in a location I want to add some routes to. Apple is out I am a PC person. I think a Ultra 13" will fit in either my Fronk or a Teebag. I don't really want a back pack strapped to my back I don't think it will work with a seat with a back rest. I have never used a laptop with a 13 inch screen, this really needs to work well for just regular car travel as well. I don't mind spending up to 1,000 or a little more.... better processor/more memory and SSD drive. So what do most of you carry?
I used to carry a large laptop but now just carry a Samsung tablet. Haven't tried loading BaseCamp yet. I think if you can afford it, one of the top-rated laptops with a SSD would be the most useful. My wife likes her HP Envy, which she has had for 3 years.
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I'd really like a Microsoft Surface Pro primarily for BaseCamp on the road, but at present have other claimers for spare $$. Have an old tax volunteer colleague who travels all the time and swears by his.
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I have carried a business class Dell Latitude laptop for better than 15 yrs. (not the same one, several upgrades) An E73xx series sounds about right for you. The Latitude business class machines are built MUCH better than the plastic consumer laptops and are also serviceable, upgradeable and work on a docking station when you are home so it works as a full desktop replacement as well. Let me know if you would like some specific recommendations and pointers to some good deals on them.
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MacBook Air. Light, compact and covers it all.
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Toshiba Satellite here....it's been a good all around laptop with no complaints from me. I think I got it for $600 about 5 yrs ago. No problems with Chrome or Windows 10 at all
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HP Envy (17" screen). I run Basecamp and down load route logs into Basecamp and upload planned routes to our Zumo 660. Works great.
We are currently in the middle of a 10 day trip out of central Ohio having rode the Great Lakes Seaway from its western terminus to the easten end. Today rode south through the Adirondacks. All ten days were preplanned, uploaded to the Zumo and at the end of each day I download the actual route log from the Zumo back to Basecamp.
We are on a 2014 RT Ltd pulling an RT-622 trailer. This is out second multi-day trip this year. Did the Natchez Trace in May.
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I dished the Dell for a Surface Pro 4 and haven't looked back.
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Originally Posted by Gator37
MacBook Air. Light, compact and covers it all.
He wants a PC!
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My son who's a BMW GS Adventure guy bought a small Dell for BaseCamp on the road because he just couldn't get the Mac BC software to work smoothly. Don't know model. It's small but larget than a tablet; think he got it at Costco.
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+1 for the Microsoft Surface Pro Since it's in your budget, or as others have suggested, a 13" with a SSD, I-3 or better
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Originally Posted by UtahPete
He wants a PC!
Me Bad, only read part of his Thread.
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Firstly a few people have mentioned Microsoft Surfaces. If you do get one of these then make sure you take out the accident protection cover when you buy it. A lot of our employees have these at work and we often have to get the screens replaced because they have cracked them. The glass goes up virtually to the edge so any sharp knock is going to damage them. Even protective cases don't seem to be fool proof, they also add a lot of bulk.
My ultra-portable laptop is a Dell XPS 13 2-1 with i7 16gb RAM, 512gb SSD. Got this rather than a Surface as the screens so much better and the keyboard is nicer to use.
My powerhouse laptop is a Eurocom Panther 5 with a 10 Core Intel Xeon processor, 32gb RAM an three 1TB SSD's. Mind you that ones 7.5kg with its power supply so more luggable than portable:-)
The one I take on motorcycle trips is a Panasonic Toughbook CF-C1 which I brought for next to nothing secondhand on eBay. Made sure I got one with a i5 processor, 8Gb Ram and twin batteries. Fitted it with an 512gb SSD, installed Windows 10 and it runs surprisingly quick. The design looks a bit old fashioned but its very light for it's size. Has a very readable screen and can stand a little rain, knocks, etc. Also has a touch screen and can turn into a tablet (though a thick one:-)). This is actually a surprisingly good laptop though with 2 batteries you still only get 3-4 hours use when the screens on full brightness.
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Lenovo Twist is what I have been using for a few years, has served well as a traditional laptop, a tent laptop or a tablet format.
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Thanks I am looking at both the Dell XPS and HP Spectre X 360.
Originally Posted by PistonBlown
Firstly a few people have mentioned Microsoft Surfaces. If you do get one of these then make sure you take out the accident protection cover when you buy it. A lot of our employees have these at work and we often have to get the screens replaced because they have cracked them. The glass goes up virtually to the edge so any sharp knock is going to damage them. Even protective cases don't seem to be fool proof, they also add a lot of bulk.
My ultra-portable laptop is a Dell XPS 13 2-1 with i7 16gb RAM, 512gb SSD. Got this rather than a Surface as the screens so much better and the keyboard is nicer to use.
My powerhouse laptop is a Eurocom Panther 5 with a 10 Core Intel Xeon processor, 32gb RAM an three 1TB SSD's. Mind you that ones 7.5kg with its power supply so more luggable than portable:-)
The one I take on motorcycle trips is a Panasonic Toughbook CF-C1 which I brought for next to nothing secondhand on eBay. Made sure I got one with a i5 processor, 8Gb Ram and twin batteries. Fitted it with an 512gb SSD, installed Windows 10 and it runs surprisingly quick. The design looks a bit old fashioned but its very light for it's size. Has a very readable screen and can stand a little rain, knocks, etc. Also has a touch screen and can turn into a tablet (though a thick one:-)). This is actually a surprisingly good laptop though with 2 batteries you still only get 3-4 hours use when the screens on full brightness.
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