Walsingham Posted May 6, 2008 Posted May 6, 2008 Gentlemen, ladies.... Summer is here, and I for one am sick of being tied to a desk by the PC. I want to work outdoors in the sunshine. The objective before us is a solution that will let us use laptops and phones out of doors. Let's make it happen and see how many of us can get our bosses to spring for the kit. Viva life! "It wasn't lies. It was just... bull****"." -Elwood Blues tarna's dead; processing... complete. Disappointed by Universe. RIP Hades/Sand/etc. Here's hoping your next alt has a harp.
SteveThaiBinh Posted May 6, 2008 Posted May 6, 2008 The One Laptop Per Child laptop has a special screen that makes it much better than ordinary laptops in sun and rain, or so I hear. "An electric puddle is not what I need right now." (Nina Kalenkov)
Walsingham Posted May 6, 2008 Author Posted May 6, 2008 Any other ideas? I need to be able to install stuff like openofffice and analytical engines. EDIT@ apparently it uses LCOS which is liquid crystal on silicon. Which lets you work outdoors. Now we need to find an ordinary laptop which uses the same tech.... "It wasn't lies. It was just... bull****"." -Elwood Blues tarna's dead; processing... complete. Disappointed by Universe. RIP Hades/Sand/etc. Here's hoping your next alt has a harp.
Deadly_Nightshade Posted May 6, 2008 Posted May 6, 2008 I think the Eee PC uses the same technology - I'm not positive though. "Geez. It's like we lost some sort of bet and ended up saddled with a bunch of terrible new posters on this forum." -Hurlshot
Walsingham Posted May 6, 2008 Author Posted May 6, 2008 Interesting. You mean these Asus PCs? Anyone have any comments one me getting one? Could be pretty tasty, and would suit my long commutes very well. "It wasn't lies. It was just... bull****"." -Elwood Blues tarna's dead; processing... complete. Disappointed by Universe. RIP Hades/Sand/etc. Here's hoping your next alt has a harp.
WITHTEETH Posted May 6, 2008 Posted May 6, 2008 You could always be a surface coating engineer and paint houses. I've got a nice tan going on currently. Always outnumbered, never out gunned! Unreal Tournament 2004 Handle:Enlight_2.0 Myspace Website! My rig
Deadly_Nightshade Posted May 7, 2008 Posted May 7, 2008 Interesting. You mean these Asus PCs? Anyone have any comments one me getting one? Could be pretty tasty, and would suit my long commutes very well. you should look at the main website as well, for they now have three or four variations - including some that run windows if you know that the applications you need might not be compatible. "Geez. It's like we lost some sort of bet and ended up saddled with a bunch of terrible new posters on this forum." -Hurlshot
Humodour Posted May 7, 2008 Posted May 7, 2008 I badly want an EEE. Perfect for coding baby. Still, my old Toshiba Tablet PC had a certain coating or something that made it anti-glare, Wals. I used it outside a lot. Point is, the technology is old and should be readily available.
Walsingham Posted May 9, 2008 Author Posted May 9, 2008 So did it work well? I mean well enough to use on a nice summer's day? "It wasn't lies. It was just... bull****"." -Elwood Blues tarna's dead; processing... complete. Disappointed by Universe. RIP Hades/Sand/etc. Here's hoping your next alt has a harp.
Humodour Posted May 10, 2008 Posted May 10, 2008 Better than before I got the anti-glare screen. It was an old technology, though. You'd have to ask somebody else for the effectiveness of today's solutions, sorry.
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