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WeAreNotAlone · 03-17-2008, 09:06 PM

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GizmoQ,

Understand totally about the cold weather... makes me not want to do much either, that said if you get a chance to take some quick shots from various angles it would be appreciated greatly.

To give you some perspective on how I understand working in the cold... First of the year I was working OUTSIDE, exposed to the weather doing about 20 hours worth of work to a vehicle I recently got.... Not allot of fun when you used to have a shop to work in, and now you have a house with NO garage.

(That is one of the major reasons I'm looking for land--- I want a big shop... tired of having no storage, no place to get in out of the weather. In the winter it's freezing cold, the summer it's hot, when it rains I get wet- not to mention when the sun it at the wrong angle you can't see a thing.)

On the removable aspect (rough roads)... My thoughts are on rough roads is to just un-dock from the docking station as I was thinking the "dock" is designed for sitting on a DESK, and is not designed for use in a environment that bounces around allot.

... that plus reinforcing the hinge, or doing away with it altogether. Most of the time I will be on paved roads- that said if I see something "interesting" I may stray off-road.

On the various units, While I am planning for trying to get a more current unit,, a 4, or 5xxx series... I have to ask due to cost constraints... Is a 3500S with the outdoor screen worth messing with? I would think it might be usable running Win2000 with the ram maxed out- and the maybe XP with the OS tweaked (stripped down) at least as a GPS solution running "standard" GPS mapping software. That said I don't know the requirements of GPS software, nor much about the 3500 series on what is possible.
(If you know what GPS software "runs" on a 3500(s), please do tell!)

3500(s) is the one with the outdoor screen, right?

Another thing that complicates things is that I may be doing some kind of emulation to run software originally designed for a dedicated GPS unit, or ?????, trying to run them on a PC... More than likely running such is going to be a no-go... on any tablet type pc... so more than likely I will be running a app designed for a PC...

BTW, I like how you used the joystick in your pics...

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03-17-2008, 09:06 PM	#26
WeAreNotAlone Newbie Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 15 My Photos: ()	. GizmoQ, Understand totally about the cold weather... makes me not want to do much either, that said if you get a chance to take some quick shots from various angles it would be appreciated greatly. To give you some perspective on how I understand working in the cold... First of the year I was working OUTSIDE, exposed to the weather doing about 20 hours worth of work to a vehicle I recently got.... Not allot of fun when you used to have a shop to work in, and now you have a house with NO garage. (That is one of the major reasons I'm looking for land--- I want a big shop... tired of having no storage, no place to get in out of the weather. In the winter it's freezing cold, the summer it's hot, when it rains I get wet- not to mention when the sun it at the wrong angle you can't see a thing.) On the removable aspect (rough roads)... My thoughts are on rough roads is to just un-dock from the docking station as I was thinking the "dock" is designed for sitting on a DESK, and is not designed for use in a environment that bounces around allot. ... that plus reinforcing the hinge, or doing away with it altogether. Most of the time I will be on paved roads- that said if I see something "interesting" I may stray off-road. On the various units, While I am planning for trying to get a more current unit,, a 4, or 5xxx series... I have to ask due to cost constraints... Is a 3500S with the outdoor screen worth messing with? I would think it might be usable running Win2000 with the ram maxed out- and the maybe XP with the OS tweaked (stripped down) at least as a GPS solution running "standard" GPS mapping software. That said I don't know the requirements of GPS software, nor much about the 3500 series on what is possible. (If you know what GPS software "runs" on a 3500(s), please do tell!) 3500(s) is the one with the outdoor screen, right? Another thing that complicates things is that I may be doing some kind of emulation to run software originally designed for a dedicated GPS unit, or ?????, trying to run them on a PC... More than likely running such is going to be a no-go... on any tablet type pc... so more than likely I will be running a app designed for a PC... BTW, I like how you used the joystick in your pics... .