Sorry, meant to also include this link for general specs of this line:
http://www.gd-itronix.com/index.cfm?page=Products:GoBookIII
On Sat, Jan 4, 2014 at 10:36 AM, Pete Forsyth <peteforsyth(a)gmail.com> wrote:
All--
I ran across something interesting on eBay, a lot of 4 rugged GoBook III
Ix260 laptops. These are Pentium M laptops (i.e. old and slow) but they are
rugged, they have built-in GPS capabilities, touch screens, and bright
outdoor-viewing displays. They come without hard drives, but with caddies.
I wonder if these might be useful for warbiking / node mapping, or other
mesh/sudo activities? I am interested to fool around with them, and
wouldn't mind owning one, but am hesitant to buy all 4 unless there is
likely to be a use for them (and unless I could recover some of the cost).
A little googling indicates that Ubuntu seems to run fine on them (I am
running Lubuntu on a similarly-specced Dell, and am super happy with it).
There might be an issue getting the touch screen to work -- I saw a
question about that without any response.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Lot-of-4-Itronix-Go-Book-III-Rugged-Laptop-IX260-1-…
Thoughts?
Pete