April 25, 2005 05:05
Hi Roger,
I am interested to find out how you got on with your setup. Mine is very similar except I am using a powerbook.
A colleague here at work had his powerbook suddenly, instantly and totally die on him (at work, not at sea!) an event that reminded me that I am still not brave enough to toss away the paper charts yet.
On the subject of computer reliability and power consumption, this may sound nuts, but I have cut a piece of polycarbonate twinwall conservatory roofing and stuck it to the bottom of my powerbook with blutack. Since I did that the bottom of the computer has stayed MUCH cooler and the fan never comes on. I would recommend this to anyone afraid that their mac portable is trying to cook itself to death and wants to save battery power from the fan being on. The added advantage is that when you work with it on your knee you don't need treatment for 1st degree burns afterwards!
For DC power I have bought a LIND transformer and cables that I plug into a cigarette socket (in cars also) www.lindelectronics.com. My Garmin 12 also has a 12v "cigarette" power cable.
Quentin
I am interested to find out how you got on with your setup. Mine is very similar except I am using a powerbook.
A colleague here at work had his powerbook suddenly, instantly and totally die on him (at work, not at sea!) an event that reminded me that I am still not brave enough to toss away the paper charts yet.
On the subject of computer reliability and power consumption, this may sound nuts, but I have cut a piece of polycarbonate twinwall conservatory roofing and stuck it to the bottom of my powerbook with blutack. Since I did that the bottom of the computer has stayed MUCH cooler and the fan never comes on. I would recommend this to anyone afraid that their mac portable is trying to cook itself to death and wants to save battery power from the fan being on. The added advantage is that when you work with it on your knee you don't need treatment for 1st degree burns afterwards!
For DC power I have bought a LIND transformer and cables that I plug into a cigarette socket (in cars also) www.lindelectronics.com. My Garmin 12 also has a 12v "cigarette" power cable.
Quentin