I'm currently using my old development laptop which is powerful enough, but it's screen is so dim outside it's completely useless without a shroud or inside a car behind a shaded wall.
I'm thinking of buying a laptop specifically for running the mission planner during missions, but none of the shops are allowing me to take the laptop outside to check :)
I came across Samsung's NC215 Solar Powered Notebook. Very affordable and the solar panels are a bonus, but I'm assuming it's screen would cope well with outside.
What do you guys use? I'm currently frustrated with my config...
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I splashed out on a EP121 Windows 7 Slate.
It comes with a leather folio case that doubles as a stand, but more importantly a sun shade!
I use it for ALL my computing, FPV video editing, Mission Planner, Arduino 023 and replying to forum posts ;o)
Excuse the poor photo, its a frame from the end of a video session. I use my Android phone to provide a mobile WIFI hot spot for Mission Planner maps, software updates and forum searches if I need help with something.
The touch screen can be fiddly for some activities such as changing the zoom level for maps so I use a wireless mini keyboard.
Dinovo Mini
Its all cost a fortune, but does the job perfectly. One last thing, battery life on the EP121 is only a couple of hours so I have a 12 volt to 19 volt inverter (cheap in-car laptop charger in a blister pack from the local petrol station) in the case running off a 3S lipo to top up the charge if need be.
andrew tridge posted a while back about a daylight readable screen, ie cut the back cover of the laptop out.