Nathan Young wrote:
"Dan Luke" wrote in message ...

Today the Sony VAIO PCG-TR1AP notebook arrived, so I was able to install
WxWorx on it and add the GPS map option.

...

Good luck and have fun. I've been looking at WxWorx for a while, but
am really concerned by cockpit readability. I've tried several
laptops in the cockpit, and they are really hard to see - except at
night, when they are too bright.

If someone made a tablet PC with a high nit display, it would be
helpful to WxWorx.

I'm using a NEC Versa E120 Daylite with a transflective display. My
previous Toshiba laptop was basically unreadable in the cockpit during
the day. The NEC is wonderful in full sunlight. In fact, the more direct
light, the better the display looks! I only turn on the backlight at night.

It's not as nice a display as a standard TFT for indoor use, but that's
an acceptable tradeoff for me. It's also a 10.4" display which is a
reasonably small package, though not as nice a form factor as a tablet
for the cockpit. It has good battery life (~6 hrs) and I've also built a
28v-19v converter so I can run off ship power for long flights.

Marc