Roger, LF,

I use a Samsung NC10 Netbook and find it ideal for all applications. It is 
PLENTY powerful enough for datamodes - in fact currently I'm typing this 
email and running ROS concurrently, as well as, at times, connecting to it 
via VNC from my Android phone so I can watch the ROS screen from elsewhere 
in the house. Can't recommend one highly enough. It has an Atom CPU 
1.66GHz and 2GB RAM. It's a bit old, and no longer available, but that 
only means that the newer hardware on the market will be more capable 
still. The only downside is that some software is written without the 
ability to alter the window sizes (ROS for example - although it has the 
choice of 1024x600, which is okay, if you don't want the waterfall).

Regards,

John


On Wed, 31 Aug 2011, Roger Lapthorn wrote:

> Can anyone give me some advice on the suitability (or not) of small 1GHz 
> RAM Atom based netbooks (available for about £189 new) for these 
> modes/applications? I'd like something more power efficient that could 
> be used out /P as well as at home.
> 
> 73s
> Roger G3XBM
> 
> Via my iPod Touch 4g 2.4GHz handheld. 
>