Cheap, small laptop with car charger

Cheap, small laptop with car charger

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BrewsterBear

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1,507 posts

193 months

Saturday 27th August 2016
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I'm still shaking down my car and although once it's running happily I shouldn't need to talk to the aftermarket ECU every time, a breakdown last weekend proved how invaluable it would be to have a laptop in the car. It needs to be 12" or smaller, have at least one USB port, run Windows (preferably 7, but I understand this won't be easy on a new machine) and I need to be able to power it from my cig lighter socket.

Does anyone know of anything available? I've seen small laptops in Currys for £150-200, but they don't come with a car charger as such. I know there are inverters available to generate 240Vac from 12Vdc, but it seems a bit overkill to convert 12Vdc to 240Vac to 24Vdc to charge a small laptop.

BrewsterBear

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1,507 posts

193 months

Saturday 27th August 2016
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Cheers guys. That ASUS looks like it might do the job. I was wary of getting a tablet in case it wouldn't talk to the ECU, but fingers crossed.

BrewsterBear

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1,507 posts

193 months

Tuesday 30th August 2016
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I don't imagine Emerald's software is very resource hungry. What put me off buying one of those Acers is the lack ease of charging it in the car. Yes, 10 hour battery life is very good, but you can guarantee it would go dead at exactly the wrong time when you're halfway to the Nurburgring and the car has a wobbly.