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How does the 1000HE handle the Nat Geo, Delorme TOPO, and Mappoint? What Delorme? I'm thinking about making my Asus 1000HE my car comp, so i'm curious....
It works reasonably well, I use both Delorme Streets plus the TOPO 8.0...I have low expectations for a netbook, so I'm happy, but screen writes, especially on the TOPO at close zoom while traveling fast in the car struggle to keep up...for most stuff, I've had no issue just zooming out a bit and then it can keep up.
Nat Geo works just fine for pretty much everything - I've had it crawling around offroad and it tracks ok, and screen writes are fine.
Mappoint has no issues at all, tracks great in the GPS mode (not nearly as good as a dedicated GPS, but pretty sweet directions).
One thing I've struggled with is switching apps, i seem to be able to switch between the delorme products (using earthmate connection) and mappoint (using NMEA connection), but the moment I try and switch to Nat Geo it claims the port and nothing else works until I restart...I'm sure there's some solution out there, but I haven't messed around with it enough...I have also been unsuccessful at using my 60Cx and the Earthmate at the same time (either through BT or USB). Maybe someday I'll get around to figuring it out, but for now, it's too much of a hassle.
As for using the 1000HE as a car computer, I've had mine just sitting on the drivers seat, mounted on the dash, and also rigged over the center console...it's just a little too big for my H3, I think in a full-size it would work fine, but a driving factor switching to the tablet was smaller footprint w/the screen collapsed. If I had the space, I wouldn't hesitate to use it though...I've dropped mine from about 3 feet, on, screen open, and hit the front corner by the keyboard...no damage, no HDD crash or anything...I got lucky, but it's been super durable for me and seems like it would handle washboard fairly well (certainly better than my old compaq I was using as my car laptop)...
