|
Re: Replacement Classmate
Virginia regional saw a lot of teams still using the classmates as a DS.
Two issues in addition to yours cristina with them that I and others noted:
1.) The battery in it's second year is about gone. Hard/near impossible to get a new one and recelling is hard to do. (Took about three hours for our guy to get into it and strip it down.) Hibernating/Sleeping the laptop helps but more often then not does the trick if the battery still has life in it.
2.) The one team that had any success with the Kinect was using a classmate. They couldn't use it in their first match as they had their joysticks pretty much just slapped in and didn't wanna risk moving them around. Secondly, the classmate is tremendously underpowered to support the Kinect at real time speeds.
Other than those, not a bad little laptop.
__________________
"Complications arose, ensued...were overcome." "I'd trade 500 CNC machines for one good hearted student."
From December to April, since 2002, I forfeit my mental sanity for perfect insanity.
|