[Navid Shafa]

Originally Posted by davidthefat

Some teams use the class mate to program the robot too, but I never use it to program. The keyboards are just so tiny and they give my hands cramps.

The upside to this year's deregulation of the Operator Console allows for teams to essentially use anything. If so desired, a team can use a regular laptop for the operator console, and simply re-image it as required. Personally, I think the size and weight factors might prove to be annoying, so I'm glad our team is looking into using a slightly larger sized netbook, with a decent battery life