Replacement Classmate

[FrankJ]

We had more the the usual share of software & comm problems this year. (Thanks smart dash board) Our op station is a mid line Dell. Of all the questions & suggestions that were made, nobody, FTA's included suggested pulling the classmate out & trying it.

The classmate is fine for running the basic drive station. But for the replacement money you can buy much better solution. It is cookbook simple to add the required software.

The spirit of Gracious Professionalism is evident with the FTAs, NI people, & Java teams that spent a lot of time helping us at Peachtree & Palmetto.

[Mk.32]

We tossed the Classmate this year and used an Student's gateway laptop [i5+4gb], didn't have a single issue and the video feed from the camera seemed to not lag at all on it compared to the Classmate where there was some lag noticeable.

You can get a decent netbook that will run circles around the classmate for about $300-$400 these days, or even a full sized laptop that will be even faster.

Yes you would have to configure these but it is usually the same amount of work as flashing the classmate and just installing the updates.