On 12/22/2015 11:54 AM, Ronald Bynoe wrote: > On Tue, Dec 22, 2015 at 11:32 AM, Dick Steffens <d...@dicksteffens.com> > wrote: > >> On 12/22/2015 11:21 AM, Michael Rasmussen wrote: >>> On Tue, Dec 22, 2015 at 10:28:05AM -0800, Dick Steffens wrote: >>>> My objective is to have a device that uses a decent sized hard drive so >>>> I can put my entire music collection on it and be able to leave it >>>> running in the car, connected to my car's stereo Aux port, but not >>>> requiring that it be kept open like a laptop. >>> Consider upgrading your car radio to one that supports Bluetooth. >> It already does, but that's tied up with the phone. But there's a stereo >> mini jack on it, right up front, that I can use with a cable between it >> and the headphone jack on the computer. >> >>> Then get a tablet with an SD card slot and you'll be home free in less >>> space >> Last time I checked, which was before just now, SD cards only went to 32 >> GB, and I known I want more than that without having to swap them out. >> But now I see that there are ones that can go to 2 TB. Of course, that >> would mean finding a tablet that supports the recent SDXC standard. >> > All current and previous generation Android devices support SDXC, and yeah, > you can get 64 GB cheap, and each year the next size gets cheaper. For > Black Friday this year, 128 GB MicroSD cards were only $45, next year 256 > GB ones will be priced under $50, and likely soon multi-terrabyte ones will > be in the reasonable price range as well, probably at a pace which > outstrips your LP ripping process. > >>> with longer battery life. >> I'm prepared to us a car charger if necessary. >> > Okay, but a car charger won't charge a laptop, it'll run it, but the > battery won't increase in charge very quickly, that giant display, the > spinning rust, and the super-fast GPU and CPU all eat a lot of power. Your > average laptop battery will go 4-8 hours between charges, a cell phone in > airplane mode will last weeks. A laptop when your car is on will charge > very slowly, if at all, at which point you may have a dead laptop battery > for your drive home, and any small bump to your inverter will make you wait > for Linux to reboot, potentially interactively. With a cell phone, you just > need a USB port (so it won't even consume your entire accessory port most > likely, most accessory USB plugs have multiple ports), it'll charge over > the course of your drive, and sit there idling for you while sipping power. > Also, an Android phone with minimal apps installed will boot up many times > faster than a laptop will. > > And, there's the issue of parking your car at the grocery store or theater. > A phone could be tossed into your glove box if you're concerned about it > being stolen. A laptop is much harder to hide. A laptop is also a more > expensive device, and more likely to present a target to a would-be-thief. > The phone can attach to your aux audio input, or to your car's bluetooth, > and it can do so way better than Windows or Linux will (I can skip songs > from my steering wheel on my phone via bluetooth, while reading the artist > name and song title, I have a feeling Amarok might not be quite as > functional for car bluetooth players). > > >> Thanks for the ideas. >> > Oh, and of course with a phone, it has GPS, and wifi, and could be used to > attach to your home wifi when you come home, with a gpx file ftp'd over to > your desktop of your speed and location during your drive, or since it has > Maps anyway (or you can download Waze), you can use it for navigation > without tying up your phone for that too! And of course, cell phone mounts > for cars are a dime a dozen, a laptop mount would be much more involved > considering their size and weight, and much more likely to interfere with > the proper functioning of your air bags. > > Okay, I promise, I'm done now. (:
Some valid points worth considering. The next trip is likely months away, so I have time to consider my options. -- Regards, Dick Steffens _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
