Maurice Kinal wrote in a message to Roy J. Tellason:

 RT> Need?  No.  About the only application I can think of that I'd *like*
 RT> one for would be mapping,  maybe with GPS added,  in a vehicle.  And
 RT> that'd still fall into the "neat toy" category,  for the
time being.



 MK> You don't need a laptop to collect good xyz data.

No,  I just need one to display the maps and show me where things are, 
etc. 

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