Mounting a laptop in a vehicle

03-22-2002

I found this on another site today:

http://www.mitchellfamily.com/laptopmount.html

It might be of interest for those of us (yes... me included) who balance laptops on the passenger seat, dashboard, or use duct tape to hold things down.

03-22-2002

This has been discussed before in this thread: http://forums.netstumbler.com/showthread.php?threadid=727

I see from your page, that you went through quite a few bit to track these down. In the original thread, it was suggested going direct to a city garage or radio shop to look for mounts. You took the long way, but ended up there. :-) Very nice setup though!

Cheers,
Thorn

03-22-2002

Sorry... I can't take the credit for the idea - I just found the page. However you're absolutely right, and, clearly being sooo excited at finding something 'just right' I went ahead and started a new thread. Doh.

But on another note, in-car PC stuff is rare in the UK (where I am). Our emergency services don't tend to have stuff like this: in fact, the only time I've seen PCs in cars was a police force who had a product called the MDT by IBM spinoff Xyratec. This had the the PC in the boot and the display recessed into the sun visor.

03-22-2002

Gee, I thought the UK was ahead of the US in the police PC in-car (and other) usage. I was watching a show on TechTV a few weeks back, and the mounted (horse) patrols in one city (Manchester? I forget...) were using wireless PCs. The PC was mounted in a saddle bag, with a mini display/keyboard combo in the Officer's hand. It showed him running a Wants and Warrants Check on a suspect in a back alley. The NYPD Mounted Unit doesn't have these. I reasoned that if the UK police had that for the mounted units they would certainly have them for the cars, but I guess not!

Cheers,
Thorn

03-22-2002	#1 (permalink)
Posts: n/a	Mounting a laptop in a vehicle I found this on another site today: http://www.mitchellfamily.com/laptopmount.html It might be of interest for those of us (yes... me included) who balance laptops on the passenger seat, dashboard, or use duct tape to hold things down.

03-22-2002	#2 (permalink)
Posts: n/a	Looks good This has been discussed before in this thread: http://forums.netstumbler.com/showthread.php?threadid=727 I see from your page, that you went through quite a few bit to track these down. In the original thread, it was suggested going direct to a city garage or radio shop to look for mounts. You took the long way, but ended up there. :-) Very nice setup though! Cheers, Thorn

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03-22-2002	#3 (permalink)
Posts: n/a	Sorry... I can't take the credit for the idea - I just found the page. However you're absolutely right, and, clearly being sooo excited at finding something 'just right' I went ahead and started a new thread. Doh. But on another note, in-car PC stuff is rare in the UK (where I am). Our emergency services don't tend to have stuff like this: in fact, the only time I've seen PCs in cars was a police force who had a product called the MDT by IBM spinoff Xyratec. This had the the PC in the boot and the display recessed into the sun visor.

03-22-2002	#4 (permalink)
Posts: n/a	Gee, I thought the UK was ahead of the US in the police PC in-car (and other) usage. I was watching a show on TechTV a few weeks back, and the mounted (horse) patrols in one city (Manchester? I forget...) were using wireless PCs. The PC was mounted in a saddle bag, with a mini display/keyboard combo in the Officer's hand. It showed him running a Wants and Warrants Check on a suspect in a back alley. The NYPD Mounted Unit doesn't have these. I reasoned that if the UK police had that for the mounted units they would certainly have them for the cars, but I guess not! Cheers, Thorn