Robert Forry
EF3
Hey gang! Need some advice on a an equipment upgrade and want to know what your using or what you've upgraded to recently and why, and how is it working out for you.
I've been chasing and live streaming primarily with an Asus G751 laptop since 2011. This thing is a Behemoth! The 17 inch screen rocks, and probably awesome for the gamer, but it weighs a ton and takes up a lot of space in my Jeep (I chase in a 2000 Jeep Cherokee 4X4 Sport). It's mounted to the front passenger seat using a RAM Mount, so it doesn't leave a lot of front passenger leg room, plus with its size, leaves few options for positioning/viewing![Frown :( :(](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)
Over the last year or so I've spoken to both Nick Nolte and Brad Goddard about switching over to a Windows tablet. I believe they're both are using Surface Pro 2s. I think these are awesome! Small, just a 12 inch screen, and takes up a whole lot less room in an already constrained for space area. I have been very close to pulling the trigger on the new Surface Pro 3.... but, then I watch one of the last episodes of The Ghost Train (great episode BTW, Marcus and James!!), and I see Skip Talbots van has a "touch screen" mounted (didn't see exactly how) in between his front seats. I though the idea of using a touch screen tethered to a laptop seems pretty cool to me now too. They vary in size I believe, so maybe something in the 13-15 inch range mounted (still need to figure that part out) to something extending up from the center sub-straight would work?
Also considering a new, smaller screened laptop..
Undecided.
All I know is spring is almost here and I need to act fast. However I proceed, I'm pulling my files off the Asus and selling it on Ebay to a gamer, and possibly the RAM Mount if I go with a tablet or slightly larger touchscreen tethered to the new laptop.
What about you? What are you using?
I've been chasing and live streaming primarily with an Asus G751 laptop since 2011. This thing is a Behemoth! The 17 inch screen rocks, and probably awesome for the gamer, but it weighs a ton and takes up a lot of space in my Jeep (I chase in a 2000 Jeep Cherokee 4X4 Sport). It's mounted to the front passenger seat using a RAM Mount, so it doesn't leave a lot of front passenger leg room, plus with its size, leaves few options for positioning/viewing
Over the last year or so I've spoken to both Nick Nolte and Brad Goddard about switching over to a Windows tablet. I believe they're both are using Surface Pro 2s. I think these are awesome! Small, just a 12 inch screen, and takes up a whole lot less room in an already constrained for space area. I have been very close to pulling the trigger on the new Surface Pro 3.... but, then I watch one of the last episodes of The Ghost Train (great episode BTW, Marcus and James!!), and I see Skip Talbots van has a "touch screen" mounted (didn't see exactly how) in between his front seats. I though the idea of using a touch screen tethered to a laptop seems pretty cool to me now too. They vary in size I believe, so maybe something in the 13-15 inch range mounted (still need to figure that part out) to something extending up from the center sub-straight would work?
Also considering a new, smaller screened laptop..
Undecided.
All I know is spring is almost here and I need to act fast. However I proceed, I'm pulling my files off the Asus and selling it on Ebay to a gamer, and possibly the RAM Mount if I go with a tablet or slightly larger touchscreen tethered to the new laptop.
What about you? What are you using?