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o1d_dude
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Reged: 10/03/07
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Is anyone here using a netbook in connection with webcam astrophotography?
I don't particularly desire a full house laptop and am thinking a netbook would work just fine for shooting the sky with a webcam.
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Kit
'Don’t worry about what telescope you own, or its quality. Just get out under the night sky, and enjoy God’s wondrous universe.' - Thomas M Back
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stefsaber
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Posts: 4721
Loc: Rainy Florida
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Well as long as it has at minimum 1 gb of ram, and a usb port I would think you should be fine. As long as its running windows, it should be good to go 
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"A common mistake people make when trying to design something completely foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools." -Douglas Adams
Current Scopes: "Gator" William Optics 66SD---Black Swan William Optics Megrez 80 II ED Triplet---Zhumell 10" Dob
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Past Scopes: ETX 90---Vixen ED80Sf
Fort Myers, FL
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o1d_dude
o1der than dirt
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I've been looking at the ASUS EEE PC model 1005HA that's currently selling for about $360 on Amazon. The appropriate 2GB memory chip sells for about $40.
My son has one and swears by it rather than at it.
I was just wondering if anyone else was using one to do astrophotography. Ya gotta love the 10 hours of run time.
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Kit
'Don’t worry about what telescope you own, or its quality. Just get out under the night sky, and enjoy God’s wondrous universe.' - Thomas M Back
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Arctic_Eddie
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Reged: 12/30/07
Posts: 610
Loc: St. Petersburg, FL
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I use an Acer A150(8.9") and Acer D150(10.1") with an Orion LPI camera and have no problem. The only negative is the lower screen resolution, 1024x600. There is a program available to solve that, a Downscaling Switcher.
http://forum.msi-wind.de/viewtopic.php?f=14&t=905
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