darticus
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Is this a student toy or adult project. This sounds interesting but it needs to be expandable. I worked with ER1 and AIBO ER7. Is this something I could get into? Suggestions and price help needed!
You are absolutely right! I think we are all saying the W3-810-1600 is the one to get. I'm checking it out better now. I keep getting stuck on the 4gb 8.1 small laptops refurbished and the tablet and new or refurbished. Did you guys buy refurbished from the guy on ebay at 75.00 for the tablet? http://www.ebay.com/itm/262031597527 Thanks all Ron
I bought a refurbished 2 gig RAM 32 gig HDD W3 for £90 ($137 US) from Amazon and as mentioned, works absolutely fine. It's like I mentioned previously, the W3 is a good bit of kit, but if you plan to to lots of script writing, then a cheap laptop will probably a better option. It's really down to personal taste and what you're more comfortable using.
The thing to check with a refurb is the battery. There were some battery issues with the W3 so you could wind up with a duff one.
I bought new, I would buy new again, I'd rather have the manufacturer warranty and assurance of a quality product than risk (however small) getting something not worth more than a doorstop.
FYI the battery issue was nothing major and has since been fixed via a bios update. Any new W3 shouldn't have any issues with the battery unless through misuse.
I finally bought a computer. I bought a refurbished one off eBay. I hope it will do JD right and allow me to program with him using ARC. Check it out if you have the time and let me know if it will do. Hope it has a new battery and can be updated to windows 10. http://www.ebay.com/itm/Dell-Laptop-Latitude-Windows-8-1-Core-2-Duo-4GB-Ram-DVDRW-WIFI-Computer-Win-8-HD-/151760795227? Thanks Ron
That should be a good choice. The Dell Latitude line is their corporate line. Built like a truck. Never bleeding edge tech, but solid, tested, and reliable.
Alan
OK! JD Comes today but Santa is watching and holding until December 25th. Thanks Ron
I know you guys can help me with this. If I had someone to buy some extra parts for JD for a Christmas gift. What parts would be good to have on hand? I see two types of servos, one with bracket one without, a distance sensor, extension blocks, extention cubes. Your making my extended Christmas list. Thanks Ron
If I had a JD, top of my list would be a 4in1 Orientation Sensor. You mount it on his chest and he knows if he has fallen down and can stand back up.
Alan