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I barely use it anymore because I'm on Team Waze, but my TomTom has life traffic updating, and will route around if you tell it to. (I paid extra up front for lifetime maps and traffic.) It's an older model, you could probably find one for under $100 on Amazon.
The one thing I love about TomTom that Waze does not do is the really excellent 3D first-person view where it also shows you what lane(s) you need to be in for freeway exits. For getting in and out of unfamiliar cities, it's incredibly helpful.
So, apparently the "netbook" niche has disappeared because of tablets and super-mini-laptops? My 4 year old netbook is having issues (most notably you have to hold the plug in place, and the problem is inside the machine, so buying a new AC adapter would not help.) I want small, portable, lightweight but I need proper office suite capabilities and ideally would be able to run ARCGis (which I can on the netbook). Are my only real options in the $1000 range? My netbook was $330! Ideas?
Are my only real options in the $1000 range?
What do you need out of a laptop that costs you that much? My sister's last laptop was under $450 and was pretty small and portable.
How much is a MS Surface? My sister uses one of those and it has Office capability...
I think your key drivers are screen size, weight, and ARCGis. What's your latitude on each of those?
There's something like this:
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It's 4 lbs. and should have far more computing power than a netbook.
Waze looks interesting, but it would still tie up my phone for long trips.
there are Garmin (I think) units that you can use with a smartphone. They are a lot cheaper than standalone units. In case this is an option for you.
Would it keep me from using the smart phone while it's attached?
This TomTom is similar to the one I have, and comes with lifetime traffic and maps (important because otherwise the updates will wind up costing more than the device!)
it would still tie up my phone for long trips
Do you take a lot of complicated long trips where you need additional directions all the time? You can flip away from Waze, do stuff, and flip back. Normally I'm the queen of separate devices, but as long as I can charge as I go, I am good with the cost savings, since Waze is so consistently able to keep down my commute time.
serial: I know that if you flip over to other apps Waze will keep giving audio directions, as evinced by my confusion during phone calls.
t /Waze pitch type="not the point"
