[dmlservices]

hi
i use george at the moment, a pc at home and palm pda for when i am out and about, works great but to complete it, i want to carry a small laptop/printer with me. i want to be able to print invoices on the go , as sometimes i do extra work at custys that is not pre planned, so i have to change price on invoice.was looking at getting a asus 900 running xp, it is very small/lighweight, with a 9 "screen any body using one for george/wcp,and how do you get on with it.


daz

[Dean Taberner]

Ive just been reading up on them,

They look good mate,

The ony problemis if some clown sees you using it and then decides theyre goin to theive it whilst you are working,

Dean.

[dmlservices]

i know there is always the problem of someone nicking it, would have it set up out of sight in rear of van, close doors when using it,

daz

[Jeff Brimble]

I got the small aesus 701 @xmas, & stuck windows on it. Expanys have some good deals now approx £150. Its solid state so you can drop it. Bought a cheap printer from Maplins and run one or the other, but not both  through a small car/caravan inverter.
Same as you wanted to take full George with me, I made a rule to do all the invoices and records on the laptop but work done on only the palm. But now tend to just take the lap with me- not as fast as the palm but I like its positive job done and you can check the history etc of each cucty.
Do it its great. I originally bought a cheap brickof a laptop but upgraded to the aesus 10/10. Good for nipping outside the house and checking the satellite weather on meteox so you can see where the rain is.   or keeping up with ciu.

[dmlservices]

I got the small aesus 701 @xmas, & stuck windows on it. Expanys have some good deals now approx £150. Its solid state so you can drop it. Bought a cheap printer from Maplins and run one or the other, but not both  through a small car/caravan inverter.
Same as you wanted to take full George with me, I made a rule to do all the invoices and records on the laptop but work done on only the palm. But now tend to just take the lap with me- not as fast as the palm but I like its positive job done and you can check the history etc of each cucty.
Do it its great. I originally bought a cheap brickof a laptop but upgraded to the aesus 10/10. Good for nipping outside the house and checking the satellite weather on meteox so you can see where the rain is.   or keeping up with ciu.

hi jeff
thanks for the info , how did you get on loading any software, with there  being no disc drive, ?am a bit of a novice when it comes to pc's.


daz

[wightsurf]

Why not get a pda printer

[Jeff Brimble]

Got the seller to download my copy of windows, its a problem unless you can download prog off the webor use a gadget that does it.
Another way of doing without a printer is to "print to screen" in George and write thegenerated  invoice number on a photocopy  invoice/chitty.
ps using the aesus now on my knee  good kit for the price.

[windowwashers]

Why not just get a carbon 2 page invoice pad, and write the invoice out, seems like very hard work to me.

Taking a laptop to work with me whislt window cleaning , I would never get any work done

[Jeff Brimble]

You do have a valid point but with 500+ custoemers I do like the almost one click printing of the whole years accounts.

[windowwashers]

You do have a valid point but with 500+ custoemers I do like the almost one click printing of the whole years accounts.

I meant for invoice to customer, and back up in office

[dmlservices]

hi
i dont only want to print invoices, as jeff says it is very usefull to be able to take full george with you, last week i did a job ,the last time these were done they were out, but on looking at my palm it did not show custy owing, i could not remember collecting it , if i had a laptop i could have checked there and then via history, i had an idea i had ticked paid box when i did job. i could have got daily report up for that day, it would show if i ticked paid for that job, if not i could check when payment was collected . turned out i had ticked paid by mistake. as for hand written invoices , i think printing looks more pro , and records are all kept in one place.... george.


daz

[Dean Taberner]

I got the small aesus 701 @xmas, & stuck windows on it. Expanys have some good deals now approx £150. Its solid state so you can drop it. Bought a cheap printer from Maplins and run one or the other, but not both  through a small car/caravan inverter.
Same as you wanted to take full George with me, I made a rule to do all the invoices and records on the laptop but work done on only the palm. But now tend to just take the lap with me- not as fast as the palm but I like its positive job done and you can check the history etc of each cucty.
Do it its great. I originally bought a cheap brickof a laptop but upgraded to the aesus 10/10. Good for nipping outside the house and checking the satellite weather on meteox so you can see where the rain is.   or keeping up with ciu.

hi jeff
thanks for the info , how did you get on loading any software, with there  being no disc drive, ?am a bit of a novice when it comes to pc's.


daz

I asked in PC world about this yesterday and you can buy external CD-ROM drives for around £40 if required.

Dean.

[Chris Galloway]

I got the small aesus 701 @xmas, & stuck windows on it. Expanys have some good deals now approx £150. Its solid state so you can drop it. Bought a cheap printer from Maplins and run one or the other, but not both  through a small car/caravan inverter.
Same as you wanted to take full George with me, I made a rule to do all the invoices and records on the laptop but work done on only the palm. But now tend to just take the lap with me- not as fast as the palm but I like its positive job done and you can check the history etc of each cucty.
Do it its great. I originally bought a cheap brickof a laptop but upgraded to the aesus 10/10. Good for nipping outside the house and checking the satellite weather on meteox so you can see where the rain is.  or keeping up with ciu.

hi jeff
thanks for the info , how did you get on loading any software, with there  being no disc drive, ?am a bit of a novice when it comes to pc's.


daz

I asked in PC world about this yesterday and you can buy external CD-ROM drives for around £40 if required.

Dean.

PC world! ouch, they are expensive. Go to ebuyer or the like. PC world are big because they charge expensively for people that know nothing about pc's etc.

Then again, i guess its like most stores out there..