Laptop Mount

Fish'nCarz

NAXJA Forum User

Location

Victor, ID

• Sep 22, 2009

• #1

Hi Y'All,

Anyone find a good, solid laptop mount for the XJ? I want to use my ASUS 1000HE Netbook with a DeLorme LT-40 GPS, but there isn't a good place to set it and it becomes a real hazard off the pavement.

Brian

 

old_man

NAXJA Forum User

Location

Loveland, Colorado

• Sep 22, 2009

• #2

I actually picked up a small display while I was in China and plan to put the laptop under the back seat. I run a thumb ball instead of a mouse. I set up a popup mousable keyboard for input.

 

thethinginthewoods

NAXJA Forum User

Location

Lake Tapps, WA

• Sep 22, 2009

• #3

The only ones I know of are Ram Mounts, which is what most municipalities use.

http://www.ram-mount.com/Products/LaptopMounts/tabid/1510/Default.aspx

 

Fish'nCarz

NAXJA Forum User

Location

Victor, ID

• Sep 22, 2009

• #4

old_man said:

I actually picked up a small display while I was in China and plan to put the laptop under the back seat. I run a thumb ball instead of a mouse. I set up a popup mousable keyboard for input.

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Do you have a picture of your input device?

Your solution makes me wonder about just putting a touch screen up front and putting a small laptop with a SSD under the back seat. Then no worries about bouncing around and no peripheral to keep track of. I can get the screen & touch parts on the Bay of E.

Still need to figure out how to mount the screen, but it wouldn't weigh anything, so it might open up some more possibilities.

Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm.

 

old_man

NAXJA Forum User

Location

Loveland, Colorado

• Sep 22, 2009

• #5

http://www.cyberguys.com/product-details/?productid=3192

 

M

McWood

NAXJA Forum User

Location

IDAHO

• Sep 22, 2009

• #6

http://www.jeniko.com/laptop-mounts-c-1.html?sessId=6302900aff77874d8fc724e04665cc54

 

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winkosmosis

NAXJA Forum User

Location

Maui, Hawaii

• Sep 22, 2009

• #7

RAM makes one for the XJ.
But that seems like overkill for a netbook.

 

Fish'nCarz

NAXJA Forum User

Location

Victor, ID

• Sep 22, 2009

• #8

winkosmosis said:

RAM makes one for the XJ.
But that seems like overkill for a netbook.

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Yeah, I agree, especially for what they get for them!

 

Fish'nCarz

NAXJA Forum User

Location

Victor, ID

• Sep 22, 2009

• #9

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_p=470938631&pf_rd_i=507846

I just found this on Amazon, but it looks maybe a little flimsy?

 

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winkosmosis

NAXJA Forum User

Location

Maui, Hawaii

• Sep 22, 2009

• #10

Fish'nCarz said:

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_p=470938631&pf_rd_i=507846

I just found this on Amazon, but it looks maybe a little flimsy?

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That looks perfect for a little netbook

 

FitchVA

NAXJA Forum User

Location

Roanoke, VA

• Sep 23, 2009

• #11

i made my own. there's a bracket inside the console that runs from the cup holders all teh way to the back to spread out the load:

 

Fish'nCarz

NAXJA Forum User

Location

Victor, ID

• Sep 23, 2009

• #12

Nice! Is that a cutting board? Dual purpose tools rule!

 

FitchVA

NAXJA Forum User

Location

Roanoke, VA

• Sep 23, 2009

• #13

lol yup. i mocked everything up with a piece of plywood. once i was happy with the setup, i found a pair of cutting boards at wal-mart for like $5. the cutting board is light but very rigid.

the hoops are $0.99 cabinet door handles from lowes. the rest is just some scrap metal i had laying around. i probably have < $15 in the entire setup.