Suggestions for use laptop for S300?

NirVTEC · Post by **NirVTEC** » Mon Jul 31, 2006 10:46 am

I have a HUGE DELL 17" that I'd rather not use for Hondata. Is there a brand/model that someone can suggest that may be a couple years old I can use efficiently?
I just want a dedicated laptop for my car, as I will be doing most of the Dyno tuning with it.

TurboGSR96 · Post by **TurboGSR96** » Mon Jul 31, 2006 11:53 am

You dont need a fancy computer, just a base model. I have a HP 17" that I have been using and it sucks.... its way too big and heavy.

GTMcoupe · Post by **GTMcoupe** » Tue Aug 01, 2006 3:37 am

what i did was get a cheapish second hand lap top so that way if it get dropped etc from tuning, going to races, going to dyno its not a major expense.

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x2gold · Post by **x2gold** » Tue Aug 01, 2006 6:32 pm

yeah, check e-bay. I picked one up cheap second hand refurbished. IBM Thinkpad, and like above, it's rather cheap and runs hondata just fine. Good luck.

NirVTEC · Post by **NirVTEC** » Wed Aug 02, 2006 8:37 am

I was told to use at least a 1mhz processor/512ram. Can I get away with using >1ghz/256ram?
As long as it has Windows XP

GTMcoupe · Post by **GTMcoupe** » Wed Aug 02, 2006 9:44 am

im running a 1.7ghz toshiba and 128 ram, XP, no probs, but thats all my laptop is used for nothing else so there is no other unwanted stuff on there

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NirVTEC · Post by **NirVTEC** » Wed Aug 02, 2006 1:19 pm

GTMcoupe wrote:im running a 1.7ghz toshiba and 128 ram, XP, no probs, but thats all my laptop is used for nothing else so there is no other unwanted stuff on there

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That was my plan too. Just erase everything I don't need, and use it JUST for hondata. The DELL C400 is a nice unit because of the 12" screen and portability. I think a 256ram would be fine......Deciding on a laptop is 100x harder than deciding on a Tuning system!!! too many brands, too many places to buy from!!!

JDMLyfeStyle · Post by **JDMLyfeStyle** » Thu Aug 10, 2006 9:35 pm

im running a toshiba 512MB ram 1.6ghz. bought it off ebay for $140 shipped

NirVTEC · Post by **NirVTEC** » Sat Aug 12, 2006 1:17 pm

JDMLyfeStyle wrote:im running a toshiba 512MB ram 1.6ghz. bought it off ebay for $140 shipped

How come I miss all the good deals??? I guess I got scared when I typed in Laptop and got 16,000 found! :P
I ended up with a Gateway 1.6ghz/256ram/40g from Best Buy for $399 on sale!

oscarmayer · Post by **oscarmayer** » Wed Aug 16, 2006 6:41 pm

newwst cheapest thing you can find.
but mainly a laptop 2 years or newer shoudl be ok. it's best if it has USB2 since it will allow for quicker data transfer to and from the ecu.

Suggestions for use laptop for S300?

Suggestions for use laptop for S300?

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