997rs4.0

Had a shop install racekeeper in my car. I'm a Apple guy and would appreciate some advice on what PC Laptop to get to run the racekeeper software? I will only use the laptop for track data analyze.

ProCoach

The original standard definition Race-Keeper HE and SE work well with just about any $550-$750 Windows 10 laptop you can by from Best Buy or any large retailer. Samsung, Dell, Acer, H-P are all; good choices. Make sure it has an SD card slot and a capacious hard drive for all your videos (>500 GB).

If you have the new HDX version, your needs will be substantially greater. I would recommend at a minimum, integrated Intel graphics HD 5000 and HD Iris, preferably dedicated GPU. Price range of between $750-$1100 should do.

997rs4.0

Thanks!
I'll shoot over to Best Buy and see what they have. I didn't go for the HD racekeeper, didn't think it was worth the extra money.

ProCoach

Would get a Core i5 not a "Core M" (Mobility) CPU. Many choices between Asus, Dell and H-P at BB.

Brightest screen is REALLY important.

jlanka

Re:HD Racekeeper

I originally purchased the SD version and was unhappy with the video quality. I traded up to the HD version and am very happy.

ProCoach

HDX is really good. The last few firmware updates have fixed a lot of issues. If you can accommodate the size of the box and the cameras, it's certainly worthwhile. I like Comparo HD. That and Racelogic's Circuit Tools are the best side-by-side video comparison programs on the market!

997rs4.0

Thanks procoach.

Bought a HP laptop yesterday and managed to download my latest track days from Sebring and Roebling Road. Had a Swedish racer join me for Roebling and its so much fun comparing my graphs and videos with his. Just can't find the button to do best possible lap time???
I think my racekeeper is called HE? Got one camera facing forward and one on the roll bar focused on the driver.
Now an 8 hour flight to Europe. Plenty of time to study.

ProCoach

Open "Session Info" then select "Show Splits." It's called "Target Lap Time."

dan212

Just run Parallels.. I've been doing that since it was first introduced. You can use VirtualBox which is free, but I prefer parallels. I know some people use Bootcamp, but I prefer to be able to fire it up at will and the ability to read and write into Apple disk space is useful for backups. e.g.. I don't back up the VM, but my data is saved into an Apple folder which is backed up

ProCoach

I've run Boot Camp since Intel Macs came out in 2006 and I love it.

Have a lot of clients and friends who run Parallels or VMWare, but with emulation programs like these comes software emulation for graphics rendering.

Boot Camp allows an Apple to boot natively into Windows, capable then of fully leveraging the awesOme graphics power present in those computers...

I've done four HD feeds at once on an HD5000 integrated MBA, pretty cool stuff!

dan212

Peter - Its true that Bootcamp avoids the graphics emulation. But as it is, I cannot crank the display up to max resolution under Windows without putting on reading glasses

Translation: Graphics are fine. I can have a bunch of apps open, browsers with a bunch of tabs and fire up Parallels without having to close any of that stuff down.

ProCoach

All good, Dan! Multiple ways to skin a cat!