Which laptop?
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Hello,
I have a 997.2 Cup Car and was after some advice on what would be a reasonable laptop to buy to go with the car... I would only use the laptop for the car... nothing else. What would be the best operating system to run on the laptop? I have a Bosch MSA Box II cable.
I've always used Apple computers so I'm pretty clueless when it comes to PC's! Any advice would be much appreciated. Thank you!
I have a 997.2 Cup Car and was after some advice on what would be a reasonable laptop to buy to go with the car... I would only use the laptop for the car... nothing else. What would be the best operating system to run on the laptop? I have a Bosch MSA Box II cable.
I've always used Apple computers so I'm pretty clueless when it comes to PC's! Any advice would be much appreciated. Thank you!
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Anything i5 and up will be plenty. Dell, Toshiba are good options. I have had a plain old Toshiba with an i3 core running Windows 7 (very out dated OS) for years and it runs the motec software just fine. I even accidentally ran over the laptop with my trailer at the track one day and it lived to fight another day. Windows 10 or 11 OS on a simple lap top is all you need. If you are doing lots of video you may want to up the memory a bit, but the motec software doesn’t need anything fancy.
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Spiller is right on for the motec software. It is when you add in VBOX video etc that you need/want a more powerful laptop that copies files faster etc. Motec is an older program that is not resource needy. But I would be prepared for the video stuff. 😁
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Get something with a built in SD card reader too, makes data offloads easier. Make sure it has an ssd.
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I picked up a Dell a couple years ago and am happy with it. I didn't want to spend over $700. Wanted 13.3 display for compactness but didn't need a touchscreen. SSD hard drive is a must for speed and durability. i5 processor is plenty: .i7 is better of course. I have read 8GB of RAM is necessary for graphics and the operating system size these days. I got an Inspiron 13 5391 for about $675. Looks like the current model from Dell is the Latitude 5320. Its $699 from Dell Link below). The only drawback on these machines (and most compact laptops today) is that they only have a micro-SD card slot vs the full-size SD card slot. Not an issue if you use micro-SD sized cards or you can plug a standard SD card reader into one of the USB ports. Disclaimer: I dont work for Dell and I'm not a computer whiz!
https://www.dell.com/en-us/shop/dell.../s025l532013us
https://www.dell.com/en-us/shop/dell.../s025l532013us