Little OT: What's the best reliable, cheapest laptop you use for vag-com?
04-30-2003, 03:26 PM
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Little OT: What's the best reliable, cheapest laptop you use for vag-com?
I'm in search of a new laptop that will be only for vag-com. So I just want it to be the basic needs for it. I read the ross-tech requirements for the software.
What do you guys use?
I did buy a brand new laptop last year. But that one went belly up :/ with all my vag-com software and hundreds of photos I lost :/ By the way it was a toshiba 1805-S204, seems like they weren't made very well. There goes 1k or so :/
When I find something good, I'll have to call uwe and ask to give me another registration # since I couldn't get a deactivation code. Before the total failure of the motherboard :O
thanks,
jaime
What do you guys use?
I did buy a brand new laptop last year. But that one went belly up :/ with all my vag-com software and hundreds of photos I lost :/ By the way it was a toshiba 1805-S204, seems like they weren't made very well. There goes 1k or so :/
When I find something good, I'll have to call uwe and ask to give me another registration # since I couldn't get a deactivation code. Before the total failure of the motherboard :O
thanks,
jaime
05-01-2003, 12:00 AM
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i love my ibm thinkpad 560e. i got it for...200 bucks for good batt, 12.1 screen 6.4 gigs, 80 megs
of ram, 166 mhz, floppy, modem, network card, completely functioning. it works fine with vag, and i may have even paid too much for it.
05-01-2003, 03:03 AM
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No way.. I refuse to pay 550 for a system board. That may fail again :/
I have always liked desktops much better. For price and ease of parts. But the laptop is necessary for vag-com logs 
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05-01-2003, 06:54 AM
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Panasonic Toughbook CF25
Originally built for the US military. Very heavy-duty rugged metal case, TFT display, P166, 64M..
Many available on eBay for ~$169.
-Uwe-
Many available on eBay for ~$169.
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05-02-2003, 08:20 PM
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Not really...
It was just the fact that it was a ruggedized machine with very good engineering IMO. I was always impressed with the design although I would still take a Libretto over that.