[dan4081]

Picking up a Dcan cable and want a small laptop that I can use just for BMW stuff.
Looking on ebay there are some small refurb lenovo laptops that look ideal for what I want.
Are these specs sufficient:
AMD Dual-Core Processor E-300 (1.3 GHz)
2 GB Memory 320 GB HDD
AMD Radeon HD 6310
Windows 7 Professional 64-Bit

Anything else I should look for or specs that come up short?
Thanks

[Nickdot]

From experience, as long as the machine is in good working order, specs don't really tend to matter, although it would definitely be worth getting something with an SSD just to make things more responsive.
Up until around a month ago I was using an old Dell Inspiron with a Pentium 3 and 80gb mechanical HDD for coding and playing around with my cars (mainly Renault CLiP) for years without any issues.

Although I did recently upgrade that to a cheap Lenovo X230 from eBay for < £100 and the experience is the same, I just wanted my coding machine to have wireless

[Tambohamilton]

I've got a Panasonic toughbook Cf19. The screen is tiny, but other than that it's great. It has similar specs as what you've found, but 500gb HDD (I would already have filled a 320gb, and there's no clutter on it!), 32 bit win 7 (apparently less likely to be hassle than 64 bit), and a dedicated serial port. I don't know that you'll ever need the serial port, but converters just don't cut it.

[dan4081]

Originally Posted by Nickdot

From experience, as long as the machine is in good working order, specs don't really tend to matter, although it would definitely be worth getting something with an SSD just to make things more responsive.
Up until around a month ago I was using an old Dell Inspiron with a Pentium 3 and 80gb mechanical HDD for coding and playing around with my cars (mainly Renault CLiP) for years without any issues.

Although I did recently upgrade that to a cheap Lenovo X230 from eBay for < £100 and the experience is the same, I just wanted my coding machine to have wireless

First thing I always do is upgrade to ssd...

Thanks for the info!

[dpaul]

Originally Posted by dan4081

Picking up a Dcan cable and want a small laptop that I can use just for BMW stuff.
Looking on ebay there are some small refurb lenovo laptops that look ideal for what I want.
Are these specs sufficient:
AMD Dual-Core Processor E-300 (1.3 GHz)
2 GB Memory 320 GB HDD
AMD Radeon HD 6310
Windows 7 Professional 64-Bit

Anything else I should look for or specs that come up short?
Thanks

If you're planning on running ISTA-D or ISTA-P, you'll probably want more RAM (and REALLY want the SSD). I think 4GB RAM is the minimum recommended by the installation info.

[dan4081]

Thanks...I had already ordered this about an hour ago:
Dell Latitude 2120
CPU: Intel Atom @ 1.67Ghz
RAM: 2GB
Hard Drive: 250GB
Screen Size: 10"
Video Controller: Intel GMA 3150
Max Resolution: 1366 * 768
Software: Genuine Windows 7 Installed

Already have an ssd I'll put in and will look into upgrading the ram right away.

[Tambohamilton]

No need to upgrade the ram - I'm 99% sure mine also has 2gb and runs the ista's absolutely fine.

[dpaul]

Originally Posted by Tambohamilton

No need to upgrade the ram - I'm 99% sure mine also has 2gb and runs the ista's absolutely fine.

Good to know!