Laptop for datalogging/EMU

[b'have]

Being a complete IT numpty, can anyone advise me on the min requirements I need to look for for datalogging and or programming EMU/RLTC?
My current laptop is a little large and probably over speced, a mate has a dell for sale with this spec:

Technical Specifications
Microprocessor Intel Mobile Pentium 111
System chip set Intel Mobile 443 BX
Microprocessor data bus width 64 bits
DRAM bus width 64 bits
Address bus width 32 bits
Flash EPROM 4 Mbits
AGP bus 66 MHz
PCI Bus 33MHz
CardBus Controller Texas Instruments 1211 controller
Cards Supported 3.3 & 5V
Memory SDRAM
Memory Sockets 1 User accessable
Video card NeoMagic NM2200 2.5Mb AGP
Audio NeoMagic NMG5 + AC97 CODEC
Network card 3Com® 3C920 10/100-BASETX PCI
Modem Worldwide 56-Kbps v.90 Lucent 1646
Display 12.1" active matrix
Max res 1024 x 768 pixels; 65,536 colors
Notebook Size & Weight
Width 272 mm (10.7 inches)
Height 25.7 mm (1.01 inches)
Weight 1.665 kg (3.67 lb)

Bit dated I know, but has a serial port and is a handy size. Would it do the job?

[carl0s]

doesn't say what speed the processor is or how much memory it has or hard drive space. Maybe worth £150 anyway.

[b'have]

its 433 MHz with only 6GB. He wants £90

[carl0s]

64mb ram? sounds like a reasonable price to me!

[b'have]

Yeah, think its a bargain, but is suitable for the job?

[Jake]

433MHz and 64MB RAM? You won't be able to run XP on that really. That's pretty low spec

[b'have]

hmmm, shame coz its a nice size, think RLTC and EMU can run on windows 98? (wish I understood IT!)
Edit. Actually, he's just told me its running XP.

[carl0s]

it'll run XP slowly with that amount of memory. You never did say whether it actually has 64mb. I was kind of asking the question. If you add 128 to make it 192mb then it'd be usable with XP.

As you say though you don't need XP for serial-port terminal stuff.

[eyefi]

that will easily do it. dataloging is a very simple process that doesn't require
hydra (latest gen chess supercomputer) to do it. so long as the software runs on it and it has the correct serial ports, it will be fine.

the only problem you may have is if you want to do some serious number crunching, i have some excel macros that take a while to run but i just leave 'em to it while i'm watching telly.

[b'have]

Thanks Eyefi, exactly what I needed to know.

[Alex]

Personally I'd use the laptop with the biggest screen available...but I liked to have all the windows for the eManage open at once.

[eyefi]

i used to want some super lovely titanium powerbook but after it's landed in the footwell a few times the cheapest thing available was a lot more desirable. :)

[JohnK]

If your only data logging stick win 2k on it.

[Whitesupraboy2]

Any probs with it Charlie, give me a shout and ill come and sort it out ;)

[b'have]

Any probs with it Charlie, give me a shout and ill come and sort it out ;)

Your a star! :thanks: