b_have Posted December 14, 2005 Share Posted December 14, 2005 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? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carl0s Posted December 14, 2005 Share Posted December 14, 2005 doesn't say what speed the processor is or how much memory it has or hard drive space. Maybe worth £150 anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b_have Posted December 14, 2005 Author Share Posted December 14, 2005 its 433 MHz with only 6GB. He wants £90 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carl0s Posted December 14, 2005 Share Posted December 14, 2005 64mb ram? sounds like a reasonable price to me! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b_have Posted December 14, 2005 Author Share Posted December 14, 2005 Yeah, think its a bargain, but is suitable for the job? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jake Posted December 14, 2005 Share Posted December 14, 2005 433MHz and 64MB RAM? You won't be able to run XP on that really. That's pretty low spec Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b_have Posted December 15, 2005 Author Share Posted December 15, 2005 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carl0s Posted December 15, 2005 Share Posted December 15, 2005 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eyefi Posted December 15, 2005 Share Posted December 15, 2005 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b_have Posted December 15, 2005 Author Share Posted December 15, 2005 Thanks Eyefi, exactly what I needed to know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex Posted December 15, 2005 Share Posted December 15, 2005 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eyefi Posted December 15, 2005 Share Posted December 15, 2005 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnK Posted December 15, 2005 Share Posted December 15, 2005 If your only data logging stick win 2k on it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitesupraboy2 Posted December 15, 2005 Share Posted December 15, 2005 Any probs with it Charlie, give me a shout and ill come and sort it out Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b_have Posted December 15, 2005 Author Share Posted December 15, 2005 Any probs with it Charlie, give me a shout and ill come and sort it out Your a star! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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