tuning laptop and ostrich problem update
 

im looking for a laptop to tune my car with, but i dont want to spend a ton of money.

i was wondering if anyone could give me a general idea of the minimum i would need in a laptop to properly tune a vehicle.

i will be using a datalogger and the ostrich, and i have my JAW wideband reader to run as well.
or if i could be pointed to a good cheap laptop to use.

also i was wondering, how do i upload a bin to my ostrich from turboedit.

it recognizes the ostrich and says that it synched the rom with it.

does this mean that it is uploaded to the ostrich?

thanks.

Re: tuning laptop
 

I used to use a IBM thinkpad T30, and LOVED IT. Small, lightweight, durable, serial as well as USB input's. The only downside of it was the batteries were old and died fast, I got like 45 mins tops out of a charge, I usually just brought a power inverter with me. Could have got new batteries on ebay prolly too. I had to get my own because that laptop was issued to my dad through his job. I would have bought a t30 but I needed somthing a little more powerfull for my everyday use. I may get another just for tuning tho.

Re: tuning laptop
 

I also have a T30 for tuning! IBM's are ------- good laptop. I also have a HP TC4400 for my everyday use (school), but I didnt try to tune with it. I say: if you only tune your car, get anyone of the laptop you can fing on ebay for cheap.

Re: tuning laptop
 

I bought a Dell Latitude D600 few months back that came with a DVD burner on Ebay for 400 bucks, it has, wireless and all the other basic stuff. You can get alot cheaper if you don't get a dvd burner.
It has-
XP
1400 MHz processor
1 GB ram
30 gig Hard drive

I bought it really only for my car, it works great with datalogging (freelog) and Crome (Ostrich). I drive with it on everyday, datalogging and live tune. I have not has any issues yet with my dell.

Re: tuning laptop
 

well i found an old ass gateway in my dads closet, gonna try that first, but i dont know how well it will run multiple programs. well see.

Re: tuning laptop
 

Using crome or BRE? BRE take a lot of cpu when datalogging, I dont know why... and I dont know for crome. Damn OBD0...

Re: tuning laptop
 

im using acer aspire 5570-2067 80 gig hd 1g ram only 650 with 3 year warrenty and new battery after a year bestbuy.com they also cover it if i crash the car and it gets damaged. if you dont want the warrenty its prolly like 500

Re: tuning laptop and ostrich problem update
 

bump and new question bout the ostrich.

Re: tuning laptop and ostrich problem update
 

LOL I search in google for "turboedit ostrich" and the second link is a thread that I made on the pgmfi forum saying that I repaired it to run with ostrich with the newer firmware. Maybe I will continue to update it soon. For your question I'm not sure, but I think it upload the rom when sync like bre.

Re: tuning laptop and ostrich problem update
 

Oh.. It is not second anymore :-\