AE Question??
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AE Question??
Well last time I posted anything about my 05 6.0 it was having the smoke issue. It hasnt been driven as I didnt want to get stranded anywhere but there hasnt been a CEL throwed although the scangauge showed some dtc's. Had alot going on recently with the wife wrecking her Excursion which my insurance totaled so Im doing the rebuild myself. I am going to have to break down and get the AE so that I can see where I need to go on my 6.0 and get it back on the road. I dont have a laptop but my inlaws told me I could use theirs anytime but I dont want to have to depend on when its available. I really didnt have a use for a laptop but would want one to use with AE so is there some cheap one I could get. My wife said that the AE would come in useful since my dad in law has a 6.0, plus we have the V10 EX and my sister has a new Explorer plus my m.i.l. has some Ford suv. Guess the question would be is there anything special that the laptop would need and with the AE is there anything else I would have to get to do tests and such. Thanks in advance.
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I really didnt have a use for a laptop but would want one to use with AE so is there some cheap one I could get. My wife said that the AE would come in useful since my dad in law has a 6.0, plus we have the V10 EX and my sister has a new Explorer plus my m.i.l. has some Ford suv. Guess the question would be is there anything special that the laptop would need and with the AE is there anything else I would have to get to do tests and such. Thanks in advance.
choice i ever made, after 22 years of microsloth.
then in april, i bought AE... i could run parallells on the mac, and run it,
but the mac is my main computer, and using it while working on my
truck doesn't appeal to me.....
off to best buy.... for a throwaway gateway LT4004U for $220 or so.
atom processor, slow as poop... but it'll run several hours on a charge,
has a little 10" screen, and gets the job done. i can leave it in the
van with the AE, and i've got it if i need it.
now, i'm looking at the dashdaq for gauges, and that will need a PC
for support too.... so the little netbook can do that as well.
if i'd a loaded up parallels on the mac, and bought a copy of windows 7,
those two things would have cost more than the netbook.
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Basically you need 2 USB ports and an internet connection. You need the USB ports to connect the ProLine connector and the new USB Key. The internet connection to download the software and updates.
Beyond that, pretty much any cheap laptop will do the trick. I larger screen is nice, but not really necessary. AE doesn't seem to require much processor, memory or hard drive.
Beyond that, pretty much any cheap laptop will do the trick. I larger screen is nice, but not really necessary. AE doesn't seem to require much processor, memory or hard drive.
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Running a virtual drive via Fusion, Parallels etc eats up resources, especially a Best Buy mac, but it really defeats the purpose of going Mac if you still have to run a 2nd OS and use up resources that you really shouldn't have to in order to run that second OS.
Far better to either get a laptop with either windows or Linux if you are good at programming the Wine program. If not, stick with windows
I personally can't stand Mac and for those that say PCs are slow, I would look at the PCs that you are buying. I custom built my design computer and I would be willing to bet that it comes in cheaper and does far better then any Mac certainly at the same price point level. By the way, in the design community, especially the signage area of it (I do a lot of embroidery work for those guys) this debate is alive and well. It's like our version of Diesel v. Gas.
One word of caution though with the Netbooks, you'll more then likely need to change the screen resolution in order to see the entire interface. If the laptop that you got has one of the really small screens, it will cut off at the bottom.
Far better to either get a laptop with either windows or Linux if you are good at programming the Wine program. If not, stick with windows
I personally can't stand Mac and for those that say PCs are slow, I would look at the PCs that you are buying. I custom built my design computer and I would be willing to bet that it comes in cheaper and does far better then any Mac certainly at the same price point level. By the way, in the design community, especially the signage area of it (I do a lot of embroidery work for those guys) this debate is alive and well. It's like our version of Diesel v. Gas.
One word of caution though with the Netbooks, you'll more then likely need to change the screen resolution in order to see the entire interface. If the laptop that you got has one of the really small screens, it will cut off at the bottom.
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I personally can't stand Mac and for those that say PCs are slow, I would look at the PCs that you are buying. I custom built my design computer and I would be willing to bet that it comes in cheaper and does far better then any Mac certainly at the same price point level. By the way, in the design community, especially the signage area of it (I do a lot of embroidery work for those guys) this debate is alive and well. It's like our version of Diesel v. Gas.
i've just got a lowly laptop... but i'll try my best....
I-7, 16 gig ram, monitor has own video card, mercury extreme pro 6g SSD.....
i can read those emails really speedy like...
my last laptop, a HP envy, had hardware issues. sorta caught fire, like.
after 22 years of hacking hardware on the dos platform, i was tired of
screwing with microsoft. my first computer, scratch built, was a 486-50
SCSI with matrox video card, so i've not cheaped out along the way.
parts were just over $4k at the pomona fairgrounds 'pooter swap meet.
and you are right, you can probably get the same performance level
for a fair bit less money on a windows platform. i wouldn't debate the
issue.
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I7 32 GB of RAM, Sapphire 5870 with dual GPU (2GB GDDR5) running 3 monitors (22" Viewsonic, 22" Samsung and 21" Cintiq). Running 3 HDs on this computer, 2 SSDs and 1 mechanical for storage of files.
I can run Ai, Draw, EmbroideryStudio, InDesign and read email like
at the same time.Now my Toshiba laptop is probably more appropriate. I7, 16 GB, SSD, dedicated video card running 2 monitors. The main 18" laptop monitor and a 12" Cintiq. A little bit more restrained then my main computer.
That netbook runs Linux and the AE software.
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they have software to run it on a PocketPC, maybe that's a cheaper way to go. But there's a shop here that sells old laptops for $149, they originally came with Vista to give you an idea how old they are. They come with XP installed, and nothing else, but that's okay, you can download good antivirus for free, and a compatible Office suite if you need it.
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No, because they stopped putting enhanced sensors on the pocketpc versions due to the resources that it consumed when they had to keep adding to it. So you are really only going to get generic powertrain support via pocketpc. I did try to go that route when I first got it. Didn't want to work all that well.
As far as an office suite goes, LibreOffice. Gotta love that open source software.
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