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Old 02-26-2009, 07:50 AM
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Do you guys use the same laptop for tuning that you use for surfing the wed and general computing at the house? Had a guy tell me that I should have a laptop dedicated to nothing but my HPTuners and that's it. (don't have the program yet) And is the No Drill Ram mount about the best stand you can get. What are you guys using?
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I don't think you need a dedicated laptop for tuning.
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i use my laptop for everything. just backup your stock file somewhere else and maybe your important tune files.
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I had a dedicated laptop and the hard drive crashed. It took me months to get on track again. Right now, I use my work laptop which sees the internet and a ton of other programs. With the closing of Circuit City, I am there every day waiting for the 50% off the laptop I want for tuning ONLY. I know they have 6 of these laptops in the back!
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I got one for 150 that i'll be using just for tuning.
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I use my. Laptop for everything. One suggestion thou, get an external drive and make periodic backups. Cause if your laptop dies like mine did you loose all your old tunes and stuff.
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I've got an external hard drive.. I'll go that route.
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what about thoughts on mounts.... Ram?
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I have a dell mini 9 that I use for tuning I have a 16 gig we card so I can transfer between my mni and fulleize laptops. Can't beat the $240 price tag brand new
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nonnie is using the dell mini! its sweet for tuning and all but his old dell was kinda gettin flakey so he upgraded to the mini and its nice! for tuning only right now!


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