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Old Dec 7, 2019 | 12:57 PM
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ill be getting hptuners the first of the year for my 5.3 im wondering what laptop would be a good one . would chrome book work ?

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Old Dec 7, 2019 | 01:43 PM
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I would see what HP Tuners says, though I would bet a fairly basic one with decent memory should work.
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Needs to run windows for HPT, holley and most other programs. Doesn't need to be crazy specs though, I have an 8 year old computer that works fine.
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Old Dec 7, 2019 | 05:33 PM
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Needs to run windows for HPT, holley and most other programs. Doesn't need to be crazy specs though, I have an 8 year old computer that works fine.
Good you mention Windows! I always take for granted it's in there. But I guess not always.....
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Get one with a longlasting battery!!!
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Old Dec 7, 2019 | 06:44 PM
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Originally Posted by brandon6.0
Get one with a longlasting battery!!!
Any recommendations along those lines?
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Old Dec 7, 2019 | 11:23 PM
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Originally Posted by freeky
ill be getting hptuners the first of the year for my 5.3 im wondering what laptop would be a good one . would chrome book work ?
You mention almost the only thing that will NOT work. You could get a 20 year old windows 98 laptop out of a landfill, and it would run hpt. You could get the fastest, most up to date badass computer in the world running chrome, and it will NOT work. The software is simple, but does not have any cross compatibility.
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I would look for something with a backlit keyboard if it’s in your budget. Instead of just spending the $500 or $600 I needed to, i went through 4 laptops to realize I should have just spent the money on what I wanted. When you tune at night, the backlit keyboard is the ****. Plus I wanted something compact and didn’t get in the way do I bought a micro laptop. I think it has a 7” screen. If you want something cheap, not backlit keyboard and compact, Walmart sells a small HP windows computer that works well. That was one of the ones I tried. It’s now my master computer or backup should my micro fail.
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https://www.walmart.com/ip/Lenovo-id...MAUS/247182770 sumthing like this work ?
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Yeah that will work. HPTuners is not very demanding. I bought an Ideapad 2 to 3 years ago for HPTuners for about the same price and it works fine. It absolutely sucks for anything else. Mine does not have an SSD though. If you plan to do anything else with it, you may want something better. I actually just bought a high end Lenovo laptop for day to day stuff but will probably keep using the Ideapad for HPTuners since it's cheap and it may fly off the seat and smack the dash at any given time in a panic stop situation. You never know when geese with decide to walk across the road, lol. Ask me how I know.
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And by the way, some people recommend low glare screens for HPTuners. Mine is not and it was never really a problem. I would consider good battery life a top priority, though. It's kind of a pain firing up the generator after every pass at the track to charge the laptop.
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I have a Lenovo s10. It’s failed twice. I’ve had better luck with HP.
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Old Dec 8, 2019 | 01:27 PM
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And by the way, some people recommend low glare screens for HPTuners. Mine is not and it was never really a problem. I would consider good battery life a top priority, though. It's kind of a pain firing up the generator after every pass at the track to charge the laptop.
whats considered good battery life ?
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Average laptop battery life is usually between 1 and 6 hours of constant use. As stated above you need to be running windows on whatever computer you choose. I actually use my Macbook Air since its light and has a low glare screen, I just have to run software called Parallels which lets me use windows programs. But, any cheap newer laptop will suit your needs as long as it has windows.
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Originally Posted by Matt_ws6
Average laptop battery life is usually between 1 and 6 hours of constant use. As stated above you need to be running windows on whatever computer you choose. I actually use my Macbook Air since its light and has a low glare screen, I just have to run software called Parallels which lets me use windows programs. But, any cheap newer laptop will suit your needs as long as it has windows.
Bootcamp works too and its free!
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I'm using a cheap old dell E5400. Go on ebay and buy one for $50

It only has a Intel Core 2 Duo T7250 which works fine with HP tuners 3.x, and windows 8.1

if you are running 5.3 you may want to see this will work. I think you need windows 10 for HP tuners 5.3, no?
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Hey guys, there are some good recommendations on here. As a general rule of thumb our minimum system requirements can be found here.

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Old Dec 10, 2019 | 11:37 PM
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thanks for the imput guys .
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Old Dec 11, 2019 | 09:36 AM
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Check here for good laptop deals. Pretty much anything here with Windows will meet HPTuner's requirements (but check to make sure).
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