I'm kicking around getting a netbook for tuning purposes mainly. How are the netbooks? How's the battery life? Any things I should watch out for? What brands seem better than others because I know sometimes even the top brands have bugs and quirks that haven't been fixed yet.

If somebody has one that they'd like to trade for a snowboard and some gear, please let me know. If I'm going to use cash, I'm just gonna buy a new one.

I already have a macbook pro and this netbook I am going to get is only going to be used LIGHT internet browsing and tuning purposes using romraider/ecuflash and whatever other tuning products I learn about

 

imho they're not worth it dude, better off getting a 10/13 inch laptop thats small and reap the benefits of more memory/graphics/everything really

i've got a lenovo thinkpad e420 and this **** works great, was just under $500 too i believe..

has never had a problem, wifi is great, 6 hr battery and can even handle a little SC2/gaming

 

the netbook craze has somewhat died out in the past few years. my advice is to get a portable laptop. I'd reccomend you take a gander at the lenovo U series (13 inch), its a few inches larger than a netbook, but you get so much more power. battery life is pretty amazing too.

 

If you are set on getting a netbook get a used one for less than $75. They are obsolete when brand new. I have one and only use it for browsing while pooping. I forget what kind I have but I did put another gig of ram in it and it helped a lot. My friend upgraded so I got a 2gb stick for free.

 

But I dont need graphics/ performance if I'm just using it to tune. I have a macbook pro already for that kind of stuff. This is going to be a second laptop that is used for LIGHT internet browsing for learning how to tune, using romraider and ecuflash. Pretty much it.

 

I havent used mine for tuning. Basically just in class notes, browsing etc. I got an awesome deal on mine so I love it. But the battery lasts long, easy to carry. I'd get one but wouldnt pay more than $200.

 

which one did you get? Satisfied with it for light usage like classwork/browsing?

 

ahhh well in that case lol yeah probably dont bother with another laptop macbook pros are the **** as is

maybe a netbook for what you mentioned, honestly they're just not the best devices from my experiences/others ive collected

what about an ipad to match up the macbook? theyve gotta have a tuning app by now!!

 

You know what, a tablet might be pretty sweet for tuning if there was software that would run on it. Throw in the fact that android has usb host capabilities, you could use a nexus 7 as a headunit too and kill 2 birds with 1 stone

of course, that would be somewhat impractical, but i liked how it sounded in my head

 

haha I was thinking of selling my macbook and getting an ipad on another note.. I already have a buyer but I think I'd regret it.. I need a windows computer so I can plug a tatrix cable/wideband into it and have it be compatible without running parallels because I don't have the hard drive space on my macbook.

 

I got a Toshiba NB305, I have used it for over a year as my only laptop and it has worked great. I believe it was $350 new a couple years ago but I got it for a steal used from my brother. (He barely used it because it was lacking a disc drive)

 

Well if I can find some information on tablets about being able to run romraider and ecuflash through a 2.0 tatrix cable I may just get one but that doesnt sound realistic. I wouldn't mind doing that though. I'll have to do some research because I don't know JACK about tablets

 

thanks for the feedback

 

any laptop should work. just buy a cigarette charger adapter. if possible find a computer with windows 7 or windows xp as im unsure how window 8 adapters will react with the tactrix. i know my windows 7 adapters have huge issues too and the tactrix works when it wants and shuts off when it wants.

ive deleted and reinstalled the entire setup like 3 times with all the ecu defs and ****. my recommedation is to only use that computer for tuning. my issues might come from gaming on the same laptop lol.

 

EvoScan OBDII Mitsubishi Subaru DataLogger Scantool

Check that out The android version should be out soon. I believe they already have an IOS version. Works with bluetooth, wifi AND tactrix