Laptop for Tweecer

A bit of info that might help.

You can find lt's with dead batteries for really cheap. You can surf the net for batteries at a discount as well.

Having said that, I found out a while back that a lt with a dead battery is a pain in the butt for Tweecer tuning.

I have one of those doo dads you plug in the console power port and it works well for keeping the battery charged.

My battery got a dead cell in it a while back which ment it would not work the lt at all. No prob I thought, the doo dad will run the lt.

Here is what I found with having no battery.

btw ...... I do most of my tuning in my office where I have access to the big pc, internet, all of my notes, etc.

Here are some of the probs with no battery:

1) I now have the latest file ready to upload to the pcm but I have to shut down the lt to take it to the Stang.

2) Boot up the lt in the Stang and upload the new file. Start the Stang and the lt dies when starting and it has to go through the ...... you did not shut me down correctly so I now got to do the yellow bar thing and you gotta wait forever ...... if you know what I'm talking about

3) Do the drive and now you want to see the datalogs. Have to shut down the lt to go to the office and reboot again in the office

For me I found no batt in the lt was

Later
Grady

make good friends with someone who already has a laptop...

stevinwayne said:

make good friends with someone who already has a laptop...

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Agreed, especially if they work for a large corporation that is swimming in old units

I just bought a Gateway notebook from best buy. 512mb DDR2 ram, 80gb HD, 1.5ghz processor, intergrated wireless internet ect. 500$.

I haven't opened it yet and I may not. Because it only has a 64mb vid card. Not sure if I can play any games worth playing on it.