Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Mach3 & laptops

Danny - its a common problem.

Over last 5- years, I have seen laptops tried by lots of people.
Art, the sw creator, says laptops cause 99% of all support requests.
Ie they are 100x more likely to not work than a given desktop.

There are lots of good technical reasons, Jon E, who is very good at
this stuff, explained some well.
And the reasons really are technical ie valid and immutable.

Conclusion - don´t try laptops, of if you do, many (exasperated) people
will say we warned you.
A mini-itx is good and cheap, like the shuttle boxes.
Any cheap box is fine - add a video card if it does not work with
onboard. Onboard may be fine, many are.

At least 1 ghz processor, around 2 ghz is good.

xp is easiest / most common. win2k may be ok. Few use it and driver
support is so-so.
Vista is bad but doable.