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iwaters
17-11-2010, 12:01 PM
I thought I would share a little find I made on Ebay. This chap is selling some ratty old Toughbooks for £52.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/TOUGHBOOK-CF-M34-MINI-LAPTOP-XP-Touch-Screen-1-Spares_W0QQitemZ110608705803QQcategoryZ177QQcmdZVi ewItemQQ_trksidZp5197.m7QQ_trkparmsZalgo%3DLVI%26i tu%3DUCI%26otn%3D5%26po%3DLVI%26ps%3D63%26clkid%3D 5014662911302847669

They are pretty ratty looking but work fine, mine was delivered yesterday and its great, bit of a clean up required but functions fine. It looks like they have been used for diagnostics in a working garage as the one I bought even had a copy of Autodata CD3 on it! Bonus :D Touchscreen as well. They are very small so perfect for use in the garage/car.

They aren't very powerful but have more than enough spec to run VCDS. Just need to get my licence moved from my old laptop.

Cheers
martin1810
25-11-2010, 05:08 PM
I got one but it won't run VCDS pro. Contacted Ross-tech, they say processor is too slow. Have you had yours working yet. If it works with vcds lite I may offer it on here to someone wanting to only run vcds lite.
iwaters
25-11-2010, 05:32 PM
Yes mine works with VCDS Lite. I checked the requirements on the Ross Tech website and it meets them.

They say a minimum of a 500Mhz processor, those came with 700Mhz. It certainly has enough RAM too. Not sure why they are saying it isn't supported when their website says it is.
bearthebruce
27-11-2010, 02:21 AM
The full version of VCDS is recommended to run on a 1GHZ processor when running XP. Vista or "7". If you are running an older operating system, you might get it to run on a 500mHz processor. Performance will be slow and could be problematic.

VCDS-Lite will run on a 500mHz processor but is limited to older vehicles.

Hope that clears things up a bit.
phil miller
27-11-2010, 01:38 PM
martin if you wanna sell let me know as im in need of a laptop for use at work, and i dont fancy getting this one covered in crap at work:D
martin1810
03-12-2010, 08:52 PM
martin if you wanna sell let me know as im in need of a laptop for use at work, and i dont fancy getting this one covered in crap at work:D

If you are interested you can have the toughbook for £60 inc post to you. That's what I paid for it. VCDS pro does run but not smoothly. Seems VCDS lite will run fine.