Pango Quickshow and Amd E-450

[dash8brj]

Hi folks

I'm getting a pangolin QS soon and wondered would a HP DM1 lappy be powerful enough to run the software? Am looking for a cheap laptop that I can dedicate to laser shows, and dont want to spend a fortune on the dedicated machine, nor be taking my expensive lappy to parties and stuff (where theres the possibility it could get broken).

The machine has all the bits needed (usb ports, meets min res spec), but will the AMD E-450 1.65 Ghz dual core be sufficient for driving QS? The QS website specifies a intel dual core as minimum.

Cheers

[allthatwhichis]

I do QS testing on a 3GHz single core; just make sure you have a couple of gigs of RAM and that Laptop should be OK. I would also try to get XP installed on it instead of Vista or Windows 7 as both of those are memory hogs.

[dash8brj]

Glad to hear the cpu will have enough grunt. I was thinking of slapping 8 gigs of ram and a 128gig ssd into it. Should give it tonnes of memory for windows 7 and the quickshow software, and the SSD will make for nice and speedy load times

[allthatwhichis]

Just remember, QS is a 32 bit program and will not be able to see more than 2 or 3 gigs of RAM. That is why I suggest using Windows XP instead of Win 7 or Vista; I prefer my OS to be frugal when it comes to resources.

[dash8brj]

Fair enough, then you saved me a bit of money, and cost me a little time (which I have plenty of). XP lite here we come (and 4 gig ram :P)

[masterpj]

Just remember, QS is a 32 bit program and will not be able to see more than 2 or 3 gigs of RAM. That is why I suggest using Windows XP instead of Win 7 or Vista; I prefer my OS to be frugal when it comes to resources.

hehe most pc's nowadays are 64 bit or have the 64 bit capability
there are no backward compatibility problems with 32-bit or 64-bit like the very old days anymore.
Windows xp has a 64 bit version but it's discrecommended, vista and windows 7 also have 32bit versions.

I in fact highly disrecommend getting windows xp because all support has been dropped for the OS.
In fact getting it legal (as we are talking about legally obtaining stuff) is impossible when it comes to new computers.
Windows XP is not being sold anymore by microsoft because it's being ditched.
Don't stay behind, especially when you see it coming.
Get windows 7 home premium and ur fine, it's rather best to do it right in the first go then having to need to upgrade later.

QS or Beyond have no problems
At max LD2000 can have some issues's with Windows 7 (however this is often not the case) If you do have problems (when u have LD2000) just disable the aero theme and ur done.

[norty303]

I in fact highly disrecommend getting windows xp because all support has been dropped for the OS.
In fact getting it legal (as we are talking about legally obtaining stuff) is impossible when it comes to new computers.
Windows XP is not being sold anymore by microsoft because it's being ditched.
Don't stay behind, especially when you see it coming.
Get windows 7 home premium and ur fine, it's rather best to do it right in the first go then having to need to upgrade later.

I'm not sure i agree with this.

If you have a show computer, that very rarely gets updated, or used for anything other than laser control, then XP would be the obvious choice as it will allow you to do what you want to be able to do, for longer, before needing to upgrade hardware.

There are many, many old computer systems running 'de-supported' that are still the right tool for the job, and making best use of the hardware resources

With QS, I found the physical RAM was more important than CPU cycles when it came to a 'marginal' computer

[masterpj]

Sure but still buying a new (not used pc) with windows XP will be and will only be increasing to be a problem, it's becoming unavailable at a fast rate.
We are not talking about downloading OS's here.

[norty303]

XP is freely available and the legality of using a download is largely irrelevant at the point MS want nothing more to do with it anyway. Especially if you've paid for another one of their newer OS's when you bought the machine.

To the OP, before you spend out on a crap new lappy, take a look at 2nd user stuff.
I use (and swear by) T series Thinkpads as they are business class, super tough, and have useful things like hard disk shock protection, semi waterproof keyboard and keyboard light, all of which I'm sure you can imagine being useful ina gig/club situation.

I paid £225 for a T61 over a year ago, 3GB RAM, 100GB 7200rpm HDD, Intel Core2Duo 2Ghz CPU with 6 months onsite warranty still remaining (£1500+ new). XP installed with a Vista license

Check ebay, they come up all the time, and you'll get better specs these days too

[masterpj]

XP is freely available and the legality of using a download is largely irrelevant at the point MS want nothing more to do with it anyway. Especially if you've paid for another one of their newer OS's when you bought the machine.

To the OP, before you spend out on a crap new lappy, take a look at 2nd user stuff.
I use (and swear by) T series Thinkpads as they are business class, super tough, and have useful things like hard disk shock protection, semi waterproof keyboard and keyboard light, all of which I'm sure you can imagine being useful ina gig/club situation.

I paid £225 for a T61 over a year ago, 3GB RAM, 100GB 7200rpm HDD, Intel Core2Duo 2Ghz CPU with 6 months onsite warranty still remaining (£1500+ new). XP installed with a Vista license

Check ebay, they come up all the time, and you'll get better specs these days too

Microsoft XP never was made available for free, they only ditched support and updates.
Microsoft still maintains all rights to microsoft xp.

Just because a product isn't being offered anymore doesn't make it free.

Microsoft also does not give u XP for free when u buy windows 7 or vista even if you paid alot, it's a different product.
Can you prove microsoft ever made that promise?

With a certain version of windows vista you can indeed downgrade to Windows XP but thats it.