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Message: [QUOTE="Towerguy, post: 1318547, member: 7546"] That is a huge part of getting away with an old laptop with limited resources. Malware can't get on it and slow it down and without malware there is no need for security software which can also be a huge drain. If feasible, I would even go so far as to remove the wireless card so that it can't be inadvertently turned on. I don't do tuning but in telecom I have had a need over the years to run an old OS like XP just because of the number of old legacy devices and applications that wouldn't run on anything newer. After laptops with serial ports became harder and harder to find, guys would hang on to one of those even if they had to take them to the grave just because many old devices in common use had serial interfaces and many USB to serial adapters could act so flaky with some devices. I would look for an older business class laptop like something out of the Thinkpad lineup that was mentioned. They will have a more durable build quality than consumer grade laptops which makes them better suited to banging around the shop. And I would prefer a 15" widescreen that has a numeric keypad. Soooo much more convenient if you are doing a lot of data entry and changing values frequently. [/QUOTE]

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