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I am doing a project with a Tagtool and I need to buy a laptop to run it on and have been recommended specs below - ?? Doesn’t mean a great deal to me.... Can anyone suggest the laptop I need to buy <BR>
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Many thanks in advance <BR>
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Best Donna <BR>
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BUYING NEW COMPUTER EQUIPMENT<BR>
</B></SPAN></FONT><SPAN STYLE='font-size:11pt'><FONT COLOR="#070000"><FONT FACE="Arial">General recommendations based on the experiences of Tagtool users:<BR>
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</FONT><FONT COLOR="#070000"><FONT FACE="Arial"><B>Graphics card<BR>
This is the single most important component for running the Tagtool program. The ATI Radeon series has worked with good results (eg. X1600, HD2600). It’s not recommended to use computers with integrated graphics cards. <BR>
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</SPAN></FONT></FONT><FONT COLOR="#070000"><FONT FACE="Arial"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:10.5pt'>Generally integrated graphics chips are not advisable, although the <BR>
</SPAN><SPAN STYLE='font-size:12pt'>current generation (like the Nvidia chips on the new Macbooks) work ok.<BR>
Depending on the OpenGL extensions supported, some functions might <BR>
be disabled (like Anti-Aliasing, or the screenshot function).<BR>
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Any fairly modern CPU should suffice - we work with Intel Dual core processors, but we have also tested it with AMD processors (Sempron 3000+, Athlon 64 X2).<BR>
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<FONT COLOR="#070000">RAM<BR>
Processor and RAM requirements are pretty low, with tests <BR>
everything runs fine on an AMD Sempron with 512MB RAM, for example<BR>
USB slots<BR>
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<FONT COLOR="#070000">There should be a minimum of 3 free USB slots (for the gamepad, the Tagtool controls, and the graphics tablet)<BR>
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