Will any laptop work? I believe that the important point is to have a serial port. I use my "real" laptop with Linux and Windows 7 (Star works on Win XP) for work and wouldn't want it in the garage, and it doesn't have the serial port, so I opted for the dedicated laptop. The $600 kit does come with a preloaded laptop hard-drive, which is pre-configured for the IBM T30. They also have a kit for about $600 total, that includes everything except the IBM T30 laptop. Total was about $730 + $170 s/h (via UPS in less than 1 week), for a total of $900. I purchased my system from "ausinor dot com", and includes the multiplexer and a 4 cables to connect to different mb cars, and 1 cable between the IBM T30 (2nd hd, also included) and the multiplexer. How much and where did I buy this, you ask? After searching ebay, I found a seller that also sold for less from his own web store, paying with paypal (recommended to get credit card info secure, and you have some protection to contest bad stuff). Well, today is Xmas day in July! I received my C3 Star System via Post, and a few hours later, I was able to get the codes in my car - mainly due to the SRS light being on.
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