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Will there ever be vag-com for macs...or should mac peop just give in and get a cheap windows laptop

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Old 09-18-2004, 07:06 AM
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Will there ever be vag-com for macs...or should mac peop just give in and get a cheap windows laptop
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Default Just get this.

Many of our customers are Mac users.<ul><li><a href="http://shadetreesoftware.com">ProDiag from Shade Tree Software, LLC</a></li></ul>
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is this because there is no analog input on a mac (like a serial port)?
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Default I bought a cheap ($46) laptop from ebay, that I use solely for Vag-Com and Bently...The best $46

that I spent
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wouldn't that be $46 + $70 (bentley) + ~$200 (vag-com + cable) you spent.
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Yep, that's what I did.
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Default We have a really crappy old PC laptop that does nothing except run some programs like that.

Because we don't try to do anything else on it, it's reasonably reliable ;-)
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Default Irregarless of the system, you still need to purchase Vag-com, bentley, etc. ... The computer

system was cheap...a_o_smith asked if he should just buy a cheap computer...my answer to that question is yes. I spent $200+ for the most powerful tool in my tool box...My lap-top computer with Vag-Com and bentley...
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Irregarless?
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Default highly unlikely - not enough demand

I work for Apple, and it's pretty unlikely that anyone would rewrite the VAG-COM software for OS X.

Check out this dude's setup, it rocks. I would never take my nice mac laptop into a greasy garage environment anyway.

http://www.kris-hansen.com/Audi/vag-case.htm
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