Cheap laptop just to run beersmith

[BrewingWisdom]

What is beersmith?

 

[Jeepinctbrewer]

What is beersmith?

Recipe builder software

 

[WinterWarlock]

Would a hp stream work ?

Don't get the hp stream. It's one of the slowest, worst performing computers I've ever seen.

 

[bracconiere]

Don't get the hp stream. It's one of the slowest, worst performing computers I've ever seen.

we're talking about something that just has to calculate beer color and predicted OG and pre boil SG and stuff here...i'm sure it will boot up fast enough for the strike water to be ready....

 

[rallenhall]

Timely discussion. I'm still running Beersmith 2.0 on my old Dell Inspiron/Vista OS laptop that's dedicated to the brew space. Have been thinking about an upgrade for some time but was leery of spending more $$$ on the hobby (aka, obsession).

 

[jtgoral]

I have couple old laptops running Linux. For me the cost would be $0.
You can upgrade the laptop if you have one and use the old like I use. Then the cost for BeerSmith laptop would be $0 too, right?

 

[Grizwold1]

Check local pawn shops "Pawn America" for one. Often have cheap laptops and most will allow return if it doesn't work

 

[matt_m]

Are you dead set on Brewfather? Brewfather will run on essentially anything with a browser. I signed up for the trial 2 years ago, imported my Beersmith data, and haven't looked back. I use it on my phone, my personal laptop, and my work laptop. I could be using it on my Fire tablets hacked to run the Google Store if I wanted, either Chrome or the app.

 

[tracer bullet]

Since it hasn't been asked yet I will ask it - is there a specific reason for it to only do this one job? What about a better laptop that does this when needed but also does typical laptop duties at other times? Maybe you wouldn't find that useful. Or you have a better one and just don't want to chance wort splashing on it? Just to be sure this is the best way to go about it.

 

[hout17]

Are you dead set on Brewfather? Brewfather will run on essentially anything with a browser. I signed up for the trial 2 years ago, imported my Beersmith data, and haven't looked back. I use it on my phone, my personal laptop, and my work laptop. I could be using it on my Fire tablets hacked to run the Google Store if I wanted, either Chrome or the app.

Beersmith now has a web version but I haven't used it yet.

 

[bwible]

I’m using an old macbook pro laptop from 2007, which is ancient in terms of laptops today. It takes a real long time to start up. It still does the job. First I want to hang onto it for sentimental reasons. It was bought new for my late wife who passed in 2013 and now its one of the few things of hers I still have.

Second, I really only use it for BeerTools to do beer recipes and Photoshop to make and print beer labels. And to occasionally back up my iphone. Sometimes I surf the web on it to research beer recipes or read about the latest hipster conconctions.

Its old but still fully functional. So I really can’t justify spending money on a new laptop. I had thought about maybe buying one of those cheap laptops like a chromebook or something if this ever dies. I pretty much do everything on my iphone nowadays and the laptop sees real light duty.

 

[Jeepinctbrewer]

Anyone on here running the web version on a chrome book ?