PC hardware to run 40 W laser via Lightburn

LightBurn Hardware Compatibility
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I have both a laser and CNC, and I am getting tired of moving my laptop PC between them, since they are not close to each other. So, I thought about getting some more hardware. What is the minimum spec to use Lightburn, and run a laser?

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I am not sure if is this information you are looking for but here it is:

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Personally, I control three lasers in parallel using a ThinkPad (Dual Core something) from 2010 or so. I upgraded it with an SSD and 8GB RAM, put Win 11 on it, and it runs perfectly fine. It takes a moment to boot up, but then it’s no problem to run three projects at the same time.
Of course, for designing projects, that would be too slow :slight_smile:

You can use any of those slim / mini PCs that are sold everywhere for around $100 or less, those have enough power to run LB smoothly.

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Thanks Melvin. I would do my design work on a different PC.