Quote Originally Posted by MCmec View Post
Well after Neale's advice I purchased the Dell Latitude E7470 Laptop,
If you are using a Laptop then you will definitely need an external motion controller and ideally an Ethernet-based one. USB is too flaky and even worse on a laptop which uses heavy power management and not all can keep the USB turned on all the time. They will shut USB down when ideal which isn't good for CNC.