Quote Originally Posted by I need a dog View Post
As a total beginner to mill cnc conversion I have been doing a lot of research and whilst looking at the Mach 3 web page, http://www.machsupport.com/

I was a bit surprised to read the following under the "Mach 3 minimum requirements" heading:

"Laptops are not supported because the power saving features of the chipsets disrupt the pulse stream"

I was hoping to use a laptop with mach 3, is this possible?

I'm also looking at the Vectric software packages http://www.vectric.com/ as I'm interested in engraving,sign writing and photo machining. Does anyone use them and can you tell me if they are any good?
Like many things, there's what works and there's whats supported....

Several people use Mach3 on a laptop, but it may take some experimentation to get it to work reliably, and reliability when chucking bits of machinery around is what counts...