Laptop usage

May 6, 2026, 3:55 a.m.
dandyzebra706
OP
May 6, 3:55 a.m. #1

What is a good cheap laptop I can buy that is perfect for f8170 card scanning and selling on eBay?


maxwaxpax
Staff
May 6, 8:18 a.m. #2

Oh..this is easy..let me head on over to best buy real quick..the app itself is not a hog on resources so if you want to get in cheap and get it running, here is what would be fine:

Below is the list taken from specs for the paperstream software (pro series). This is the min requirements so you can aim for that or go just a bit above. Given this, here are some deals from best buy that I saw this morning that cover this and then go up:

https://www.bestbuy.com/site/searchpage.jsp?id=pcat17071&qp=category_facet%3DAll+Laptops%7Epcmcat138500050001%5Eparent_processormodelsv_facet%3DProcessor+Model%7EIntel+Core+i5%5Esystemmemoryram_facet%3DRAM%7E4+gigabytes%5Esystemmemoryram_facet%3DRAM%7E8+gigabytes%5Eparent_operatingsystem_facet%3DOperating+System%7EWindows&sp=Price-Low-To-High&st=intel+i5+laptop


  • Operating Systems: Windows 11, Windows 10 (32/64-bit), Windows Server 2022/2019/2016/2012 R2.
  • Processor: Intel Core i5 2.5GHz or higher recommended.
  • Memory: 4GB RAM or more recommended (2GB minimum).
  • Storage: 10GB or more free space for installation; additional space needed for image storage.
  • Display: 1280 x 800 resolution or higher.
  • Software: .NET Framework 4.7.2 or later, Internet Information Service 10.0 or later.
  • Driver: PaperStream IP (TWAIN/ISIS)
  • dandyzebra706
    OP
    May 12, 1:20 p.m. #3

    Thank you Max!!!!!  Love the content!!!!!


    dandyzebra706
    OP
    May 12, 1:22 p.m. #4

    Which laptop is it?  there are multiple?


    maxwaxpax
    Staff
    May 12, 2:45 p.m. #5

    They were set to go from cheapest to most costly. As long as the Intel i5 is there that search bar is filtered to only bring up the ones that will work. So you can pick as you wish from cheap to expensive...but they are all good to go

    dandyzebra706 wrote:

    Which laptop is it?  there are multiple?



    dandyzebra706
    OP
    May 12, 4:20 p.m. #6

    Thank You so much!!!

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