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Laptop advice for carelink

sjm1308

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Type of diabetes
Type 1
Treatment type
Insulin
I have to set up carelink with my pump and need to purchase a laptop for this. It must have windows 7 or above as far as I am aware.

Having absolutely no clue about this could anyone advise me on a simple laptop I'd be able to use for this purpose.

Tia
 
I did get a lend of my friends laptop which has windows 8.1 but when I try to access carelink it says this..
 
sjm1308 said:
I did get a lend of my friends laptop which has windows 8.1 but when I try to access carelink it says this..View attachment 37198
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It looks to me like the laptop screen isn't up to their requirements.

Does the system allow you to carry on and try anyway, or does it just abort?

Why not give them a call on their number at the bottom of the screen. They might be able to guide you somewhat.
 
Yeah I just went to my neighbor's and tried their PC and saying same. I will give them a ring. Hopefully I can sort it here without having to buy one
thank you!
 
sjm1308 said:
I have to set up carelink with my pump and need to purchase a laptop for this. It must have windows 7 or above as far as I am aware
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All support for Win 7 will end by Microsoft next year 2020, Win 8x will not be far behind it. So you are left with Win 10 and it's bloated upgrades every six months.

You can buy a Win 10 lap top for less than $300.00 at major stores here in Australia, so look around where ever you live for a bargain price one.
 
Windows 8 is the worst Windows possible.
 
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