Alter settings through module coding accessible only by factory level tools.Scan for and clear DTCs with 19,000+ fault codes decoded into plain text.

Gain factory level access to all systems in most VW, Audi, Seat, Skoda and Bentley models from 1990 through the current model year.

Always know exactly how your vehicle is running instead of paying someone else to diagnose the problems, usually leaving you with a huge repair bill. With features found only on dealer level factory tools, VCDS surpasses the performance of aftermarket diagnostic tools and rivals factory tools for a fraction of the cost. Ross-Tech VCDS ® (VAG-COM Diagnostic System) helps diagnose real problems instead of swapping out costly parts.

Hope this helps if you’re more ‘Apple than Microsoft’.If you own an Audi, Volkswagen, Seat, Skoda, or Bentley you need a powerful tool that will help keep your vehicle on the road. For well under £200 you can have a very capable MacBook Pro that should be able to run all the software you mention including very demanding application like Photoshop etcetera.

The 2012 MacBooks are quite cheap (£100) and easy to upgrade the RAM (2x 8GB sticks £16 each) and HDD to a SSD (256GB roughly £30-40 second hand) for improved boot up and application opening.Ī little online research reveals that many BMW users have INPA (not sure if this is your software of choice for the BMW) working on Windows 10 via Bootcamp. I tried a Virtual Machine in the guise of VirtualBox (Windows XP) and it wasn’t very good to be honest so went ahead with the correct way of doing things. Windows 10 is free so I have the best of both IT worlds. Just to add my tuppence worth if you prefer a Mac, I’ve got a registered HEX-NET unlimited which is running on a 2012 i5 MacBook Pro 13” that utilises Windows 10 via Bootcamp. Note although designed for Windows VCDS will apparently work on a Mac using Windows emulation. One tip is ONLY use that laptop for the car software and stay of the internet to prevent issues.Īs for the BMW software you would have to see if that has any particular computer demands. There is very little difference in the speed of operation of VCDS between an old Windows XP laptop and an all singing Windows 11 version. The full fat versions also give more ability and can work on later cars than the basic Lite can. It may even be worth while a cheap laptop and a higher spec of VCDS as unregistered Lite is less informative than the registered version. So the choice is yours and does come down to budget and there are many good used laptops out there at very reasonable cost. The cables for VCDS almost make it totally impractical to use the USB versions of VCDS on a PC. If however you go for a full VCDS version instead of Lite you can get the Hex-Net which is a WiFi version of VCDs so this could be run from a PC. Well as VCDS will run on any Windows laptop running XP or later and a USB port take your pick.

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