VXDIAG VCX SE BMW Review on Macbook

I have been using vxdiag vcx se for bmw for a year now and I’ve been very happy with it.   It’s a very good alternative device.

The vcx se BMW scanner was bought directly from vxdiag website and came in 6 days (they claim that they have a warehouse in the US and UK. ).

Price is very good, definitely an icom killer.

All drivers are on their website https://www.vxdiagshop.com/info/vxdiag-diagnostic-software-download-4048.html

It works with all models. Update F series using ISTA+ no problem. I tried i-level software update on f32 and it works fine.

It is possible to run the ISTA software from an external hdd but expect it to work slower. I tried it on external hdd as didn’t have enough space on my macbook, it worked just fine but much slower, so I ended up replacing my macbook’s ssd to 1tb.

You can buy the dongle separately and it works with all ista software regardless of where you downloaded them from. I actually bought ista and dongle separately as well.

Everything works as expected. It is an icom equivalent device so it should serve as one. I have tried software update and programming which worked fine with both ista and esys.

I run ista on my macbook air via bootcamp or parallels desktop virtual machine. However I bought ista from ebay and the seller installed it remotely for free. I think that’s the best and most secure way. There are also many videos showing how to install ista but it changes from version to version in most cases, so I recommend you buy a solid ista package with remote installation which shouldn’t cost more than £60-70. Considering the software capabilities, it’s a very reasonable investment.

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