[Elecraft] Re" ham shack computers...

[John Ragle]

Don...

     I had originally penned a long op-ed piece in response to this 
thread, but decided not to waste server space. If one is thinking of a 
dedicated ham shack machine for digital modes, I think your 
recommendation of XP (Pro) on a refurbished machine with half a gig of 
core and a modest hard drive is right on target. The idea that XP is 
"dead" is no more true than the idea that the PC is also "dead." A lot 
of things are bruited about by those who sell computers that are pure 
nonsense. I have a small XP/Pro machine that does an excellent job. I 
also have a much more capable WIN7 machine that handles digital mode 
communications very well, along with all my other computing needs, e.g. 
Maple/MathCad, video chat, records keeping, PC board editing, etc. etc. 
ad naus. Guess which one travels with me in mobile mode...

John Ragle -- W1ZI