[Elecraft] Re" ham shack computers...

[Dave Perry]

My last email lost its format.  

This is from Microsoft's website:

Desktop operating systems      Windows XP
         End of mainstream support         April 14, 2009
         End of extended support            April 8, 2014
 
 
 I'm an XP fan, but it does look like XP is close to coming to an end. 
 Mainstream support is for consumers.  Extended support is for commercial 
 users.  I'm still getting updates and patches for my XP machines, but who 
 knows how long that will last.
 
 Dave, N4QS
 
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> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "John Ragle" <tpcj1r03 at crocker.com>
> To: "Don Wilhelm" <w3fpr at embarqmail.com>; "elecraft" 
> <elecraft at mailman.qth.net>
> Sent: Thursday, October 20, 2011 9:01 PM
> Subject: [Elecraft] Re" ham shack computers...
> 
> 
>> 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
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