[Elecraft] new computer advice suggestions for using with a K3

[David Sanders W4DES]

You might like to use a Macbook Air.  12 hrs on a charge.

73,
David W4DES
K3 #7409






On Aug 12, 2013, at 9:27 AM, Bill Frantz <frantz at pwpconsult.com> wrote:

> Please allow me to hijack this thread to ask about low power draw computers for use with the K3.
> 
> Last field day I set up our club's digital station with a K3/10, SignaLink USB, and a MacBook Pro. The combination worked very well, but the MacBook Pro, connected through the Apple power adapter and a Radio Shack inverter drew 3 to 4 times as much power as all the rest of the system. I used the Elecraft USB <--> RS232 cable for rig control.
> 
> So I am looking for a computer that runs on 12 volts and draws a minimum amount of current. It should be low noise and all those other good things as well. My OS preferences are in order: MacOS -- because I know it, flavors of Linux -- so I won't have to configure a Windows system and deal with Microsoft's license verification, and finally Windows.
> 
> On the MacBook Pro I was running cocoaModem and RUMped. I expect on other OSes I will run fldigi and a contest logger to be names later.
> 
> Does anyone have any suggestions?
> 
> Cheers - Bill, AE6JV
> 
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