[Elecraft] PC laptop for K3/KX3 digital modes

[k3ndm at comcast.net]

Dave, 
Almost any PC will work so long as it has a sound card. All of the digital software readily available will run on some minimal machines. I would look for one that is running Windows XP or Windows7. 

There are just a few questions that you will need to answer. One, is how much do I want to invest, and two, how many simulataneous applications do I plan to run. If you are going to run only FLDIGI, MIXW, DIGIPAN, etc, you only need something low end. I usually steer away from Apple and Linux as Apple just want too much money for their stuff and both have a limited supply of apps to play with as compared to the PC. 

73, 
Barry 
K3NDM 


----- Original Message -----

From: "Dave Moorman" <K9SW at comcast.net> 
To: "Elecraft Elecraft" <Elecraft at mailman.qth.net> 
Sent: Tuesday, November 19, 2013 8:23:02 PM 
Subject: [Elecraft] PC laptop for K3/KX3 digital modes 

Hello, All - 

I’d like to get the K3 and KX3 on HF digital and am wondering if anyone can recommend a reasonably priced PC laptop which would do that. My experience has been only Macintosh so the PC laptop world is unknown territory. A decent keyboard and a trackpad are pretty essential, but that’s about the only hard-and-fast requirements. 

Another question; I have an older iBook G3 on which I’m attempting to install Linux. Has anyone done that? 

Thanks, 

Dave K9SW 
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