[Elecraft] OT OS gotchas

[Phil Wheeler]

On 2/22/14, 6:32 PM, EricJ wrote:
> The big surprise was updating my little Dell XP 
> netbook with only 1 gb of memory to Win 8. It 
> transformed that computer. Many programs run 
> faster now than they did under XP. Some that 
> would not run well under XP are now completely 
> usable. I've heard that Win 8 is much more 
> efficient managing memory. I can believe that.
I picked up an HP computer at Amazon of netbook 
ilk: 1 GHz processor, 2 GB RAM, 320 GB HDD, 10.6 
inch screen for $280, Eric. It came with Win 8.1 
and I added a shell program to make it look like 
Win 7.  I mainly use MacBooks these days (and they 
do have dual boot, Win7 & OS X 10.9.1/2, 
capability). But I wanted something small for the 
operating position: a 15" screen obscures my 
transceivers. At the price I'm very pleased with 
the HP; even has a USB3 port, important because my 
primary machine (13" MB Air) and production 
machine (Dell Win 7 PC with 6 TB of hard drives 
and very fast burners) both have USB3.

I've been pleasantly surprised by Win 8.1, now 
that I have it booting to the desktop!  And for 
realy weirdness, it even has a touch screen.

73, Phil w7ox