[Elecraft] suggested PC???

[Barry LaZar]

Randy,
     I seriously do not recommend this approach. I have been working with 
a friend who has been working on a Mac Mini, actually he has two. He has 
been trying to do an integrated station using HRD, FLDIGI, and a few 
other things. These are Windows based and he has been using Boot Camp to 
get to Windows. He discovered that there are driver issues and a few 
other things the prevent easy set up to do what he wants. And to 
compound the insult, his second Mac Mini does does not set up like his 
first.

     Most of the really good software that makes for full integration 
easy has been written for a Windows platform. As this is the case, I 
suggest an I5 with lots of memory running Windows 10. In the end, this 
is cost effective and will keep your blood pressure in bounds. As an 
illustration, I run Win4K3 for radio control and spectrum display, 
Com0com for port replication, Hamradio Deluxe for general logging and 
uploading to eQSL and LoTW, CW Skimmer. I switch out CW Skimmer for 
FLDIGI, and during a contest, I use N1MM+ in place of HRD. My experience 
has taught me to not use an Apple base system for this situation. 
However, there are other collections of S/W, but I expect the 
integration my not be as easy.

73,
Barry
K3NDM

------ Original Message ------
From: "Randy Cook" <k6crcus at gmail.com>
To: elecraft at mailman.qth.net
Sent: 1/5/2016 8:35:48 PM
Subject: [Elecraft] suggested PC???

>Consider an Apple Mac. On the Apple website, you can get a iMac or 
>MacBook Air ‘refurbished’. After years of dealing with viruses, blown 
>updates, buggy software, etc. on work computers, I come home to a 5 
>year old MacBook Air machine that just works and will probably run 
>forever. I like MacLoggerDX for station control/logging, but others 
>have their favorite.
>As to value, I just sold an iMac desktop machine that my son didn’t 
>need anymore. He is at college and has a laptop. It was 6 years old and 
>I got 40% of the price I paid new for it on eBay. If it were a 6 year 
>old PC, I would have had to pay a toxic waste fee to get rid of it.
>
>73
>
>Randy Cook - K6CRC
>k6crcus at gmail.com
>
>
>
>
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