[Elecraft] K3 and WIN10

[Bob McGraw K4TAX]

Nor any other operating system of any type, past, present or future.

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Bob, K4TAX

On 4/16/2019 1:40 PM, Wayne Burdick wrote:
> We will never, ever put any incarnation of Windows in a radio.
>
> Wayne
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> On Apr 16, 2019, at 10:15 AM, Bob McGraw K4TAX <rmcgraw at blomand.net 
> <mailto:rmcgraw at blomand.net>> wrote:
>
>> PLEASE!  No operating system embedded in the radio.  Almost like ice 
>> cream, there is more than one flavor.
>>
>> As to Windows 10 updates, configure for automatic, let it do its 
>> thing, and don't mess with the parameters.  It is so easy and 
>> reliable.  Don't make it complicated by trying to run it yourself.
>>
>> You also need to maintain a "clean" computer with regular Cache and 
>> Registry cleaning.  Leftover and fragments may over ride new updates. 
>>  Also Virus and Malware issues may interfere with correct operation.
>>
>> Bob, K4TAX
>>
>>
>> Sent from my iPhone
>>
>>> On Apr 16, 2019, at 11:26 AM, Robert Rennard via Elecraft 
>>> <elecraft at mailman.qth.net <mailto:elecraft at mailman.qth.net>> wrote:
>>>
>>> I believe that putting WIN10 hardware in the radio will be a benefit 
>>> to the OEM.  It will make the radio become obsolete faster and allow 
>>> more sales for upgrades.
>>>
>>> Maestro, SunSDR, and Anan MK II radios all have Win10 PCs embedded. 
>>>  Those radios’ embedded PCs are all obsolete already.
>>> Consider how much pain it is to deal with Windows 10 updates.  I am 
>>> sure the radio OEMs are paranoid, or at least I would be were I one 
>>> of them.  When you have a widely deployed product that suddenly 
>>> stops working because of an update, the pain is intense and 
>>> expensive to cure.
>>>
>>> How about an Intel NUC instead of a PC ?   They were used on Heard 
>>> and Ducie rather than using laptops.   Even NUCs do not support IPA 
>>> 4K monitors, yet.
>>>
>>> Bob R
>>>
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