[Ham-Computers] To XP or not-XP, that is the question

[Dale Miller]

On 1/18/2014 10:19 AM, Doug Hensley wrote:
> It is a shame that XP is so fragile.  I have heard that Windows 7 is being well received but whenever I google an XP issue, I see similar discussions about Windows 7.  Windows8 appears to be getting the same reception as Vista did and Tech Talk sites are all anticipating a better release in Windows 9.
> Someone asked how all this related to ham radio.  All I can say in defense of sharing thisexperience is that it all started when I moved my machine into the ham shack to set it upfor MARS digital mode traffic.  I was tiding up the hard drive files when I made the mistakeof resetting.
> 73 to all and thanks again for the feedback,
> Doug W5JV/NNN0BXX 		 	   		
>

Doug,
     I don't know about what you have seen on the internet but I have 
been running Windows 7 Home Premium for about a year now and haven't had 
any issues as of yet. Mind you I'm not a Windows fan but prefer Ubuntu 
or some Debian distro. or Slackware. The only reason I'm using Windows 
at all is cause I decided to purchase a new pre-built computer rather 
than spend more money getting the parts to update my "Franken-computer". 
It use to be cheaper to purchase what you wanted in a system and build 
yourself than to purchase pre-built systems. My present system is an HP 
p7-1235, which other than a hardware problem when I got the system has 
been a reliable system since that problem was addressed by HP.
Of course my old systems are still running one of which is MythTV box 
and the other 2 are my Ham systems.
Good luck.

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All the Best & 73's
Dale Miller, KC2CBD
Tennessee
Ham Operator since 1997 (Extra)
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