[Ham-Mac] Wanted, a Netbook running Leopard

[Lee J. Imber (WW2DX)]

Thanks Jim,

I would highly recommend:

http://www.pcbsd.org/

73 !

Lee
WW2DX

On Feb 22, 2011, at 12:14 PM, Jim Lee wrote:

> Yes, there ARE other choices!
> 
> Where do you think the stability of Mac OSX comes from?  Its FreeBSD foundation, of course!
> 
> You can run FreeBSD (or Linux) natively on that netbook and enjoy the same or better stability without ever having to touch something from microsoft.
> 
> There are plenty of ham applications for 'BSD and Linux - just listen to the "Linux in the Ham Shack" podcast for a taste.
> 
> -Jim
> W7JLL
> 
> On Feb 21, 2011, at 9:54 PM, chas wrote:
> 
>> ...  but I want STABILITY in the OS.  crashes are awkward when you are
>> relaying a 30 minute Pactor message.
>> 
>> thanks to all for your input.  I guess that there really is no other choice
>> nor for a long time if ever
>> 
>> 73  chas k5dam  AAR6TU
>> 
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