[SixClub] Windows on Mac

Fri Dec 13 00:14:25 EST 2013

On 12/12/2013 7:40 PM, KBØNLY wrote:
> If you haven't had a PC since 2005 no wonder you don't know much about 
> the newer Windows or PC's...  Blue screens and lockups?  Must have 
> been a crappy PC, I haven't had a blue screen since.... Hmm... I need 
> to sit and think about that.  I think the last time I saw a bluescreen 
> on my computers was back in the windows 98 days?  Hold on, I might 
> have had one once on XP from a bad stick of memory, hardly Microsofts 
> fault though.
>

BSODs are still possible, but rare even with Win 7U.  I've had 3 on 6 
computers tat date to when Wi 7 was released. That few, in that time, is 
why I can remember how many.  OTOH Win 7 recovered from all 3 with just 
a reboot.

> A lot of ham software is available for Linux, that’s a good option 
> actually! You could get a Raspberry Pi and run that, I know guys that 
> do everything on it, from PSK to SSTV to the latest digital modes.  
> Getting a sound card working on it is the hardest part.
>
LINUX has a steeper learning curve and the free versions are upgraded 
about every three months. Once you learn it, or get it properly 
installed, it's a very stable operating system.

I purchase their stock, not the equipment. Too expensive and I need the 
open architecture of Windows...or LINUX.

73

Roger (K8RI)

> I have started using FreeDV on HF, two PCI-Express soundcards and a 
> quality headset along with my homebrew radio interface and I was on 
> the air in a matter of minutes, Windows 7 plays quite nicely with 
> multiple soundcards.  I have one dedicated to the radio interface.
>
> 73,
>
> Scott KBØNLY
>
>
>
> -----Original Message----- From: Larry Brown
> Sent: Thursday, December 12, 2013 12:00 PM
> To: World Wide Six Meter Club
> Subject: Re: [SixClub] Windows on Mac
>
> Thanks for all the comments gang!  I see I have a lot of thinking to 
> do. After years of fighting "the blue screen of death",constant 
> lock-ups and all the other issues common to Bill Gates Edsel I moved 
> to Mac in 2005 and like the old saying goes...."once you've had 
> Mac.you never go back". Sadly way too many software writers have drank 
> the microsoft "kool-aid".
>
> I guess the next thing is to see how many ham software programs will 
> run on variations of Linux or other OS.
> Thanks again!
> kg4zar
> Larry
>
>
> On Dec 12, 2013, at 11:54 AM, Richard J. Fiero II A.R.S. W5TFW wrote:
>
>> I have NEVER owned a mac !
>> So,....... I am out of this conversation.
>>
>>                                        :-)   Joey
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>> A.R.S. W5TFW // V44KAI
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>> Richard Joey Fiero II
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>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: sixclub-bounces at mailman.qth.net
>> [mailto:sixclub-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of KBØNLY
>> Sent: Thursday, December 12, 2013 10:25 AM
>> To: World Wide Six Meter Club
>> Subject: Re: [SixClub] Windows on Mac
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>> Except a lot of the older ham programs run with errors and the serial 
>> ports
>> don't always work right for keying interfaces for digital modes.  
>> Been there
>> done that!
>>
>> Better then I can run windows on a PC?  I would like to see someone 
>> prove
>> that statement, but then I don't have a cheap computer here.
>>
>> 73,
>>
>> Scott KBØNLY
>>
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>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Mike Pappas
>> Sent: Thursday, December 12, 2013 6:33 AM
>> To: World Wide Six Meter Club
>> Subject: Re: [SixClub] Windows on Mac
>>
>> Paralleles
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>> http://www.parallels.com
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>> Runs windows better on a mac than you can run windows on a PC.
>>
>> W9CN
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>> On Dec 11, 2013, at 9:21 PM, Larry Brown <dogsnradios at att.net> wrote:
>>
>>> What do te Mac users out there use to run Windows based programs on
>>> your Mac? There are some ham radio software  programs I can't find for
>>> OS 10.xxx that I'd really like to use.
>>>
>>> Thanks!
>>> Larry
>>> kg4zar
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