Doug,
I am running a AMD Athlon 64 X2 (dual core) 4400+ with 1 GB of RAM and I routinely have open PowerSDR, several instances of Firefox (browser), e-mail, Skype, and IonoProbe and have no problems. -Tim --- Tim Ellison Integrated Technical Services <http://www.itsco.com/> ________________________________ From: Douglas Shock [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, August 08, 2006 5:09 PM To: Tim Ellison Cc: flexradio@flex-radio.biz Subject: Re: [Flexradio] Advice so will this be the same case on an amd 64 dual core 3800+ with 2 gb of mem running sli vid cards? I was sorta hoping to be able to use this machine for other stuff at the same time. On 8/8/06, Tim Ellison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: You will probably be able to run a logger without any issues. Running a web browser or any other program that handles a lot of graphic content might cause some issues. -Tim --- Tim Ellison Integrated Technical Services -----Original Message----- From: J. Crit Harley, MD, C.Ht. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ] Sent: Tuesday, August 08, 2006 3:58 PM To: Tim Ellison Subject: Re: [Flexradio] Advice Tnx Tim for prompt response. Are you saying I won't be able to run my logging program while running Power SDR? 73/Crit/K4BXN Tim Ellison wrote: > >From a performance standpoint, the Intel Pentium M will out perform the > Celeron M even with the difference in RAM due to the expanded on chip > cache on the Pentium M. > > If you use ferrites on the USB cable, then there is no functional > difference between it and the parallel port. > > If the laptops have a Firewire interface, then the Firebox will work OK > to as long as this is a single use machine. You will not be able to > load up several programs at once with PowerSDR running too. > > -Tim > --- > Tim Ellison > Integrated Technical Services > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ] On Behalf Of > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, August 08, 2006 3:21 PM > To: flexradio@flex-radio.biz > Subject: [Flexradio] Advice > > I am sure this has been answered before, but ... > > I am thinking heavily of getting a SDR1000. > I am a CW op (99.9%). > I have a choice of two laptops. > Which would perform better? > > 1) Dell Intel Pentium M at 1.6 Ghz w/504 MB ram and without a parallel > port ... thus needing the USB to parallel adaptor. > OR > 2) Dell Celeron M at 1.4 Ghz w/ 1 Gig of ram and with a parallel port. > > Will either of these be satifactory for CW using the Firebox audio unit. > I plan on using a paddle w/ a logikey keyer. > > Tnx for you input. > 73/Crit/K4BXN > > > _______________________________________________ > FlexRadio mailing list > FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz > http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz > Archive Link: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ > FlexRadio Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com > > > _______________________________________________ FlexRadio mailing list FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archive Link: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ FlexRadio Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: /pipermail/flexradio_flex-radio.biz/attachments/20060808/09938681/attachment.html _______________________________________________ FlexRadio mailing list FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archive Link: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ FlexRadio Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com
