I can verify that Windows 7 Professional will do a network backup. I have a 1TB NAS, and Win7 found it, did it's first backup, and scheduled others. Jim KQ6EA
On 12/22/2010 05:48 PM, Jim Jannuzzo wrote: > Steven, > Assuming you've decided on Win7 (with which I agree wholeheartedly, but that > has no measurable value), the next choice is 32 bit or 64. MS has reportedly > decreed that OEMs should use 64 bit as the standard. 32 bit limits you to > 3.2 gig ram, which is a more serious limitation with Win 7 than you'd imagine > from the old days. More CPU cores/ threads, and ram of 6-8 gig will give you > the headroom to use the PC as more than just a dedicated PSDR machine. > I installed Home edition, and was disappointed to later find that it does not > have "network backup" functionality. I believe Professional does include > backup to a network device. I can add another program to do this, but I've > already got lots of stuff running. I should have more closely reviewed the > Windows version feature comparison charts that are all over the Neweggs of > the world. > Jim > > > > >> Date: Wed, 22 Dec 2010 13:01:17 +0000 >> From: sgho...@optonline.net >> To: flexradio@flex-radio.biz >> Subject: [Flexradio] Which OS for i7 new PC? >> >> Greetings, >> >> I'm thinking about building an i7 powered computer for my radio shack. I'm >> very comfortable with XP but given XP's age and eventual end-of-life status >> perhaps one of the Win7 versions would be more appropriate. I tend to keep >> my PC's for a long time so I'm looking for an OS that will serve me for at >> least 5 years of so. >> >> Thank you, >> Steven, WI2W >> _______________________________________________ >> FlexRadio Systems Mailing List >> FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz >> http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz >> Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ >> Knowledge Base: http://kc.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.com/ >> > > _______________________________________________ > FlexRadio Systems Mailing List > FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz > http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz > Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ > Knowledge Base: http://kc.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.com/ > > _______________________________________________ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.com/
