My i7 iMac runs Windows 7 as well as OSX. With 32 Gb of memory, I can run any Windows or Apple applications. I don't have a K3 but the iMac runs my K2 and FT-950 applications with no issues whatsoever. I can upgrade to Win 10 for free but I dislike it very much.
Brian KB1VBF Sent from my iPad > On Jan 5, 2016, at 9:26 PM, Barry LaZar <k3...@comcast.net> wrote: > > Randy, > I seriously do not recommend this approach. I have been working with a > friend who has been working on a Mac Mini, actually he has two. He has been > trying to do an integrated station using HRD, FLDIGI, and a few other things. > These are Windows based and he has been using Boot Camp to get to Windows. He > discovered that there are driver issues and a few other things the prevent > easy set up to do what he wants. And to compound the insult, his second Mac > Mini does does not set up like his first. > > Most of the really good software that makes for full integration easy has > been written for a Windows platform. As this is the case, I suggest an I5 > with lots of memory running Windows 10. In the end, this is cost effective > and will keep your blood pressure in bounds. As an illustration, I run Win4K3 > for radio control and spectrum display, Com0com for port replication, > Hamradio Deluxe for general logging and uploading to eQSL and LoTW, CW > Skimmer. I switch out CW Skimmer for FLDIGI, and during a contest, I use > N1MM+ in place of HRD. My experience has taught me to not use an Apple base > system for this situation. However, there are other collections of S/W, but I > expect the integration my not be as easy. > > 73, > Barry > K3NDM > > ------ Original Message ------ > From: "Randy Cook" <k6cr...@gmail.com> > To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net > Sent: 1/5/2016 8:35:48 PM > Subject: [Elecraft] suggested PC??? > >> Consider an Apple Mac. On the Apple website, you can get a iMac or MacBook >> Air ‘refurbished’. After years of dealing with viruses, blown updates, buggy >> software, etc. on work computers, I come home to a 5 year old MacBook Air >> machine that just works and will probably run forever. I like MacLoggerDX >> for station control/logging, but others have their favorite. >> As to value, I just sold an iMac desktop machine that my son didn’t need >> anymore. He is at college and has a laptop. It was 6 years old and I got 40% >> of the price I paid new for it on eBay. If it were a 6 year old PC, I would >> have had to pay a toxic waste fee to get rid of it. >> >> 73 >> >> Randy Cook - K6CRC >> k6cr...@gmail.com >> >> >> >> >> ______________________________________________________________ >> Elecraft mailing list >> Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecra ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
