On 5/1/2020 12:34 PM, Don Wilhelm wrote:
With refurbished desktop computers available in the $200 to $300 price range, many loaded with Windows 10 Pro, it is not a big deal to have a dedicated Windows PC as the shack computer. Oh yes, you need a monitor too, but those also are not expensive.
Yes, and there are refurb (off lease) Thinkpads in this price range, all loaded with some version of Win10. The built-in battery greatly reduces the need for an outboard UPS, they're easy to take into the field, and all accommodate an outboard monitor. I take my shack computer into the field three times a year for 7QP, CQP, and FD.
This isn't a matter of which OS is better, it's simply that much more ham software is written for Windoze. And as NQ5T has noted, most of it can be run on a Mac in a Windows simulation.
And SOME ham software is multi-platform. All of Elecraft's own control programs are written for Windoze and Mac, and K1JT's WSJT-X is compiled for Windoze, Mac, and multiple versions of Linux.
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