David: > On Sep 24, 2022, at 7:51 PM, Bayard Coolidge, N1HO via Elecraft > <elecraft@mailman.qth.net> wrote: > > About a month ago, I upgraded from an old (2015?) Intel i5-based MBP to the > new M2 MBP, and was able to migrate everything over to it seamlessly by > having the M2 import all of my bits from the TimeMachine backup. I've been > using RUMlogNG for years, and it works nicely with both WSJT-X and JTDX > *simultaneously*, with WSJT-X driving the upgraded K3 (near-K3s) operating > with the KXV3B on 630m and JTDX operating the K4D on the HF bands. I do not > have RUMlogNG do any rig control for me, however. > I have 24MB of memory in this MBP, but I was operating with 16MB on the old > MBP just fine. I had a 250GB SSD on the old MBP, but splurged for 1TB on the > M2. However, I think you should be able to get by with 16/250 on an Apple > Silicon based machine unless you're planning to watch a movie or edit video > while you're working the bands :-) One trick that I pull is to have a > separate partition on a large USB drive (which is primarily used for > TimeMachine) to keep less-needed files, as well as the log files generated by > WSJT-X and JTDX. I simply created a symbolic link in the files for those two > apps to point to the right places on the USB drive. > Only fly in the ointment I've encountered is that I run Parallels and it > upgraded to the latest version and then installed Windows 11 ARM for me. I > haven't played with it yet, so I don't know how much it will bog down the > system. *BUT*, be forewarned that Ham Radio DeLuxe is Intel-only and flatly > told me in their support forum that they do NOT intend to make an ARM64 > version for Windows 11. I only use HRD as a backup log program to review my > awards standing (e.g., DXCC, WPX, etc.), and now do so on my Intel-based > iMac, but I plan to retire it eventually. I've never used it for rig control, > etc.
Please note that the current Windows-11 ARM OS that can be installed by Parallels 18 on a M1/M2 Mac can indeed run INTEL-based Windows Software. I’ve been using it for several months to run INTEL software for railroad signal monitoring (ATCS) and it works seamlessly. There was no problem transferring program files from a Dell Latitude machine and having the software run without modification. Consequently, even though there may not be an ARM version of a Windows software package, it may still be possible to run it under Windows ARM using an INTEL-based Windows package. That said, there is one caveat: Windows ARM does not currently support natively USB devices other than such as items as Keyboards, Mice, Trackballs, etc. For example, I cannot run a SDR device on the ARM because the device drivers don’t exist under ARM needed for SDR: I use ZADIG to add drivers for SDR and it doesn’t work running Windows 11 ARM. I suspect that USB support for ARM will grow under time, but it remains to be seen whether software that uses USB attached devices that require special device drivers will work. In my case, this means using data sources available via the internet rather than using a SDR device for over-the-air reception of data. For example, I can use data collected via SDR attached to my Dell laptop and feed that data to Apple MBP M1 laptop running Windows 11 ARM via LAN to display the data. FWIW, Barry, WD4ASW ______________________________________________________________ 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
