Neal, Totally agree. The D630's cost the program that I'm working on around $2,100.00 each set up the way we wanted them, and we ordered 2400 of them. But we do put any selected laptop that we purchase for the program, though all of the performance test and we only select models that meet our requirements which are high. I know that purchasing a used laptop, is one thing I would not recommend. Laptops get used hard in most business applications, they are dropped, bounced, and really just used to all hell. To get a good reliable laptop to run a Flex with the hardware features that you need, I would guess in the 1,700 to 1,900 dollar price range. I haven't tried one of the new Dell Studios yet, but I did purchase one with an i7 process for my daughter before she heading off to college this summer, but the next weekend that she comes home, I'll give it a try and let you know how it works.
73's, Mike KE7WRJ --- [email protected] wrote: From: Neal Campbell <[email protected]> To: Alan NV8A <[email protected]> Cc: [email protected] Subject: Re: [FlexEdge] Laptop Date: Sun, 5 Sep 2010 17:48:26 -0400 Sad to say but its not the case in the market most of our Flex users are in! As with most Flex users, the laptop market seems to exist in the 500-1000 USD price range. One way to reduce cost (or increase margin depending on your perspective) is to not include any extras like cardbus, 1394 ports, etc. I think the sub-1K market is aimed towards students so connectivity issues outside of wifi and wired lan and some USB stuff is not really in demand. Oddly enough though, they all include a HDMI jack (which I guess is for watching movies on the monitor in the dorm)! If you look (and I do almost daily) for a sub-800 dollar laptop with expresscard slots or firewire ports and fine one, please let me know! 73 Neal Campbell Abroham Neal Software www.abrohamnealsoftware.com (540) 645 5394 NEW PHONE NUMBER Amateur Radio: K3NC Blog: http://www.abrohamnealsoftware.com/blog/ DXBase bug reports: email to [email protected] Abroham Neal forums: http:/www.abrohamnealsoftware.com/community/ On Sun, Sep 5, 2010 at 5:04 PM, Alan NV8A <[email protected]> wrote: > On 09/05/10 03:33 pm, Ted Leonard wrote: > > I am thinking of a new laptop for my Flex 1500 with the idea that the >> 1500 may someday have a big brother Flex. >> What laptops have the necessary port to plug in a firewire adapter in >> case a big brother does arrive? >> > > I would expect that all reasonably recent laptops would have a CardBus slot > into which a TI-chipset FireWire adapter (US$30 or so) could be plugged. > Some laptops may even come with FireWire built in, but it may not be up to > the task of running a Flex. > > 73 > > Alan NV8A > > > _______________________________________________ > Flexedge mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexedge_flex-radio.biz > This is the FlexRadio Systems e-mail Reflector called FlexEdge. It is used > for posting topics related to SDR software development and experimentalist > who are using beta versions of the software. > _______________________________________________ Flexedge mailing list [email protected] http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexedge_flex-radio.biz This is the FlexRadio Systems e-mail Reflector called FlexEdge. It is used for posting topics related to SDR software development and experimentalist who are using beta versions of the software. _______________________________________________ Flexedge mailing list [email protected] http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexedge_flex-radio.biz This is the FlexRadio Systems e-mail Reflector called FlexEdge. It is used for posting topics related to SDR software development and experimentalist who are using beta versions of the software.
