I have to agree a little, but I mostly strongly disagree. I bought a Quad Core Vista machine over a year ago with dual monitors specifically for my Flex 5000A after I sold my FTDX-9000. I struggled to get the Flex to run with Vista ... even when it did I still had lockups. After I finally threw out Vista and installed XP all was good. The basic installation was a snap. Granted it takes a great deal of additional effort / learning curve if you want to add on lots of toys (integrated CW Skimmer, logging, spotting, etc, etc) ... but the support is good the knowledge base is extensive with many step by step articles / how to's supporting products not made by Flex. My FLEX now works awesome ... I couldn't live without the panadapter (especially compared to what I consider to be useless eye candy provided by competitive products such as Yaesu's DMU). The Flex gets better everyday and the updates coming shortly should make this even better (more features, fancy GUI, and especially the V/U upgrade).
What I love the most is that I run my radio in my office ... the flex sits below my office in the basement ... no fan noise, no clutter, no multiple coax's and wires going everywhere (just a firewire, speakers, and mic) ... very clean. Unfortunately it is true that this radio may not be for all people ... but I don't see any real issues for anyone to easily get a rock solid FLEX installation (XP). Please let me know how much "money down the drain" you wish to recoop as I am in the market for another FLEX. Kevin -----Original Message----- From: flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz [mailto:flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz] On Behalf Of jerrywz Sent: Saturday, September 12, 2009 8:29 AM To: Michael Walker (VA3MW); flexradio@flex-radio.biz Subject: Re: [Flexradio] Some initial comments I have the same problem with my Flex 5000A and Vista 64. It locks up all the time. I have tried everything. Reinstall all SDR software. Reinstall all the drivers, disable UAC disable internet connection even disable Norton It's a new computer with plenty of power. I give up. Putting it back in the box and on the shelf with the other stuff that doesn't work like it should. More money down the drain. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Michael Walker (VA3MW)" <va...@portcredit.net> To: <flexradio@flex-radio.biz> Sent: Saturday, September 12, 2009 8:05 AM Subject: [Flexradio] Some initial comments >I thought a would share a few comments, strengths and weaknesses. I have > spent the last week here in Portillo Chile with my 3K. With limited > internet, I have had time to really focus on trying to get this to work > and > work well. > > > > When I could get the device working, I thought it was great and I was just > starting to scratch the surface of the power of this box. The hardware is > amazing. > > > > However, the software has a long way to go before it truly gets to the > full > Ham consumer market. Yes, it does run just fine on XP as many have told > me. > But, if Flex wants to make it to the next step, they either have to claim > that running on Vista 64 bit is not fully supported. To ask a customer to > disable UAC, run in TEST mode and to run with digitally signed drivers off > is great for those of you who want to be beta testers. > > > > I have worked with PC's from the initial 8088 when I was with IBM as it > was > released. I also had to support it for years up to including OS/2. I am > far from a virgin PC user and if I can't get this to run stable on a > supposedly support platform, then 80% of the Flex market will not be able > to > as well. > > > > With want I know and do with the internet, I refuse to keep in this mode > for > any time. The exposures to machine infiltration if you are connected to > the > internet is very large. > > > > I suspect that I will return my 3K and wait until it is fully support and > tested with the current market trends (ie: what you and I can pick up at > Best Buy). > > > > Clearly the weakest link is firewire. Firewire and Windows have always > had > a struggle. If this run on a Mac, I might go buy a Macbook in a second if > I > know it would work flawlessly. It will be interesting to see how this > goes > for the coming months. > > > > Mike VA3MW > > > > > > <http://walkerphoto.blogspot.com/2009/07/remote-ham-radio-operating.html> > http://walkerphoto.blogspot.com/2009/07/remote-ham-radio-operating.html > > > > -------------- next part -------------- > This email was Anti Virus checked by Astaro Security Gateway. > http://www.astaro.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.flex-radio.com/ Homepage: > http://www.flex-radio.com/ > Message delivered to jerr...@optonline.net > _______________________________________________ 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.flex-radio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/ Message delivered to ve...@cogeco.ca No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 8.5.409 / Virus Database: 270.13.93/2365 - Release Date: 09/12/09 06:37:00 _______________________________________________ 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.flex-radio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/ Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
