Tom, That is good information, but actually, my choice is to have 2 computers - one for the shack and one for other personal stuff like email and documents. Computers have become a commodity item - you can buy a refurbished PC loaded with WinXP pro for less than $200. More than adequate for running the hamshack.
73, Don W3FPR On 1/4/2011 8:42 PM, Amateur Radio Operator N5GE wrote: > Don et al, > > You can run anything that runs on XP on Win 7 by installing an XP virtual > machine on the computer. It's a free download from Microsoft's web site and > you > can have your choice of the 64 bit or 32bit version. You don't have to dual > boot, and it won't run unless you start it up from the Win 7 menu, or you can > set it up so that it runs when win 7 boots up. > > No need to mess with all that other add-on stuff or have two computers in the > shack. > > 73, > > Tom Childers > Radio Amateur N5GE > Licensed since 1976 > QCWA Life Member 35102 > ARRL Life Member > Retired Professional > C# Software developer > http://www.n5ge.net > > > On Tue, 04 Jan 2011 18:05:16 -0500, Don Wilhelm<w3...@embarqmail.com> wrote: > >> Bob, >> >> There are going to be some ham applications that will not work with Win7 >> at all (either 32 bit or 64 bit). >> >> If you have an XP computer available, maybe now is the time to make it >> the dedicated hamshack computer which will free you to use the Win7 >> computer for non-ham related work. >> I for one will not likely upgrade to Win7 anytime in the near future. >> Not only am I happy with WinXP, but I have 6 computers on the home >> network, and upgrading them would be quite expensive. I am considering >> an "upgrade" to Ubuntu if I can get Samba to talk both ways between my >> Windows network and the SMB shares, but my ham station computer will >> continue to run Win XP because of the number of ham applications that >> run on it. If you want to try out Ubuntu, release 10 is now available, >> and there is a "Win Ubuntu" version that you can load as a dual boot >> with the Windows OS. >> >> 73, >> Don W3FPR >> > [snip] > > ______________________________________________________________ > 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 > ______________________________________________________________ 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
