There is also the question of whether older ham applications will work correctly on the newer OS, but then there's the question of whether the latest versions of ham software will work on older XP-based machines.
With some SDRs, like the FlexRadio offerings, more CPU horsepower and memory are a definite advantage, since we're talking about real-time processing. 73 de Jim - AD6CW On 10/21/2011 10:11 AM, Bert Craig wrote: > Soundly seconded. Speaking as a fmr. IT professional, I have two machines; > One high-end Lenovo W520 ThinkPad running Win 7 Pro that stays home in the > shack and another older IBM R51 ThinkPad running XP that gets batted about > mobile. The R51 used to be my shack computer and its reliability and > performance was responsible for my purchasing the newer ThinkPad. Honestly, > there is very little, ham radio-wise, one can do on the newer and faster > duo/quad core units that cannot be done on a 1.6GHz or 1.7GHz Centrino > processor running Win XP SP3 and 2GB of DDR1 RAM. On the ThinkPad forums, it > is often said that $400 or less will buy you a much higher quality older > refurbished (or even sometimes a new old stock or NOS) ThinkPad rather than > the shiny newer faster units of dubious quality. In any event, best of luck > with whatever you choose. To all, take care es... > > Vy 73 de Bert > WA2SI > ______________________________________________________________ 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
