We will never, ever put any incarnation of Windows in a radio. 

Wayne
N6KR

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> On Apr 16, 2019, at 10:15 AM, Bob McGraw K4TAX <rmcg...@blomand.net> wrote:
> 
> PLEASE!  No operating system embedded in the radio.  Almost like ice cream, 
> there is more than one flavor. 
> 
> As to Windows 10 updates, configure for automatic, let it do its thing, and 
> don't mess with the parameters.  It is so easy and reliable.  Don't make it 
> complicated by trying to run it yourself. 
> 
> You also need to maintain a "clean" computer with regular Cache and Registry 
> cleaning.  Leftover and fragments may over ride new updates.  Also Virus and 
> Malware issues may interfere with correct operation.  
> 
> Bob, K4TAX
> 
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
>> On Apr 16, 2019, at 11:26 AM, Robert Rennard via Elecraft 
>> <elecraft@mailman.qth.net> wrote:
>> 
>> I believe that putting WIN10 hardware in the radio will be a benefit to the 
>> OEM.  It will make the radio become obsolete faster and allow more sales for 
>> upgrades.
>> 
>> Maestro, SunSDR, and Anan MK II radios all have Win10 PCs embedded.  Those 
>> radios’ embedded PCs are all obsolete already.  
>> Consider how much pain it is to deal with Windows 10 updates.  I am sure the 
>> radio OEMs are paranoid, or at least I would be were I one of them.  When 
>> you have a widely deployed product that suddenly stops working because of an 
>> update, the pain is intense and expensive to cure.   
>> 
>> How about an Intel NUC instead of a PC ?   They were used on Heard and Ducie 
>> rather than using laptops.   Even NUCs do not support IPA 4K monitors, yet.
>> 
>> Bob R 
>> 
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