On 09/13/11 09:58 am, Mickey Baker wrote:
It would be a mistake to use current share of OS desktop usage as the sole
metric for choice of platform for a high performance application.
Unless you were lucky, there were bumps in the road getting your FlexRadio
working on your existing Windows platform. Many of us purchased another PC -
or upgraded what we have in order to run PowerSDR over firewire
successfully. Odds are that the "existing platform" didn't handle PowerSDR
with two receivers, FireWire, and digital mode software well.
When I began the task of getting a new PC together and making it work, I
remembered why I got a Mac several years ago. The entire Microsoft
experience is a quagmire that requires a competent helpdesk to make it work.
I have NEVER had to call apple
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Our son had to call Apple to get his new Mac Mini Server with Lion
working right -- and he had re-download the OS to do it: without
arm-twisting, it seems, Apple will no longer supply its OS on a DVD.
Apple Tech Support seems to be very good, judging by my visits with him
to the local Genius Bar. But there is a high upfront premium to pay for
that service when one compares the Apple hardware one is getting with
equivalent Windows/Linux-compatible hardware.
Alan NV8A
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