I used to use a Dell D630 which was marginal for speed. Now using the Lenovo T420 eh oh is plenty fast enough. Has the optimal FireWire port fitted but it was flimsy so out in a FireWire 800 expresscard and all is well, after many many driver updates.
GL Mike G7TWC > On 4 Nov 2013, at 09:37, "Brian Miller" <brianmil...@xtra.co.nz> wrote: > > Hi Tim > > Several models of HP notebook have ExpressCard ports. I'm using an HP ProBook > 6570b and a Firewire ExpressCard with my Flex-3000. The note book also has on > board FireWire port (JMicron controller) but unfortunately it is not > compatible with the radio. > > 73, Brian VK3MI ZL1AZE > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > I'm considering the idea of using a laptop with my 3000 for portable ops. > Seems finding a decent laptop with an ExpressCard port for Firewire isn't > easy. I've looked at yard sales and today at a local hamfest. No joy. > > Curious what others are using to run PowerSDR on a laptop? I'm not > interested in anything Windows 8, and I'm not interested in spending a lot > of money. I do remember the 1000 days using a Pentium IV and how I really > had to tune the computer to make everything work well :) I suppose a dual > core laptop would get the job done today? Maybe an i3 instead? Not sure > how much L2 or L3 cache these processors even have. > > Any recommendations from others that are successfully using a laptop with > PowerSDR are welcome. Thanks. > > Tim, WK4U > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.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.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.com/
