Re: [Flexradio] PowerSDR on a Mac?
On Sun, Nov 11, 2012 at 12:41 PM, Ken Alexander wrote: > I'm planning on upgrading my computer and getting a Mac Mini (2.5 GHz quad > core i7, 16 gig RAM). Does anyone have any experience running PowerSDR > with Parallels or Fusion 5 on a Mac? > If you have enough processing power you can sort-of get it to work with the 1500. But performance is poor and if you do anything over on the MacOS side of things, it gets really bad fast. None of the virtualization packages support FireWire. The solution is running BootCamp and dual-boot the Mac to run PowerSDR. > While we're on the subject; is anyone running PowerSDR under Windows 8? > Any gotchas there too? > I can't answer that but it seems to be that many are running Windows 8. Perhaps others will respond. -- Brian Lloyd, WB6RQN/J79BPL 3191 Western Dr. Cameron Park, CA 95682 br...@lloyd.com +1.767.617.1365 (Dominica) +1.916.877.5067 (USA) ___ 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/
Re: [Flexradio] PowerSDR on a Mac?
Ken, Parallels 8.0 states USB 3.0 support. I have no experience with that so good luck. I do see they are informing people to stay away from Windows 8 until fully tested. You may want to go with Win7 if you go this route. Also I am not sure how that would work for USB 1.0 or 2.0 if that is what is on the 1500? Again, good luck. Bill AD5EW On Nov 11, 2012, at 3:27 PM, Ken Alexander wrote: > Thanks for the replies guys! I neglected to mention I have a Flex 1500 so I > would be using a USB port, not Firewire. Any problems with Parallels or > Fusion using USB ports? > > Thanks again and 73, > > Ken Alexander > VE3HLS > > > On 11/11/2012 3:41 PM, Ken Alexander wrote: >> I'm planning on upgrading my computer and getting a Mac Mini (2.5 GHz quad >> core i7, 16 gig RAM). Does anyone have any experience running PowerSDR with >> Parallels or Fusion 5 on a Mac? >> >> While we're on the subject; is anyone running PowerSDR under Windows 8? Any >> gotchas there too? >> >> Many thanks! >> >> Ken Alexander >> VE3HLS >> >> ___ >> 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/ ___ 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/
Re: [Flexradio] PowerSDR on a Mac?
Thanks for the replies guys! I neglected to mention I have a Flex 1500 so I would be using a USB port, not Firewire. Any problems with Parallels or Fusion using USB ports? Thanks again and 73, Ken Alexander VE3HLS On 11/11/2012 3:41 PM, Ken Alexander wrote: I'm planning on upgrading my computer and getting a Mac Mini (2.5 GHz quad core i7, 16 gig RAM). Does anyone have any experience running PowerSDR with Parallels or Fusion 5 on a Mac? While we're on the subject; is anyone running PowerSDR under Windows 8? Any gotchas there too? Many thanks! Ken Alexander VE3HLS ___ 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/
Re: [Flexradio] PowerSDR on a Mac?
Ken, I don't know about Fusion 5 but I know Parallels does not support firewire. I imagine Fusion does not either. I would suggest running Boot Camp and load Windows 7 on that partition. Bill AD5EW I was running My MacBook Pro with XP and On Nov 11, 2012, at 2:41 PM, Ken Alexander wrote: > I'm planning on upgrading my computer and getting a Mac Mini (2.5 GHz quad > core i7, 16 gig RAM). Does anyone have any experience running PowerSDR with > Parallels or Fusion 5 on a Mac? > > While we're on the subject; is anyone running PowerSDR under Windows 8? Any > gotchas there too? > > Many thanks! > > Ken Alexander > VE3HLS > > ___ > 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/
[Flexradio] PowerSDR on a Mac?
I'm planning on upgrading my computer and getting a Mac Mini (2.5 GHz quad core i7, 16 gig RAM). Does anyone have any experience running PowerSDR with Parallels or Fusion 5 on a Mac? While we're on the subject; is anyone running PowerSDR under Windows 8? Any gotchas there too? Many thanks! Ken Alexander VE3HLS ___ 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/
