hans oeste wrote:
The only thing I'd like to warn about is that if you use ax25 to try and run
a soundmodem, well, I don't think it is really available for the Mac. I've
found an AX25 package that some-one put together a few years ago but I have
no idea if it really works. As for soundmodem -- Good luck.
I guess this only applies if you're trying to run in native mode using Fink
or MacPorts. If you run Parallels and run Linux on it or load Linux under
bootcamp, then's its a different story.
Hans
VE7OES
-------Original Message-------
From: Steve/WM5Z
Date: 28/10/2008 9:05:39 AM
To: Xastir - APRS client software discussion
Subject: Re: [Xastir] Re: [linuxham] OT: Processors and Linux version
Gerry Creager wrote:
My Core2Duo laptop is a real dog for performance. I run the 64 bit
Fedora on it but it's about to get a scrub and grow CentOS 5.2, for
overall compatibility with the rest of my shop. Maybe that'll prove a
bit better, but I doubt it. I believe there are problems in the
processor implementation going deeper than the firmware/BIOS I'll have
to solve. My next laptop will be a Mac.
You won't be disappointed. My wife just bought one, and it is a
screamer. She can start hers, and by the time mine finishes with POST,
she is up and running. It is the Mac Book Pro. Really nice screen, good
resolution, nice audio (with headphones, no buzz or low end noise),
built in features that suit her needs, and can run some M$ stuff. Plus,
it can even make room for a Linux or windows partition. I wish I could
afford one. Fortunately, the company bought hers. When my Dell dies, I
will probably do likewise.
More than likely the University will buy my first foray into MacWorld,
and will replace my Dell with a Mac Book Pro. I doubt I'll go back to
Dell for a variety of reasons, but most dealing with service on HPC
clusters...
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Gerry Creager -- [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Texas Mesonet -- AATLT, Texas A&M University
Cell: 979.229.5301 Office: 979.458.4020 FAX: 979.862.3983
Office: 1700 Research Parkway Ste 160, TAMU, College Station, TX 77843
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