

I’ve been amazed, and deeply frustrated, at the complexity of a full software defined radio software suite setup. The MacPro is pricy enough that it is not really justifiable for home use, but wow it would be sweet. Presently I am leaning to upgrading the shack’s Dell with a roll-you-own Windows-7 box AND replace the MacBook with an iMac running Parallels/Win-7. The new iMac really is a looker – and my Apple experience is much more positive than my Windows experience.īut then there are the Flex-5000A’s PowerSDR and Firewire needs. Really looks like two avenues of choice – an Apple iMac or MacPro with Bootcamp or Parallels to run Windows, or two separate machines with one Windows and one OSX basis (also perhaps running Bootcamp or Parallels as well.) Then after that I get into things I do occasionally, rather than regularly.
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Full Spreadsheet Software – needs to exchange files with MS Excel (Windows, Mac OSX, or Linux).

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Nothing fancy but when a decent battery was added it is close to a portable version of the Dell Tower. This is the smallest & slowest MacBook but is running the latest Mountain Lion.įor portable operations I retired a now defunct IBM Thinkpad and replaced it with a decent Windows XP-Pro larger Thinkpad. Dual core Windows-XP box with not really that much going for it, the highlight is having dual screens and the requisite Firewire port.Įlsewhere in the house I do all writing, and all my “home work” from work, on an early Aluminum MacBook. Some of my peeves with PowerSDR can be lain at the feet of a marginal computer.

My Flex-5000A with PowerSDR runs on a 4-5 year old Dell tower that really isn’t adequate. Boy do I have a mess in the shack – several computers not very well coordinated due to a split vision and having been acquired over too much time.
