WIN 7 (32) reprise...
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There was recently a short exchange about the suitability of new
machines running WIN 7 for station use. I was in the process of taking delivery on a 3rd generation work-station running WIN 7 (32) to replace a "terminal" DELL XPS 420. I have now checked the new machine out on my station functions, and report to the list that it functions very well, indeed. It had no trouble finding drivers for my add-in boards, including the Aver MediaCenter frame grabber (for windowing the P3 output). I am still uncertain about unleashing the 64-bit version of the OS, as I worry that some of the ham radio program material might not run in that environment. There seems to be little point in running a 64-bit emulator running 32-bit WIN 7. I also report that this particular machine is dead-quiet. The chassis and case would sustain a direct hit by an RPG, and there is no sign of life other than the LED tell-tales on the front panel. I recall that noise has been put forward as a concern about having a computer in the operating corner. Also, there is no RF noise that I can sense on my K3. 'Vantage number 3 for a machine of this sort is the presence of several PCI and PCIe slots.Because the chassis is roomy, these slots will accommodate older, full-height, boards that smaller machines could not. Granted that it is a bit behemothic in this day and age, but between it and my 70-amp Astron power supply, I feel safe even in high winds and minor earthquakes. John Ragle -- W1ZI -- Sent from my lovely new Dell Precision T3500 ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[hidden email] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html |
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John,
In theory, you shouldn't have any issue running older 32-bit applications on a Win7 x64 computer. The 64-bit processors (and theoretically the OS) are designed to handle running 32-bit applications, albeit slightly less efficiently than 64-bit apps. Just thought I'd throw that in for good measure. 73, --Ian Ian Kahn, KM4IK Roswell, GA EM74ua [hidden email] K3 #281, P3 #688 HRD v5.x/6.0 Test Team On 9/30/2012 7:31 AM, John Ragle wrote: > There was recently a short exchange about the suitability of new > machines running WIN 7 for station use. I was in the process of taking > delivery on a 3rd generation work-station running WIN 7 (32) to replace > a "terminal" DELL XPS 420. I have now checked the new machine out on my > station functions, and report to the list that it functions very well, > indeed. It had no trouble finding drivers for my add-in boards, > including the Aver MediaCenter frame grabber (for windowing the P3 > output). I am still uncertain about unleashing the 64-bit version of the > OS, as I worry that some of the ham radio program material might not run > in that environment. There seems to be little point in running a 64-bit > emulator running 32-bit WIN 7. > > I also report that this particular machine is dead-quiet. The chassis > and case would sustain a direct hit by an RPG, and there is no sign of > life other than the LED tell-tales on the front panel. I recall that > noise has been put forward as a concern about having a computer in the > operating corner. Also, there is no RF noise that I can sense on my K3. > > 'Vantage number 3 for a machine of this sort is the presence of several > PCI and PCIe slots.Because the chassis is roomy, these slots will > accommodate older, full-height, boards that smaller machines could not. > Granted that it is a bit behemothic in this day and age, but between it > and my 70-amp Astron power supply, I feel safe even in high winds and > minor earthquakes. > > John Ragle -- W1ZI > > -- Sent from my lovely new Dell Precision T3500 > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:[hidden email] > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[hidden email] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html |
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The only issues you might find are the really old 16 bit programs and DOS
ones. Fred/N0AZZ -----Original Message----- From: [hidden email] [mailto:[hidden email]] On Behalf Of Ian Kahn - Ham Sent: Sunday, September 30, 2012 4:26 PM To: [hidden email] Cc: elecraft Subject: Re: [Elecraft] WIN 7 (32) reprise... John, In theory, you shouldn't have any issue running older 32-bit applications on a Win7 x64 computer. The 64-bit processors (and theoretically the OS) are designed to handle running 32-bit applications, albeit slightly less efficiently than 64-bit apps. Just thought I'd throw that in for good measure. 73, --Ian Ian Kahn, KM4IK Roswell, GA EM74ua [hidden email] K3 #281, P3 #688 HRD v5.x/6.0 Test Team On 9/30/2012 7:31 AM, John Ragle wrote: > There was recently a short exchange about the suitability of new > machines running WIN 7 for station use. I was in the process of taking > delivery on a 3rd generation work-station running WIN 7 (32) to > replace a "terminal" DELL XPS 420. I have now checked the new machine > out on my station functions, and report to the list that it functions > very well, indeed. It had no trouble finding drivers for my add-in > boards, including the Aver MediaCenter frame grabber (for windowing > the P3 output). I am still uncertain about unleashing the 64-bit > version of the OS, as I worry that some of the ham radio program > material might not run in that environment. There seems to be little > point in running a 64-bit emulator running 32-bit WIN 7. > > I also report that this particular machine is dead-quiet. The chassis > and case would sustain a direct hit by an RPG, and there is no sign of > life other than the LED tell-tales on the front panel. I recall that > noise has been put forward as a concern about having a computer in > the operating corner. Also, there is no RF noise that I can sense on my > > 'Vantage number 3 for a machine of this sort is the presence of > several PCI and PCIe slots.Because the chassis is roomy, these slots > will accommodate older, full-height, boards that smaller machines could not. > Granted that it is a bit behemothic in this day and age, but between > it and my 70-amp Astron power supply, I feel safe even in high winds > and minor earthquakes. > > John Ragle -- W1ZI > > -- Sent from my lovely new Dell Precision T3500 > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:[hidden email] > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email > list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[hidden email] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html ----- No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 2012.0.2221 / Virus Database: 2441/5300 - Release Date: 09/30/12 ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[hidden email] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html |
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