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Randy Cook-2

suggested PC???

Consider an Apple Mac. On the Apple website, you can get a iMac or MacBook Air ‘refurbished’. After years of dealing with viruses, blown updates, buggy software, etc. on work computers, I come home to a 5 year old MacBook Air machine that just works and will probably run forever. I like MacLoggerDX for station control/logging, but others have their favorite.
As to value, I just sold an iMac desktop machine that my son didn’t need anymore. He is at college and has a laptop. It was 6 years old and I got 40% of the price I paid new for it on eBay. If it were a 6 year old PC, I would have had to pay a toxic waste fee to get rid of it.

73

Randy Cook - K6CRC
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Barry K3NDM

Re: suggested PC???

Randy,
I seriously do not recommend this approach. I have been working with
a friend who has been working on a Mac Mini, actually he has two. He has
been trying to do an integrated station using HRD, FLDIGI, and a few
other things. These are Windows based and he has been using Boot Camp to
get to Windows. He discovered that there are driver issues and a few
other things the prevent easy set up to do what he wants. And to
compound the insult, his second Mac Mini does does not set up like his
first.

Most of the really good software that makes for full integration
easy has been written for a Windows platform. As this is the case, I
suggest an I5 with lots of memory running Windows 10. In the end, this
is cost effective and will keep your blood pressure in bounds. As an
illustration, I run Win4K3 for radio control and spectrum display,
Com0com for port replication, Hamradio Deluxe for general logging and
uploading to eQSL and LoTW, CW Skimmer. I switch out CW Skimmer for
FLDIGI, and during a contest, I use N1MM+ in place of HRD. My experience
has taught me to not use an Apple base system for this situation.
However, there are other collections of S/W, but I expect the
integration my not be as easy.

73,
Barry
K3NDM

------ Original Message ------
From: "Randy Cook" <[hidden email]>
To: [hidden email]
Sent: 1/5/2016 8:35:48 PM
Subject: [Elecraft] suggested PC???

>Consider an Apple Mac. On the Apple website, you can get a iMac or
>MacBook Air ‘refurbished’. After years of dealing with viruses, blown
>updates, buggy software, etc. on work computers, I come home to a 5
>year old MacBook Air machine that just works and will probably run
>forever. I like MacLoggerDX for station control/logging, but others
>have their favorite.
>As to value, I just sold an iMac desktop machine that my son didn’t
>need anymore. He is at college and has a laptop. It was 6 years old and
>I got 40% of the price I paid new for it on eBay. If it were a 6 year
>old PC, I would have had to pay a toxic waste fee to get rid of it.
>
>73
>
>Randy Cook - K6CRC
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>
>
>
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bdenley

Re: suggested PC???

My i7 iMac runs Windows 7 as well as OSX. With 32 Gb of memory, I can run any Windows or Apple applications. I don't have a K3 but the iMac runs my K2 and FT-950 applications with no issues whatsoever. I can upgrade to Win 10 for free but I dislike it very much.

Brian
KB1VBF
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> On Jan 5, 2016, at 9:26 PM, Barry LaZar <[hidden email]> wrote:
>
> Randy,
> I seriously do not recommend this approach. I have been working with a friend who has been working on a Mac Mini, actually he has two. He has been trying to do an integrated station using HRD, FLDIGI, and a few other things. These are Windows based and he has been using Boot Camp to get to Windows. He discovered that there are driver issues and a few other things the prevent easy set up to do what he wants. And to compound the insult, his second Mac Mini does does not set up like his first.
>
> Most of the really good software that makes for full integration easy has been written for a Windows platform. As this is the case, I suggest an I5 with lots of memory running Windows 10. In the end, this is cost effective and will keep your blood pressure in bounds. As an illustration, I run Win4K3 for radio control and spectrum display, Com0com for port replication, Hamradio Deluxe for general logging and uploading to eQSL and LoTW, CW Skimmer. I switch out CW Skimmer for FLDIGI, and during a contest, I use N1MM+ in place of HRD. My experience has taught me to not use an Apple base system for this situation. However, there are other collections of S/W, but I expect the integration my not be as easy.
>
> 73,
> Barry
> K3NDM
>
> ------ Original Message ------
> From: "Randy Cook" <[hidden email]>
> To: [hidden email]
> Sent: 1/5/2016 8:35:48 PM
> Subject: [Elecraft] suggested PC???
>
>> Consider an Apple Mac. On the Apple website, you can get a iMac or MacBook Air ‘refurbished’. After years of dealing with viruses, blown updates, buggy software, etc. on work computers, I come home to a 5 year old MacBook Air machine that just works and will probably run forever. I like MacLoggerDX for station control/logging, but others have their favorite.
>> As to value, I just sold an iMac desktop machine that my son didn’t need anymore. He is at college and has a laptop. It was 6 years old and I got 40% of the price I paid new for it on eBay. If it were a 6 year old PC, I would have had to pay a toxic waste fee to get rid of it.
>>
>> 73
>>
>> Randy Cook - K6CRC
>> [hidden email]
>>
>>
>>
>>
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Barry K3NDM

Re: suggested PC???

Brian,
Add port replication and NaP3 or Win4K3 and see what happens. Also,
you don't say how you are running Windows, Boot Camp?? And yes, you
should upgrade to Windows 10. It runs faster and more reliably than Win7
and is more secure. It will be upgraded free as new security definitions
are published and bugs fixed. I don't know what you dislike about Win10,
but from my view, Microsoft fixed a whole lot of things like an
incredibly bad GUI from Win8 and has made it easier to roam around and
find things.

73,
Barry
K3NDM

------ Original Message ------
From: "Brian Denley" <[hidden email]>
To: "Barry LaZar" <[hidden email]>
Cc: "Randy Cook" <[hidden email]>; [hidden email]
Sent: 1/5/2016 10:02:28 PM
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] suggested PC???

>My i7 iMac runs Windows 7 as well as OSX. With 32 Gb of memory, I can
>run any Windows or Apple applications. I don't have a K3 but the iMac
>runs my K2 and FT-950 applications with no issues whatsoever. I can
>upgrade to Win 10 for free but I dislike it very much.
>
>Brian
>KB1VBF
>Sent from my iPad
>
>> On Jan 5, 2016, at 9:26 PM, Barry LaZar <[hidden email]> wrote:
>>
>> Randy,
>> I seriously do not recommend this approach. I have been working
>>with a friend who has been working on a Mac Mini, actually he has two.
>>He has been trying to do an integrated station using HRD, FLDIGI, and
>>a few other things. These are Windows based and he has been using Boot
>>Camp to get to Windows. He discovered that there are driver issues and
>>a few other things the prevent easy set up to do what he wants. And to
>>compound the insult, his second Mac Mini does does not set up like his
>>first.
>>
>> Most of the really good software that makes for full integration
>>easy has been written for a Windows platform. As this is the case, I
>>suggest an I5 with lots of memory running Windows 10. In the end, this
>>is cost effective and will keep your blood pressure in bounds. As an
>>illustration, I run Win4K3 for radio control and spectrum display,
>>Com0com for port replication, Hamradio Deluxe for general logging and
>>uploading to eQSL and LoTW, CW Skimmer. I switch out CW Skimmer for
>>FLDIGI, and during a contest, I use N1MM+ in place of HRD. My
>>experience has taught me to not use an Apple base system for this
>>situation. However, there are other collections of S/W, but I expect
>>the integration my not be as easy.
>>
>> 73,
>> Barry
>> K3NDM
>>
>> ------ Original Message ------
>> From: "Randy Cook" <[hidden email]>
>> To: [hidden email]
>> Sent: 1/5/2016 8:35:48 PM
>> Subject: [Elecraft] suggested PC???
>>
>>> Consider an Apple Mac. On the Apple website, you can get a iMac or
>>>MacBook Air ‘refurbished’. After years of dealing with viruses, blown
>>>updates, buggy software, etc. on work computers, I come home to a 5
>>>year old MacBook Air machine that just works and will probably run
>>>forever. I like MacLoggerDX for station control/logging, but others
>>>have their favorite.
>>> As to value, I just sold an iMac desktop machine that my son didn’t
>>>need anymore. He is at college and has a laptop. It was 6 years old
>>>and I got 40% of the price I paid new for it on eBay. If it were a 6
>>>year old PC, I would have had to pay a toxic waste fee to get rid of
>>>it.
>>>
>>> 73
>>>
>>> Randy Cook - K6CRC
>>> [hidden email]
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
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>>> Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecra

kevino z

Re: suggested PC???

In reply to this post by bdenley

Yeah, another Mac user here that easily runs most Windows apps in a VM when needed. I have also used boot camp when the app is critical, for example SDR#. I can not understand the statement that Bootcamp has driver issues as when you run the Bootcamp assistant, it has the drivers put on an memory stick. But either way, when you run BootCamp, Windows just sees an intel based machine, no different than if it was a non Apple hardware device.
I have yet to come across one single ham radio tool / app that didn't run flawlessly in either Parallel's running a Win 7 VM, or as stated above, Bootcamp.
I will state the obvious, when in the Windows side, you are still vulnerable to all of the attacks typically going after MS, Adobe, etc...
Not an endorsement for Apple, but I hate when folks do not recommend a Mac when they probably have never owned one.
-Kevin (KK4YEL)

No trees were killed in the sending of this message. However, a large number of electrons were terribly inconvenienced !

> On Jan 5, 2016, at 22:04, Brian Denley <[hidden email]> wrote:
>
> My i7 iMac runs Windows 7 as well as OSX. With 32 Gb of memory, I can run any Windows or Apple applications. I don't have a K3 but the iMac runs my K2 and FT-950 applications with no issues whatsoever. I can upgrade to Win 10 for free but I dislike it very much.
>
> Brian
> KB1VBF
> Sent from my iPad
>
>> On Jan 5, 2016, at 9:26 PM, Barry LaZar <[hidden email]> wrote:
>>
>> Randy,
>> I seriously do not recommend this approach. I have been working with a friend who has been working on a Mac Mini, actually he has two. He has been trying to do an integrated station using HRD, FLDIGI, and a few other things. These are Windows based and he has been using Boot Camp to get to Windows. He discovered that there are driver issues and a few other things the prevent easy set up to do what he wants. And to compound the insult, his second Mac Mini does does not set up like his first.
>>
>> Most of the really good software that makes for full integration easy has been written for a Windows platform. As this is the case, I suggest an I5 with lots of memory running Windows 10. In the end, this is cost effective and will keep your blood pressure in bounds. As an illustration, I run Win4K3 for radio control and spectrum display, Com0com for port replication, Hamradio Deluxe for general logging and uploading to eQSL and LoTW, CW Skimmer. I switch out CW Skimmer for FLDIGI, and during a contest, I use N1MM+ in place of HRD. My experience has taught me to not use an Apple base system for this situation. However, there are other collections of S/W, but I expect the integration my not be as easy.
>>
>> 73,
>> Barry
>> K3NDM
>>
>> ------ Original Message ------
>> From: "Randy Cook" <[hidden email]>
>> To: [hidden email]
>> Sent: 1/5/2016 8:35:48 PM
>> Subject: [Elecraft] suggested PC???
>>
>>> Consider an Apple Mac. On the Apple website, you can get a iMac or MacBook Air ‘refurbished’. After years of dealing with viruses, blown updates, buggy software, etc. on work computers, I come home to a 5 year old MacBook Air machine that just works and will probably run forever. I like MacLoggerDX for station control/logging, but others have their favorite.
>>> As to value, I just sold an iMac desktop machine that my son didn’t need anymore. He is at college and has a laptop. It was 6 years old and I got 40% of the price I paid new for it on eBay. If it were a 6 year old PC, I would have had to pay a toxic waste fee to get rid of it.
>>>
>>> 73
>>>
>>> Randy Cook - K6CRC
>>> [hidden email]
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> ______________________________________________________________
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>>> Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecra
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Barry K3NDM

Re: suggested PC???

Kevin,
I ran into a number of areas that caused some real problems. One was
trying to use a virtual serial port on one Mac mini and the other had a
problem with the network interface. None of this was a problem with
Windows. Running PowerSDR for a Flex3000 was initially a problem as the
Firewire driver needed something that Apple didn't have. It would have
been significantly easier to have set up on a PC with Firewire.

73,
Barry
K3NDM

------ Original Message ------
From: "kevino z" <[hidden email]>
To: "Brian Denley" <[hidden email]>
Cc: "Barry LaZar" <[hidden email]>; "Randy Cook" <[hidden email]>;
[hidden email]
Sent: 1/5/2016 10:33:53 PM
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] suggested PC???

>Yeah, another Mac user here that easily runs most Windows apps in a VM
>when needed. I have also used boot camp when the app is critical, for
>example SDR#. I can not understand the statement that Bootcamp has
>driver issues as when you run the Bootcamp assistant, it has the
>drivers put on an memory stick. But either way, when you run BootCamp,
>Windows just sees an intel based machine, no different than if it was a
>non Apple hardware device.
>I have yet to come across one single ham radio tool / app that didn't
>run flawlessly in either Parallel's running a Win 7 VM, or as stated
>above, Bootcamp.
>I will state the obvious, when in the Windows side, you are still
>vulnerable to all of the attacks typically going after MS, Adobe,
>etc...
>Not an endorsement for Apple, but I hate when folks do not recommend a
>Mac when they probably have never owned one.
>-Kevin (KK4YEL)
>
>
>No trees were killed in the sending of this message. However, a large
>number of electrons were terribly inconvenienced !
>
>> On Jan 5, 2016, at 22:04, Brian Denley <[hidden email]> wrote:
>>
>> My i7 iMac runs Windows 7 as well as OSX. With 32 Gb of memory, I
>>can run any Windows or Apple applications. I don't have a K3 but the
>>iMac runs my K2 and FT-950 applications with no issues whatsoever. I
>>can upgrade to Win 10 for free but I dislike it very much.
>>
>> Brian
>> KB1VBF
>> Sent from my iPad
>>
>>> On Jan 5, 2016, at 9:26 PM, Barry LaZar <[hidden email]> wrote:
>>>
>>> Randy,
>>> I seriously do not recommend this approach. I have been working
>>>with a friend who has been working on a Mac Mini, actually he has
>>>two. He has been trying to do an integrated station using HRD,
>>>FLDIGI, and a few other things. These are Windows based and he has
>>>been using Boot Camp to get to Windows. He discovered that there are
>>>driver issues and a few other things the prevent easy set up to do
>>>what he wants. And to compound the insult, his second Mac Mini does
>>>does not set up like his first.
>>>
>>> Most of the really good software that makes for full integration
>>>easy has been written for a Windows platform. As this is the case, I
>>>suggest an I5 with lots of memory running Windows 10. In the end,
>>>this is cost effective and will keep your blood pressure in bounds.
>>>As an illustration, I run Win4K3 for radio control and spectrum
>>>display, Com0com for port replication, Hamradio Deluxe for general
>>>logging and uploading to eQSL and LoTW, CW Skimmer. I switch out CW
>>>Skimmer for FLDIGI, and during a contest, I use N1MM+ in place of
>>>HRD. My experience has taught me to not use an Apple base system for
>>>this situation. However, there are other collections of S/W, but I
>>>expect the integration my not be as easy.
>>>
>>> 73,
>>> Barry
>>> K3NDM
>>>
>>> ------ Original Message ------
>>> From: "Randy Cook" <[hidden email]>
>>> To: [hidden email]
>>> Sent: 1/5/2016 8:35:48 PM
>>> Subject: [Elecraft] suggested PC???
>>>
>>>> Consider an Apple Mac. On the Apple website, you can get a iMac or
>>>>MacBook Air ‘refurbished’. After years of dealing with viruses,
>>>>blown updates, buggy software, etc. on work computers, I come home
>>>>to a 5 year old MacBook Air machine that just works and will
>>>>probably run forever. I like MacLoggerDX for station
>>>>control/logging, but others have their favorite.
>>>> As to value, I just sold an iMac desktop machine that my son didn’t
>>>>need anymore. He is at college and has a laptop. It was 6 years old
>>>>and I got 40% of the price I paid new for it on eBay. If it were a 6
>>>>year old PC, I would have had to pay a toxic waste fee to get rid of
>>>>it.
>>>>
>>>> 73
>>>>
>>>> Randy Cook - K6CRC
>>>> [hidden email]
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> ______________________________________________________________
>>>> Elecraft mailing list
>>>> Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecra
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James Bennett

Re: suggested PC???

In reply to this post by kevino z

Well, before Eric squashes the thread, one can also use the VMware product: Fusion. I've been running it on my iMac for years and have NEVER had a problem running any Windows application under it. Before Elecraft released the PX3 I used NaP3 on a Windows 8.1 guest with my KX3 and it worked real slick. All the ARRL software, EZNEC, you name it - works fine. And being behind the OSX operating system and its security, far little opportunity for the virus cretins to get at you. In addition to the base OSX and Windows 8.1 I also run several Linux guests there. Don't be afraid of a Mac!

Jim Bennett / W6JHB
Folsom, CA

> On Jan 5, 2016, at 7:33 PM, kevino z <[hidden email]> wrote:
>
> Yeah, another Mac user here that easily runs most Windows apps in a VM when needed. I have also used boot camp when the app is critical, for example SDR#. I can not understand the statement that Bootcamp has driver issues as when you run the Bootcamp assistant, it has the drivers put on an memory stick. But either way, when you run BootCamp, Windows just sees an intel based machine, no different than if it was a non Apple hardware device.
> I have yet to come across one single ham radio tool / app that didn't run flawlessly in either Parallel's running a Win 7 VM, or as stated above, Bootcamp.
> I will state the obvious, when in the Windows side, you are still vulnerable to all of the attacks typically going after MS, Adobe, etc...
> Not an endorsement for Apple, but I hate when folks do not recommend a Mac when they probably have never owned one.
> -Kevin (KK4YEL)
>
>
> No trees were killed in the sending of this message. However, a large number of electrons were terribly inconvenienced !
>
>> On Jan 5, 2016, at 22:04, Brian Denley <[hidden email]> wrote:
>>
>> My i7 iMac runs Windows 7 as well as OSX. With 32 Gb of memory, I can run any Windows or Apple applications. I don't have a K3 but the iMac runs my K2 and FT-950 applications with no issues whatsoever. I can upgrade to Win 10 for free but I dislike it very much.
>>
>> Brian
>> KB1VBF
>> Sent from my iPad
>>
>>> On Jan 5, 2016, at 9:26 PM, Barry LaZar <[hidden email]> wrote:
>>>
>>> Randy,
>>> I seriously do not recommend this approach. I have been working with a friend who has been working on a Mac Mini, actually he has two. He has been trying to do an integrated station using HRD, FLDIGI, and a few other things. These are Windows based and he has been using Boot Camp to get to Windows. He discovered that there are driver issues and a few other things the prevent easy set up to do what he wants. And to compound the insult, his second Mac Mini does does not set up like his first.
>>>
>>> Most of the really good software that makes for full integration easy has been written for a Windows platform. As this is the case, I suggest an I5 with lots of memory running Windows 10. In the end, this is cost effective and will keep your blood pressure in bounds. As an illustration, I run Win4K3 for radio control and spectrum display, Com0com for port replication, Hamradio Deluxe for general logging and uploading to eQSL and LoTW, CW Skimmer. I switch out CW Skimmer for FLDIGI, and during a contest, I use N1MM+ in place of HRD. My experience has taught me to not use an Apple base system for this situation. However, there are other collections of S/W, but I expect the integration my not be as easy.
>>>
>>> 73,
>>> Barry
>>> K3NDM
>>>
>>> ------ Original Message ------
>>> From: "Randy Cook" <[hidden email]>
>>> To: [hidden email]
>>> Sent: 1/5/2016 8:35:48 PM
>>> Subject: [Elecraft] suggested PC???
>>>
>>>> Consider an Apple Mac. On the Apple website, you can get a iMac or MacBook Air ‘refurbished’. After years of dealing with viruses, blown updates, buggy software, etc. on work computers, I come home to a 5 year old MacBook Air machine that just works and will probably run forever. I like MacLoggerDX for station control/logging, but others have their favorite.
>>>> As to value, I just sold an iMac desktop machine that my son didn’t need anymore. He is at college and has a laptop. It was 6 years old and I got 40% of the price I paid new for it on eBay. If it were a 6 year old PC, I would have had to pay a toxic waste fee to get rid of it.
>>>>
>>>> 73
>>>>
>>>> Randy Cook - K6CRC
>>>> [hidden email]
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> ______________________________________________________________
>>>> Elecraft mailing list
>>>> Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecra
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bdenley

Re: suggested PC???

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Let me know when you find the program's folder. Grrrrr

Brian
KB1VBF
Sent from my iPad

> On Jan 5, 2016, at 10:27 PM, Barry LaZar <[hidden email]> wrote:
>
> Brian,
> Add port replication and NaP3 or Win4K3 and see what happens. Also, you don't say how you are running Windows, Boot Camp?? And yes, you should upgrade to Windows 10. It runs faster and more reliably than Win7 and is more secure. It will be upgraded free as new security definitions are published and bugs fixed. I don't know what you dislike about Win10, but from my view, Microsoft fixed a whole lot of things like an incredibly bad GUI from Win8 and has made it easier to roam around and find things.
>
> 73,
> Barry
> K3NDM
>
> ------ Original Message ------
> From: "Brian Denley" <[hidden email]>
> To: "Barry LaZar" <[hidden email]>
> Cc: "Randy Cook" <[hidden email]>; [hidden email]
> Sent: 1/5/2016 10:02:28 PM
> Subject: Re: [Elecraft] suggested PC???
>
>> My i7 iMac runs Windows 7 as well as OSX. With 32 Gb of memory, I can run any Windows or Apple applications. I don't have a K3 but the iMac runs my K2 and FT-950 applications with no issues whatsoever. I can upgrade to Win 10 for free but I dislike it very much.
>>
>> Brian
>> KB1VBF
>> Sent from my iPad
>>
>>> On Jan 5, 2016, at 9:26 PM, Barry LaZar <[hidden email]> wrote:
>>>
>>> Randy,
>>> I seriously do not recommend this approach. I have been working with a friend who has been working on a Mac Mini, actually he has two. He has been trying to do an integrated station using HRD, FLDIGI, and a few other things. These are Windows based and he has been using Boot Camp to get to Windows. He discovered that there are driver issues and a few other things the prevent easy set up to do what he wants. And to compound the insult, his second Mac Mini does does not set up like his first.
>>>
>>> Most of the really good software that makes for full integration easy has been written for a Windows platform. As this is the case, I suggest an I5 with lots of memory running Windows 10. In the end, this is cost effective and will keep your blood pressure in bounds. As an illustration, I run Win4K3 for radio control and spectrum display, Com0com for port replication, Hamradio Deluxe for general logging and uploading to eQSL and LoTW, CW Skimmer. I switch out CW Skimmer for FLDIGI, and during a contest, I use N1MM+ in place of HRD. My experience has taught me to not use an Apple base system for this situation. However, there are other collections of S/W, but I expect the integration my not be as easy.
>>>
>>> 73,
>>> Barry
>>> K3NDM
>>>
>>> ------ Original Message ------
>>> From: "Randy Cook" <[hidden email]>
>>> To: [hidden email]
>>> Sent: 1/5/2016 8:35:48 PM
>>> Subject: [Elecraft] suggested PC???
>>>
>>>> Consider an Apple Mac. On the Apple website, you can get a iMac or MacBook Air ‘refurbished’. After years of dealing with viruses, blown updates, buggy software, etc. on work computers, I come home to a 5 year old MacBook Air machine that just works and will probably run forever. I like MacLoggerDX for station control/logging, but others have their favorite.
>>>> As to value, I just sold an iMac desktop machine that my son didn’t need anymore. He is at college and has a laptop. It was 6 years old and I got 40% of the price I paid new for it on eBay. If it were a 6 year old PC, I would have had to pay a toxic waste fee to get rid of it.
>>>>
>>>> 73
>>>>
>>>> Randy Cook - K6CRC
>>>> [hidden email]
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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