Re: gave up and bought a edu windows computer /// Re: FT817 and iPad??
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Beta test instances are not guaranteed to work well. Sure, be a beta tester. But have another computer running a stable release. You can't complain when a beta test machine has issues - that's the process you signed up for - you should? report the issue to the developers.?
Unless it is job related, why not switch?to a released version of the OS for your Surface? My XYL has stuff from her employment on a Surface, and wow it is damn good (and $$$).
On Mon, Feb 6, 2023 at 10:21 AM Robin Kidd < w4ien@...> wrote: I can completely agree with not using Windows 11. I am running a Microsoft Surface with the beta version of 11. The last update the OS broke about half of my programs. I know what you are thinking about beta software but in all of the time I have been a tester for Microsoft I have never seen such a software package so full of bugs.? On Feb 6, 2023, at 09:18, Chuck Cole K4TZO <cncole@...> wrote:
? All Windows gurus I know won't put Win 11 in anything. Two reasons: 1) causes incompatibilities with many major SW packages, forcing purchases of new SW, and 2) not yet bug-free and won't be until out for several years. I recommend that you go back to Win 10 ASAP. Has no known benefit over Win 10 and known liabilities.
On Mon, Feb 6, 2023, 8:26 AM Don N4RRT < n4rrt@...> wrote: Timely ¡ I just purchased the 128GB version of that education/rugged laptop for exactly that application: POTA and portable operation with my FT-817 and BitX-based home-brew rig.?
I purchased mine from Microcenter:?
All the windows HR software installed easily (as expected) ¡ I also have the Arduino IDE as well as the latest Python distributions installed ¡ plenty of room and reasonable performance.? Spyder, a computational sciences/scientific application focused cross-platform IDE is a little slow to start, but once going has reasonable performance.? N1MM+ works great too.?
My laptop also included a free upgrade to Windows 11, that also installed easily. ?
So, why?? I wasn¡¯t happy with using my RaspberryPi for portable ops ¡ was a little kludgy with the VNCapp on my iPad etc ¡ a cheap windows computer just seemed easier and more compact.? Also, my objective was low friction portable operations, not exploring linux, using a RPi, etc.? So after a bit of playing around with the RPi option, snagged the laptop when I saw it.?
?The little edu laptop works just as well with the FT-817 as my desktop Win 10 machine in the shack does with my shack radios.? Compared to the RPi, a lot less to tinker with to get out of the backpack and on the air portable as well.? Again, this is all about your preference ¡?
NB: I¡¯ve not used the laptop yet with my homemade opto interface to my homebrew rig, but assume is should work fine as well. ?
Most of all, have fun! Don N4RRT
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73,
Don
N4RRT
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