[TenTec] (ham station computer choice)

[Jim Allen]

Thanks, Kim, I have built quite a number of machines, starting ~30 years
ago when it was easy, everything was IBM compatible except genuine IBMs,
and I was young and foolish.  I even have my Apple IIP, so early a serial
number it may have been soldered together in Woz's garage.  Now with the
ravages of old age and decrepitude making their unwelcome appearance more
and more, some things are easier to just buy and deal with.

I'm more worried about resistance to RF, and low noise, features than the
silly "mal"ware Dell might stick on their boxes, and I would never be able
to assess those by looking at specs anyway.

73 de W6OGC  Jim Allen


On Wed, May 7, 2014 at 11:28 AM, Kimberly Elmore
<cw_de_n5op at sbcglobal.net>wrote:

> I always simply build my own and install the OS myself. That way, I have
> complete and total control over every aspect. It's remarkably easy,
> relatively inexpensive, has no proprietary hardware, and I know what's in
> it. Simply pick a CPU flavor you like, buy a motherboard that supports the
> CPU, buy a case and power supply, get a graphics card that does what you
> want, plug in memory, get a hard disk that's far bigger than you think
> you'll ever need (no less than 1 TB) and have at it. Much, much easier than
> "building" anything radio!
>
> Kim N5OP
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