[WT-support] W8?

[Joe Subich, W4TV]

Tonno,

> I understand from the silence of others that I can conclude that W8
> with classic shell should be at least as good as W7 and no reason to
> avoid it

I find that to be the case ... I was looking to rip Win 8 off my new
laptop (I had just upgraded the old one from Vista to Win 7 when the
LCD failed <G>) when my son recommended Classic Shell.

Since I've discovered a couple of hacks for the display/themes to fix
an issue with white titles on a black title bar, I'm almost ready to
remove Win 7 from my tower/"Ham" system in favor of Win 8 as I actually
prefer Win 8 with Classic Shell.

73,

    ... Joe, W4TV


On 4/23/2013 3:53 PM, Tõnno Vähk wrote:
> Thanks guys,
>
> I understand from the silence of others that I can conclude that W8 with
> classic shell should be at least as good as W7 and no reason to avoid it so
> I will probably install it on all the station computers (no internal sound
> card used for voice keyer)...
>
> 73
> Tonno
> Es5tv
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: support-bounces at f5mzn.org [mailto:support-bounces at f5mzn.org] On Behalf
> Of Joe Subich, W4TV
> Sent: Sunday, April 21, 2013 7:13 PM
> To: support at f5mzn.org
> Subject: Re: [WT-support] W8?
>
> On 4/21/2013 11:46 AM, Bob Wilson, N6TV wrote:
>> The main issue with Windows Vista, Windows 7, and Windows 8 vs.
>> Windows XP is sound card latency when using the Win-Test "Internal
>> sound card" voice keyer (DVK). The traditional practice of plugging
>> your microphone into the sound card mic. input and monitoring your
>> audio in real time only works well with Windows XP and earlier. A few
>> sound cards have a setting that avoids the latency in the mic.
>> monitor, but most do not.
>
> Latency comes down to two items - 1) does the sound card have hardware
> (analog) monitoring capability (those that do will generally show a
> "microphone" control on the "Levels" tab for the output device in Windows
> Sound Control Panel) and 2) Will Vista/Windows 7/Windows 8 allow you to
> access/control it.
>
> For devices that lack a hardware monitor, it is possible to minimize latency
> by careful choice of sample rates *and* data formats for the sound card
> microphone.  Lower sample rates, lower numbers of bits (8 vs 16 vs. 24), and
> less compression will all reduce latency when the monitor must be done via
> digital loop (no hardware monitor or monitoring on a separate sound card).
> Careful parameter adjustment and attention to software priority can often
> get the monitor latency below 100 ms which is, in most cases, low enough as
> to not be a problem.
>
> 73,
>
>      ... Joe, W4TV
>
>
>
>>
>> When using microHAM products, this should not be an issue if you route
>> your microphone directly to the radio (except when recording messages).
>>
>> Using fixed IP addresses is only helpful for debugging network issues
>> using operating system commands like "ping".  I'd actually recommend
>> that all computers in a M/M network try DHCP first, *not* fixed IP.
>> Only switch to using fixed IP addresses if there is a problem that cannot
> be resolved.
>>    DHCP makes it much easier to swap new computers into and out of the
>> network while you are contesting, since Windows will do all the
>> network configuration automatically.
>>
>> 73,
>> Bob, N6TV
>>
>> On Sun, Apr 21, 2013 at 3:16 AM, Tonno Vahk <tonno.vahk at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> I decided to follow the advice from several helpful people and build
>>> my MM network of up to 15 computers based on stationary desktops with
>>> wired cat6 ethernet and fixed ip addresses. Hopefully that is as good
>>> as it gets. I was offered used desktops with Windows 8.
>>>
>>> Is this a no-no? W7 has been running fine for me so I do not wish to
>>> go back to XP. Is there a reason I should avoid W8 and prefer W7??
>>> Are there any known compatibility issues with WT and/or Microham
> products?
>>>
>>> 73
>>> Tonno
>>> es5tv
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