Hi Richard,
I switched to using a Mac in my station a couple years ago when I remembered that I had an old Mac Mini--so old that it could not even be updated to the latest OSX. But what the heck, I tried it. I am using MacDoppler to run both my tuning (IC9700 and before that a TS-2000) and my rotator (G5500 with AMSAT LVB Interface). It works VERY well. I also like that I can buy MacLogger and the two integrate so that I can log on MacDoppler and it automatically gets the satellite, time, frequency, etc.
Don, at Dog Park Software gives excellent support and has helped me several times. There are a few irritating things about the UI, but it is mostly just a nice piece of software. And believe me, I don't intend to disparage SatPC32 either. I also have that, used it for quite some time, and also got used to its quirks just as I did with MD.
And yes, the Mac is not perfect--especially Apple is a real pain about Java (for FoxTelem) but with my old Mac Mini, I don't have to worry about updates :)
On Thu, Jun 18, 2020 at 8:06 PM Richard Lawn via AMSAT-BB < amsat-bb@amsat.org> wrote:
Every now and then I get sick of dealing with Windows updates and particularly the dreaded updates and think about going back to using an Apple computer. I'd be interested in learning how many of you are using Apple computers with Apple software. Let me hear from you please.
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