I would be very leery of a really cheap PC. I bought a $150 Dell
Inspiron 3180 and immediately regretted it. It comes with 32 GB of eMMC
(half of which is reserved as a recovery drive) in place of a disk or
SSD and it is not upgradeable (I tried). The chip is a flat square
package without leads and is installed by assembly machines.

A Windows10 update uses up all of the available space and the thing runs
like a snail. In fact, after the first or second Windows update, it
would no longer perform the update due to limited storage space. I
didn't want to bother with all of the system maintenance that would be
required to keep it limping along.

So... I partitioned the eMMC to a single drive and installed Ubuntu.
Now the thing works but is still disappointing from a quality of
materials standpoint.

And I don't need a Windows PC to maintain my ClearNav II. All of the
software maintenance functions can be done on any computer so I handle
those with Ubuntu Linux. The CNII is so intuitive that you won't need
the simulator after a few flights. And if I must use the sim, I can run
it in Wine, a program that allows running of Windows programs on a Linux
machine.

If you absolutely must have a Windows PC, look on ebay for a certified
used machine. I got a 21.5" iMac there for $275 and free shipping. I
immediately installed Ubuntu.

Dan
5J

On 4/9/21 8:57 AM, Jonathan St. Cloud wrote:
I would no sooner put Windows on my Mac than I would have a hooker sleep in my bed. Buy a cheap PC (i.e., any PC) buy a VERY good anti-virus software for the PC. It also pays to buy a
PC with a SSD. Some of those may have been inside words, but...




On Thursday, April 8, 2021 at 11:10:17 AM UTC-7, Dan Marotta wrote:
Probably talking the same thing but, during my very short time with an
iMac, while switching it to Linux I learned of something caled "Boot
Camp" which is a way of creating a Windows system on your Mac. It will
still run Apple software, too.

Dan
5J
On 4/8/21 9:23 AM, MMOORE wrote:
On Thursday, April 8, 2021 at 11:19:09 AM UTC-4, Phoenix wrote:
I will be having a ClearNav2 installed soon and will need to purchase a PC for utilizing this system. I'm an Apple guy at present. What do you recommend for an inexpensive PC to be used solely for the CN2? Alternately, is there an option for using a MacBook Air with the CN2?

Run windows as a VM on your Mac - https://www.virtualbox.org/
W10 ISO - https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/soft...d/windows10ISO