RT and Mobile will not work with most “regular” Windows applications. Be careful not to get a system running Windows RT or Windows Mobile. Just add a USB cable for your radio or a USB-Serial adapter and your favorite program and off you go. Netbooks and tablets running some version of Windows 7, 8 or 10 can be had for under $200 all in. There are cheap Windows machines out there that will work fine for most radio programming. That last sentence is hard to say for this die-hard Mac guy but it is reality.
If you spend any real time with a radio you will eventually need to run Windows applications. There are a few Mac radio programs out there but they are few and far between. Although many Mac users view Windows as a virus, it is kind of a necessary evil to do what you need or want to do. The vast majority of radio programming software is made for Windows so the trick is to find a way to run Windows.
Mac Users and Radio Programs (Updated November 2016) The question about Mac software for the scanners and other radios comes up often here at ScannerMaster. You are here: Home > Software > Mac Users
