Sentinel: Sentinel, windows requirement?

[cbake777]

I recently purchased a BCD436HP and I'm a Mac user. I don't want to go the route of using an emulator and understand that there isn't (as far as I know) any scanner and fW updating software that is mac compatible. I am looking to find a new inexpensive windows based laptop that I can use to load Sentinel in order to manage the 436.

I've been to the Uniden webpage but can't find the computer requirements? Any known issues related to either Windows 10 or 11? Minimum RAM and storage? This will pretty much be dedicated to anything that I can't update on a mac and not used for anything else.

Thanks

 

[nessnet]

The requirements for Sentinel are minimal.
If it'll run Windows, it probably will run Sentinel.

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[RandyKuff]

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[dmfalk]

Sentinel isn't version specific, insofar as which version of Windows, only that it requires .Net Framework, which is version specific, to be activated within Windows. This version is 2.0, which is part of the 3.0/3.5 installation. This version of .Net Framework has been part of Windows since Windows 2000/Me/NT for more than 20 years.

Whatever version of Windows you get on your cheap laptop (most likely 10 or 11) will be fine!

Here's a video on how it's activated (process made for Windows 11, but works the same on 7, 8 & 10, and it doesn't matter if it's 32-bit or 64-bit):

 

[W2SOX]

You can run windows on a virtualized machine with VirtualBox it’s free. I’m also a Mac user, there’s also bootcamp that you can run windows on a Mac as well.

 

[cbake777]

You can run windows on a virtualized machine with VirtualBox it’s free. I’m also a Mac user, there’s also bootcamp that you can run windows on a Mac as well.

I do not believe I can run Bootcamp with the M3 Apple chip, only Intel machines? Not sure on VirtualBox?

 

[bsdam]

I do not believe I can run Bootcamp with the M3 Apple chip, only Intel machines? Not sure on VirtualBox?

I run it in Parallels on an M3 with Windows 11 ARM, works great.

There may be other ways of achieving this (QEmu possibly?), but Parallels was the quickest for me. It is a paid product, but I use it for other OS's as well (primarily Linux environments) and it's been a solid solution.

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[W2SOX]

I do not believe I can run Bootcamp with the M3 Apple chip, only Intel machines? Not sure on VirtualBox?

Didn't think of that my Mac is still running an Intel chip. I can confirm there is a VirtualBox option for Apple Silicon chips now

 

[cbake777]

The subscription service for Parallels is $89 usd a year or a 1 time purchase of $220 usd. I think I'm better off in the long run buying a windows laptop with windows already installed. Windows 11 alone is $139 from the Microsoft store.