I have searched around a little, but havn't found an answer. Sorry if this is a redundant question.
I am getting a new PC that will be use to run a K2 Milll/Plotter with Mach3.
I need to be able to run Agilent Vee Pro on the same machine as I am going to use it to control the Mach3 software.
I know that the Mach 3 docs state that you shouldn't have other things running like virus protection etc, but this was written back when computers were much slower.
My question is this...
If I get a new, modern, PC with an I7 processor, will I be able to actually run mach3/Plotter and another program at the same time? I would also like to have a virus protection as well because that is the only way my IT guy will let me put this computer on the Network, which I need to be able to transfer files etc. But at a minimum, I would need the Mach 3 and the Agilent Vee running at the same time.