[billdan (Bill)]

I am seriously looking at buying a QHY163M or a ZWO 1600MM camera with a 7 x 36mm filter wheel. This will replace my QHY12 OSC I am currently using.

If I do go down this path I would have to buy a new laptop that has USB 3.0 support . The one I have in the Obs is a Dell Win-XP laptop.
I am also led to believe that Win 7 does not support USB 3 so does that mean I will have to get a Win10 machine?

Should I also get one that supports SSD drives for better throughput?

Or should I get a small Intel NUC that I can bolt onto the scope and remote control it via Wifi from the XP laptop.

Looking for some guidance here, so I can start budgeting how much money I need, before I go ahead.

Cheers
Bill