The 7i76e will connect directly to your motor drives. I just feel much more comfortable running LinuxCNC. I can't give you the feature to feature comparison. I have a couple machines that still run mach3 in other peoples shops but I already told them that if they want any changes I will change those systems to LinuxCNC. But don't kid yourself there is going to be a bit of a learning curve involved since you change the OS and the machine controller. Personally I just find LinuxCNC so much more capable. I for my part didn't find Windows to be super reliable but Linux is definitely rock solid. But since the appearance of USB bootable ISO I have not looked back once. The reason I chose MAch3 back then was because, like everybody, I grew up using Windows and LinuxCNC was still a fairly involved process to get installed. Looked at gmoccapy or the new qtdragon? Designing your own screen in LinuxCNC is a bit more invoved than with Mach3 by the way. Hm, back in the days when I ran Mach3 there was screen designer. I was hoping for a more modern screen set, but the Linux CNC screens I've seen look just as crappy as Mach and Mach 4 is not much better looking than Mach 3.
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