[R] optimal windows R machine

[A.J. Rossini]

>>>>> "AL" == Andy Liaw <Liaw> writes:

    AL> We did try VMware on one of our Linux boxes (dual P3 866 Xeon
    AL> with 2GB RDRAM).  It was unbearably slow!


(and others have responded similarly).

I think it depends on what you need.  It was fine for me, using MS
Word and MS Powerpoint, as well as for running (not developing) Java
GUI-based applications (which have not tended to be that fast on
Unix, unlike say non-GUI apps).

Of course, now that I've got someone else to support Windows Terminal
Server at both my places of work, it's a non-issue (using rdesktop to
point to whichever Terminal Server contains the files that I need to
work on...).

In addition, I do admit to being semi-incompetent at both MS
packages, mostly due to a severe case of Emacs finger bindings as well
as personal bias...

best,
-tony

-- 
A.J. Rossini				Rsrch. Asst. Prof. of Biostatistics
U. of Washington Biostatistics		rossini at u.washington.edu	
FHCRC/SCHARP/HIV Vaccine Trials Net	rossini at scharp.org
-------- (fridays are probably at Rosen) --------
FHCRC: M-W: 206-667-7025 (fax=4812)|Voicemail is pretty sketchy/use Email
UW:   T-Th: 206-543-1044 (fax=3286)|Change last 4 digits of phone to FAX

-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-
r-help mailing list -- Read http://www.ci.tuwien.ac.at/~hornik/R/R-FAQ.html
Send "info", "help", or "[un]subscribe"
(in the "body", not the subject !)  To: r-help-request at stat.math.ethz.ch
_._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._