Thanks everyone for advice on this matter.
I've been asked to report our conclusion.
We have decide to order a duo processor(3.06GHz) Dell Precision 4400
laptop with 8GB memory and 500GB disk.
It will be running Vista 64 bit to begin with, moving over to Windows 7
once a little experience is ga
On Monday 28 September 2009 11:01:42 Prof Brian Ripley wrote:
> The answer to (1) is in the rw-FAQ, so see
Can you point me out exactly where? Since I did not find it.
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Corrado Topi
Global Climate Change & Biodiversity Indicators
Area 18,Department of Biology
University of York, York, YO10 5Y
The answer to (1) is in the rw-FAQ, so see
library(fortunes)
fortune('WTFM')
On Mon, 28 Sep 2009, Corrado wrote:
1) Would a package compiled for Windows 32bit run on Windows 64 bit and use
the extended memory or not?
2) As for buying a performant laptop for R, I bought a Dell M6300 mobile
wor
1) Would a package compiled for Windows 32bit run on Windows 64 bit and use
the extended memory or not?
2) As for buying a performant laptop for R, I bought a Dell M6300 mobile
workstation which is actually portable, and installed Kubuntu 904 64 bit
alongside the standard windows installation.
On Mon, 28 Sep 2009, Sean O'Riordain wrote:
Good morning Keith,
Have a look at
http://cran.r-project.org/bin/windows/base/rw-FAQ.html#There-seems-to-be-a-limit-on-the-memory-it-uses_0021
The short answer is that "it depends"...
a) memory is limited under windows
Yes, but 64-bit builds can be
Good morning Keith,
Have a look at
http://cran.r-project.org/bin/windows/base/rw-FAQ.html#There-seems-to-be-a-limit-on-the-memory-it-uses_0021
The short answer is that "it depends"...
a) memory is limited under windows
b) R is essentially a serial program - HOWEVER it depends what you're
actually
