Re: [R] R memory limitations under Windows vs UNIX

2008-08-21 Thread Prof Brian Ripley
On Fri, 22 Aug 2008, Fiona Giannini wrote: Hi all, Our section at work is looking at buying a high-powered computer (32 Gb RAM, 64-bit) to be able run models on large datasets and have more processing power for the software we commonly use. We mostly use R to fit GLMs and GAMs. Our departme

[R] R memory limitations under Windows vs UNIX

2008-08-21 Thread Fiona Giannini
Hi all, Our section at work is looking at buying a high-powered computer (32 Gb RAM, 64-bit) to be able run models on large datasets and have more processing power for the software we commonly use. We mostly use R to fit GLMs and GAMs. Our department uses Windows as the standard OS (we are up