Jim Lawrence
accessd at shaw.ca
Fri Oct 21 22:03:23 CDT 2011
Multi-core, 6 would be nice (but expensive), 8GB of RAM to start and does she need a good graphics card as that can save a lot of motherboard CPU cycles, Intel is still the fastest (and most expensive CPU) and I would recommend a good ASUS motherboard...so far the best and most reliable. I have no idea what platform the software package runs on but a true Ubuntu server package with an Ubuntu desktop is about 3 times as fast as any Windows OS and much better at running parallel processes. If you have enough hard drive space you can run both Windows and Linux and test to see which OS gives the best results. Jim -----Original Message----- From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Peter Brawley Sent: Friday, October 21, 2011 5:55 PM To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues Subject: [dba-Tech] best current desktops? My geophysicist daughter wants a new desktop, 8GRAM & Windows, mostly the box will run SOTA geophysical analysis software. Any suggestions? PB _______________________________________________ dba-Tech mailing list dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com