[dba-Tech] best current desktops?

Jim Lawrence accessd at shaw.ca
Sat Oct 22 07:23:40 CDT 2011


Ahh, thanks Stuart, the dialect threw me.

Jim

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Micreserfts OS

On 21 Oct 2011 at 23:12, Jim Lawrence wrote:

> What is Winders?
> 
> Jim
> 
> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Peter
> Brawley Sent: Friday, October 21, 2011 8:44 PM To: Discussion of
> Hardware and Software issues Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] best current
> desktops?
> 
> Her software runs on Winders. Thanks for the suggestions.
> 
> P.
> 
> On 10/21/2011 10:03 PM, Jim Lawrence wrote:
> > 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
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