Hans-Christian Andersen
hans.andersen at phulse.com
Wed Oct 26 19:20:06 CDT 2011
I actually spotted a copy of Windows 97 once upon a time when travelling through asia. * Hans-Christian Andersen **Web Application Developer, Vancouver, Canada* *Unique Gifts, Collectables, Artwork* *Come one, come all to.... *www.corinnajasmine.com * * On 22 October 2011 02:03, Stuart McLachlan <stuart at lexacorp.com.pg> wrote: > Micreserfts OS > > On 21 Oct 2011 at 23:12, Jim Lawrence wrote: > > > What is Winders? > > > > 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 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 > > > _______________________________________________ > > > dba-Tech mailing list > > > dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com > > > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech > > > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > dba-Tech mailing list > > > dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com > > > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech > > > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > dba-Tech mailing list > > dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com > > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech > > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > > > > _______________________________________________ > > dba-Tech mailing list > > dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com > > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech > > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > dba-Tech mailing list > dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com >