[dba-Tech] best current desktops?

Hans-Christian Andersen hans.andersen at phulse.com
Wed Oct 26 19:20:06 CDT 2011


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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
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