Re: [R] Best Hardware & OS For Large Data Sets

2010-02-28 Thread kMan
mailto:jdl...@gmail.com] Sent: Saturday, February 27, 2010 10:47 AM To: r-help@r-project.org Subject: [R] Best Hardware & OS For Large Data Sets Greetings, I am acquiring a new computer in order to conduct data analysis. I currently have a 32-bit Vista OS with 3G of RAM and I consistently r

Re: [R] Best Hardware & OS For Large Data Sets

2010-02-28 Thread Allan Engelhardt
On 27/02/10 17:47, J. Daniel wrote: Greetings, I am acquiring a new computer in order to conduct data analysis. I currently have a 32-bit Vista OS with 3G of RAM and I consistently run into memory allocation problems. I will likely be required to run Windows 7 on the new system, but have flexi

Re: [R] Best Hardware & OS For Large Data Sets

2010-02-27 Thread Tim Coote
Is it possible to run a Linux guest VM on the Wintel box so that you can run the 64 bit code? I used to do this on XP (but not for R). On 27 Feb 2010, at 20:03, David Winsemius wrote: On Feb 27, 2010, at 12:47 PM, J. Daniel wrote: Greetings, I am acquiring a new computer in order to cond

Re: [R] Best Hardware & OS For Large Data Sets

2010-02-27 Thread Sharpie
David Winsemius wrote: > > > Perhaps the fact that the stable CRAN version of R for (any) Windows > is 32-bit? It would expand your memory space somewhat but not as much > as you might naively expect. > > (There was a recent announcement that an experimental version of a 64- > bit R was

Re: [R] Best Hardware & OS For Large Data Sets

2010-02-27 Thread David Winsemius
On Feb 27, 2010, at 12:47 PM, J. Daniel wrote: Greetings, I am acquiring a new computer in order to conduct data analysis. I currently have a 32-bit Vista OS with 3G of RAM and I consistently run into memory allocation problems. I will likely be required to run Windows 7 on the new syst

[R] Best Hardware & OS For Large Data Sets

2010-02-27 Thread J. Daniel
Greetings, I am acquiring a new computer in order to conduct data analysis. I currently have a 32-bit Vista OS with 3G of RAM and I consistently run into memory allocation problems. I will likely be required to run Windows 7 on the new system, but have flexibility as far as hardware goes. Can