RE: [R] Amount of memory under different OS

2005-04-05 Thread Prof Brian Ripley
On Mon, 4 Apr 2005, bogdan romocea wrote: You need another OS. Standard/32-bit Windows (XP, 2000 etc) can't use more than 4 GB of RAM. Anyway, if you try to buy a box with 16 GB of RAM, the seller will probably warn you about Windows and recommend a suitable OS. There _are_ versions of Windows 2000

RE: [R] Amount of memory under different OS

2005-04-04 Thread bogdan romocea
You need another OS. Standard/32-bit Windows (XP, 2000 etc) can't use more than 4 GB of RAM. Anyway, if you try to buy a box with 16 GB of RAM, the seller will probably warn you about Windows and recommend a suitable OS. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]

RE: [R] Amount of memory under different OS

2005-04-02 Thread Liaw, Andy
Your best bet currently is probably some flavor of Linux for x86-64 (assuming you are buying a box with AMD64 or EM64T chip). Personally I've had good experience with SUSE SLES8/9 and Fedora FC3. Even though 64-bit Windows might be out `soon' (http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=22246), I believe