[ddj] Computer recommendations

Thu Aug 22 22:40:40 UTC 2013

I have a mac laptop (work supplied) that boots windows and linux as well 
as mac all via vmware. It is very useful as I often get tasked with 
website front end work which means I need to look at my work on internet 
explorer and safari as well as firefox, opera and the like. The mac 
comes with the BSD command line tools like ssh that are a pain to set up 
under windows. But I prefer to work in linux.
I use R, perl, php,. python, libreoffice, msql and mongo db as well as 
various dbm implementations.

Actually, I can run all three operating systems at the same time in 
different windows on virtual desktops in linux, but memory can get 
scarce and Windows get even more unstable than it usually is. And, 
vmware multiple operating systems seem to run considerably slower than 
booting into a single os.

Randy

On 08/22/2013 02:58 PM, Carolyn Thompson wrote:
> Hi David,
>
> Not sure. Maybe somewhere around $1,000 to $1,500 (Canadian) but 
> willing to go higher if it's recommended. I'm expecting to be doing 
> most data work as a freelancer from now on, so this will be my main 
> tool - no more work computer to use.
>
>
> On Thu, Aug 22, 2013 at 3:10 PM, David Weisz 
> <davidaaronweisz at gmail.com <mailto:davidaaronweisz at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>     Hey Carolyn,
>
>     What budget range did you have in mind?
>
>
>     On Thu, Aug 22, 2013 at 1:20 PM, Carolyn Thompson
>     <caroethompson at gmail.com <mailto:caroethompson at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>         Dear all,
>
>         I've been doing most of my data work on a mac, but I'm finding
>         much of the open source software I like to use isn't available
>         on that platform. My computer will also soon need to be replaced.
>
>         I'm looking to buy a PC laptop to work off instead and was
>         hoping I could get some recommendations on what model other
>         reporters use and what to look for, particularly in terms of
>         fast processing power when working with large data banks.
>
>         Thank you very much,
>         Carolyn
>
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