Message-ID: <CAONaHRs-2F2H2AJ2adgBJKkDFABuk=N4PRusbY1OmTiqZiO4KA@mail.gmail.com>
Date: 2020-08-28T14:44:35Z
From: Duy Tran
Subject: Would Like Some Advise
In-Reply-To: <1157A76A248944878C040D1FE0AE725C@OWNERPC>
I've worked with a 16 Gb laptop of RAM and it's been plenty for me. If you
need to work with larger data, I think you should look into packages like
sparklyr, which is basically dplyr running on a Spark cluster. Hope that
helps !
Duy
On Fri, Aug 28, 2020 at 9:09 AM Philip <herd_dog at cox.net> wrote:
> I need a new computer. have a friend who is convinced that I have an aura
> about me that just kills electronic devices.
>
> Does anyone out there have an opinion about Windows vs. Linux?
>
> I?m retired so this is just for my own enjoyment but I?m crunching some
> large National Weather Service files and will move on to baseball data and
> a few other things. I?d like some advise about how much RAM and stuff like
> that. I understand there is something called zones of computer memory. Can
> someone direct me to a good source so I can learn more? I really don?t
> understand stuff like this. Does anyone think I need to upgrade my wifi?
>
> Thanks,
> Philip
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