help on determining operating system
On Tue 12 Dec 2006, at 06:40 , LU YING wrote:
Dear list, I am an R user and I also write my own package in R(sometime i need to write in C), and right now i am thinking about buying a new workstation--and i am trying to decide if i should get a mac with OS X or a linux machine (for example Dell). I have experience using R on linux (but i have been just a user and never been a admin) but i am hesitating of managing a linux system on my own (btw I would like to have my new workstation to be used as a server), so right now I am leaning toward of buying a Mac Pro. But from the website, it sounds like R doesnt work quite well with Mac operating system yet...so I was wondering if anybody here have any experiences of using/developing R package on a Mac machine? Is it smooth enough? (oh by the way, i am not a Mac user yet, Windows has been the primary operating system that i used, but after hearing many good things of OS X, I am really interested in switching over.) any suggestions are appreciated! Ying
Hi Ying. I am using R on both a PowerMac and a MacBook. I do not do any development but as far as using R I do not have any problems. Please note that software such as Parallels (http:// www.parallels.com), allows you to run Linux on a Mac Intel (such as Mac Pro) without problems, in case you need it. Feel free to ask more questions, Mihalis. ---- Mac for Productivity, Unix for Development, and Windows for Solitaire