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running R on netbooks/minis?

8 messages · Zeljko Vrba, Joshua Wiley, Tobias Verbeke +4 more

Erin Hodgess
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Dear R People:

Is it possible to run R on a netbook/mini, please?

Thanks,
Erin
Zeljko Vrba
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On Sun, May 03, 2009 at 03:27:43AM -0500, Erin Hodgess wrote:
There should be no reason not to be possible, if the notebook uses an
OS that R supports.
Joshua Wiley
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It probably depends on the mini, but it seems to work okay on my HP 1030nr with XP home (1.6 ghz intel atom, 1GB RAM, 16GB SSD). If I am working with larger datasets, I usually use my desktop. A lot of people like to use Linux on minis because it is often faster. If you are interested/concerned, I can run tests and gives you the times for something specific. Otherwise, I will just say that I have been happy with it.

Josh




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Tobias Verbeke
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Zeljko Vrba wrote:
For the eeepc, e.g., documentation has been contributed on the R wiki

http://wiki.r-project.org/rwiki/doku.php?id=getting-started:installation:eeepc

HTH,
Tobias
HBaize
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It works great on my Acer Aspire One AOD150-1165 10.1 inch, under Windows
XP. I opted to expand to two gigs of RAM because R loads all objects into
active memory. The expansion of 2 gigs over the 1 gig that was standard only
cost $20. Unless you are using large data sets with extensive computation,
you will have no problem using R with a netbook. =)
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Erin Hodgess wrote:

            

      
      
      
    

        
I have run this in my MSI Wind w/ 2GB RAM under XP and also
Linux (in VirtualBox) w/o problems - though of course it's
much slower than on a 'real' desktop or laptop :-) The Atom
processor's forte is not speed, but frugal power consumption.

HTH,
Esmail

  
  


  


      

    

    

      
      

        


  

        

      John C Frain
    

    

      
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On the basic eee pc 701 it I have installed Ubuntu 9.04 netbook remix
on an SD card.  This appears to work well.  The WiFi card was
recognised and it was possible to install R, emacs and ess in the same
way as with ordinary Ubuntu.  I dont expect to break any speed records
but R emacs and openoffice do work. Updated Ubuntu is much more up to
date al nd more flexible than the original Xandros.  Octave, Maxima
and Gret also appear to work

Best  Regards

John

2009/5/3 Tobias Verbeke <tobias.verbeke at gmail.com>:

            

      
      
      
    

        

      
      
    

        

  
    

      
      
    

  


  


      

    

    

      
      

        


  

        

      Erin Hodgess
    

    

      
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Thanks to everyone for their great advice!

Sincerely,
Erin

        
On Sun, May 3, 2009 at 2:13 PM, John C Frain <frainj at gmail.com> wrote: