Re: st: hw advice wanted

[Michael McCulloch <mm@pinest.org>]

> I'm not too up-to-speed on the current state of Vista, but I'd hazard
> that with 64-bit and 32Gb RAM you'd be best suited with some sort *NIX
> variant, although if you're not familiar with them it may involve a
> learning curve to get used to the OS (although not with Stata itself
> since this is virtually identical across platforms).

As a novice Stata user, my experience in switching from Windows to 
Mac platform was that the most difficult part was simply knowing that 
the slash-markused in directory addresses just leans the other way! 
Neil is correct in that you would hardly notice the difference.
--

Best wishes,
Michael McCulloch



Pine Street Foundation
124 Pine St., San Anselmo, CA 94960-2674
Tel:	(415) 407-1357
Fax:	(415) 485-1065
mcculloch@pinestreetfoundation.org
www.pinestreetfoundation.org
*
*   For searches and help try:
*   http://www.stata.com/help.cgi?search
*   http://www.stata.com/support/statalist/faq
*   http://www.ats.ucla.edu/stat/stata/