Re: st: Has anyone used STATA 11 on Windows 7 (32bit)?

[Jeph Herrin <junk@spandrel.net>]

I've had 64bit XP on a 64bit PC for a couple of years,
works like a charm. Stata allocates 15gb, no problem.

hope this helps,
Jeph


Ada Ma wrote:
> Hi Statalisters,
>
> I am wondering how much memory I will be able to call upon within
> STATA 11, given that I will be using a Windows 7 32-bit PC.
>
> My experience with Windows XP (32bit) is that the maximum amount of
> memory I can call for within STATA (v 10) is 1100m, sometimes 1300m,
> but never anything approaching 2GB.  I have never used STATA 11.
>
> I am considering whether it is worthwhile to buy a bunch of new 32bit
> PCs with 3GB of memory that will be used for the next four years.
> With the data sets we use growing bigger every day I think, for our
> purposes, we should buy new PCs should at least allow us to set memory
> to 2GB.  The Windows OS is the only option we may take, so we won't be
> able to adopt solutions that involve the use of alternative OSs.
>
> I would greatly appreciate any experience you have with STATA 11
> and/or Windows 7 32-bit you would care to share!
>
> Thank you.
>
> Regards,
> Ada
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