[R] Would Like Some Advise

[Duy Tran]

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 using 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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