slores@umiami.miami.edu (Stanislaw L. Olejniczak) (05/09/89)
This question really would belong in comp.sys.ibm.compatibles, but this
group was the closest I could find.
I have recently seen a discussion among statisticians on the merits of
various PC hardware in running heavy PC statistical packages. It stood
out for me that the Dell and Everex machines seemed to get best reviews
for _that_ application. I will need to face buying a fairly heavy duty
PC, so I thought I would ask you, good people, if you concur, or if you
have knowledge of better experiences (quality, speed, compatibility) with
other brands.
One thing I would like to mention is that I _am_ interested in running
OS/2, and (most likely, unless someone here knows a reason to the
contrary) in the 386 architecture. I have heard that running OS/2 on a
386 may be a problem with compatibles.
If you would like a summary of comments I may receive mailed to you
directly, please send a request via email, preferably with the subject
header COMP SUMMARY REQ; I plan, however, to post here a summary of
whatever I may get via email.
Thank you in advance for any comments.
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