Hello Dan, I'm a newbie since your last visits.
Taking the opportunity to personally thank your for your good posts in the past. I have dwelt over a few when searching. Good to have you around again. Brian. --- In [email protected], "Dan Clark" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi. I haven't posted for a while because I've been busy with other > projects. Now I'm coming back to the fold, but. > > > > My current workstation doesn't have enough horsepower for my scans. > Currently they are running between three and four hours. Way too long. So > I'm going to buy a new 'puter. > > > > I need some help on this. The last time I looked at this issue, the sense > that I got was: > > > > 1) If you could use something like 8Gb of memory, that you probably be > big enough to load the AB DB into memory. > > > > 2) But the only way to use 8Gb of memory is to go to a 64Bit OS. With > 32Bit OS, you can only used 2Gb of memory. > > > > 3) There is minimal advantage in running AB in a 64 bit OS. > > > > 4) If you did go to a 64 bit OS, many drivers and utilities would not > run. This includes data providers like Quotes Plus (my current provider). > > > > From doing a scan of posts in the AB forum, it looks like nothing has > changed in the 'puter/OS realm. Further, although Vista will run 64bit, > reviews indicate that it's anywhere from 5% to 25% slower than XP. So that > leaves me with a quandary, what do I do? > > > > To maximize the speed of AB scans, what is the best current strategy for > buying a computer? Stick with 32Bit OS? Any way to use more than 2Gb of > memory? Is Intel Core Duo the fastest box currently? 10K rpm SATA drives > the best alternative now? SCSI drives still faster? Any other > suggestions? > > > > Thanks in advance for any feedback. > > > > Regards, > > > > Dan. >
