Scott, Have you looked into Windows XP x86-64? If you need to stay in the Windows world, that would be the way to go. Nathan. ------------------------------------------- Nathan Faust Systems Administrator :: Merchant Warehouse www.MerchantWarehouse.com
> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Scott Ehrlich > Sent: Friday, November 23, 2007 7:26 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [BBLISA] What to do with a RAM-heavy desktop? > > So I have a 32 GB, dual quad-core processor desktop to > configure. It > seems like likely I'd install 32-bit Windows XP on it, with > respect to the user needing Adobe Acrobat, Illustrator, and > Photoshop, along with Matlab (which we have Linux versions > of) and Mathematica (which we can get Linux versions of, too). > > But with 32-bit Win XP with SP2, we waste 28 GB, as it can > only use 4 GB. > > The user is equally Unix-capable, and I could easily install > 64-bit CentOS, but how could I enable them to fully take > advantage of the Adobe products on the system natively (i.e > w/o using a VM)? > > Crossover Office does NOT show the Adobe products as > supported apps in their tested list. > > What to do... > > Insights welcome. > > Thanks. > > Scott > > _______________________________________________ > bblisa mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.bblisa.org/mailman/listinfo/bblisa > _______________________________________________ bblisa mailing list [email protected] http://www.bblisa.org/mailman/listinfo/bblisa
