On Thu, Oct 1, 2009 at 12:31 PM, Michael Robinson <[email protected]>wrote:
> It looks like it is atrociously expensive to buy a licensed copy and > worse than that, it requires from what I can tell a Windows XP system > that has 512 megs of ram. I don't have that. I have my Linux system > with 512 megs of ram. > > What is the ultimate alternative to using Minitab 15? I'm needing > to use it for a stats course. Unfortunately, I don't know of any > way to use it remotely. Do the Windows computers at PSU have any > means of being accessed remotely? > > I have the demo version of Minitab 15 which I dowloaded last night, > but that is only a 30 day solution and then I guess I have to rent > 2 more months. Man this Minitab outfit is ridiculous. > > Will Crossover Linux, the most recent version perhaps, run Minitab 15? > > I suppose I have a laptop that is in use now by my father with 512 megs > of ram and Windows XP, but it's in use. I actually have a Pentium 4 > desktop computer with a 1.80 Ghz processor and 256 megs of ram, but > that isn't enough ram to run Minitab and I don't know what kind of > DIMMs it takes. It's an SIS micro atx board. > > So I'm stuck either grabbing a copy of XP somehow and dual booting on > my Linux system, running Minitab via Wine, or using something else. > Normally I don't recommend re-inventing the wheel, but if you're a computer science student, you might try to take this as a learning experience and implement the various statistical methods and tests you're learning about. When I was taking stats I did this as a way to make the class more enjoyable and I felt like I learned a lot from it. Your mileage may vary. Jason _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
