On 06/22/2012 08:29 AM, Jeff Johnson wrote: > I am looking for an affordable desktop computer. The motive is to have > one in my laboratory and recommend one similar to my customers. Main > applications are my VFP9 application& Outlook. The number of records > in tables are over 10,000 and there are document folders that hold > several thousand files. The latter seems to be the sticky point with > most systems. The OS seems to have a difficult time handling so many > files in one folder.
Hi Jeff, My personal prejudice would be to set the machine up in Linux or Unix, damn M$ and damn windows. For the FoxPro/Outlook stuff, run windows in a VM. I mean, you say the OS seems to have trouble handling so many files in one folder. So use a different OS, maybe Red Hat, HP-UX, Solaris or if you want to really live dangerously, Fedora. You will soon find out if the problem is really the OS. There is a lot of horsepower available in small packages. I mean the footprint of a standard desktop. The Athlon 64x2 2009 Dell classroom computer assigned to me for my Admin II class at HCC has been upgraded to 6 GB. (info from Dell by serial number) Same physical size as the 10 year old P-IV 1.7 2 GB whitebox I have at home but . . . http://content.hccfl.edu/pollock/Cts2322.htm http://yborstudent.hccfl.edu/UnixWiki/index.php/User:Pete_Theisen http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=7277078&CatId=5138 $250 refurb from tiger, is $250 affordable? It would strain my budget! But the classroom computer is "free" as in beer! Memory at $250 is 4GB, it will probably take more ram, as mine in the classroom has 6GB. You can assign some hard drive to swap and define the VM as whatever, although I personally have not exceeded the actually hardware ram in a VM the professor has talked about it to students. > The application has no problem because they are > all indexed. > > So what would be a good processor, ram, and hard drive specification for > this type of computing. Also, my hardware guy builds my systems with > ASUS and I have been very happy with them. > > Any recommendations will be appreciated. > > TIA > > -- Regards, Pete http://pete-theisen.com/ http://elect-pete-theisen.com/ _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[email protected] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
