I'm not too up-to-speed on the current state of Vista, but I'd hazard
that with 64-bit and 32Gb RAM you'd be best suited with some sort *NIX
variant, although if you're not familiar with them it may involve a
learning curve to get used to the OS (although not with Stata itself
since this is virtually identical across platforms).
As a novice Stata user, my experience in switching from Windows to
Mac platform was that the most difficult part was simply knowing that
the slash-markused in directory addresses just leans the other way!
Neil is correct in that you would hardly notice the difference.
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Best wishes,
Michael McCulloch
Pine Street Foundation
124 Pine St., San Anselmo, CA 94960-2674
Tel: (415) 407-1357
Fax: (415) 485-1065
mcculloch@pinestreetfoundation.org
www.pinestreetfoundation.org
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