[R] Best Mac for R

[Thomas Adams]

Dan,

FWIW, I have basically the system you describe, except a larger HD — I'm
quite happy, but I'm a biased Mac user, although I love my Ubuntu Linux
machine as well… One can bring any machine to its knees, so there is the
element of expectations. A MacBook Pro stacks up as well or better compared
to a similarly configured windows box. The thing is, IMO, there are at
least two very good virtual machines to run MS-Windows on if the need
arises (as well as Apple's 'Boot Camp') and, I believe, since the core Mac
OS is essentially UNIX/Linux you have all that capability natively as well.

Tom

On Thu, Feb 26, 2015 at 12:50 AM, Dan Murphy <chiefmurphy at gmail.com> wrote:

> I am possibly in the market for a new laptop. Predominantly a Windows
> user, I owned a macbook pro 10 years ago and am considering going that
> route again. Does the standard advice still hold: Get the most
> powerful processor (i7), most ram (16GB), and largest internal storage
> (512GB), if affordable?
> thanks,
> dan
>
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