AW: unix or windows?

• To: "'Adele Cutler'" <adele@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, <visad-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
• Subject: AW: unix or windows?
• From: Mathias Stümpert <atzes@xxxxxx>
• Date: Mon, 24 Sep 2001 10:22:02 +0200

Hi Adele,

I agree to what Bill said. But there is at least one aspect that speaks
for Windows. If you need a good 3D-performance with Java3D you should
choose the DirectX-Version. And therefore you'll need Windows.

Cheers, Mathias


> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
> Von: owner-visad-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:owner-visad-
> list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] Im Auftrag von Adele Cutler
> Gesendet: Sonntag, 23. September 2001 20:19
> An: visad-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Betreff: unix or windows?
> 
> Thanks for the parallel coordinates help, Bill!
> 
> Now I have what is maybe a really dumb question.
> 
> Is there a preferred machine/OS/development environment
> for VisAD?
> 
> I'm asking because I need to buy a new computer and I
> don't know what to buy. I'm very comfortable with unix,
> which I currently use with X-win32 from a PC. I've used
> sparcs in the past and I'm comfortable with them too.
> I've been using IBM Visual Age for Java and this seems
> very nice, but it's my understanding that this only works
> on a PC. So I'm torn...
> 
> Thanks for any advice.
> 
> Adele.

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