Dear R People: Is it possible to run R on a netbook/mini, please? Thanks, Erin -- Erin Hodgess Associate Professor Department of Computer and Mathematical Sciences University of Houston - Downtown mailto: erinm.hodgess at gmail.com
On Sun, May 03, 2009 at 03:27:43AM -0500, Erin Hodgess wrote:> > Is it possible to run R on a netbook/mini, please? >There should be no reason not to be possible, if the notebook uses an OS that R supports.
It probably depends on the mini, but it seems to work okay on my HP 1030nr with XP home (1.6 ghz intel atom, 1GB RAM, 16GB SSD). If I am working with larger datasets, I usually use my desktop. A lot of people like to use Linux on minis because it is often faster. If you are interested/concerned, I can run tests and gives you the times for something specific. Otherwise, I will just say that I have been happy with it. Josh ---- Original message ---->Date: Sun, 3 May 2009 03:27:43 -0500 >From: r-help-bounces at r-project.org (on behalf of Erin Hodgess <erinm.hodgess at gmail.com>) >Subject: [R] running R on netbooks/minis? >To: R help <r-help at stat.math.ethz.ch> > >Dear R People: > >Is it possible to run R on a netbook/mini, please? > >Thanks, >Erin > > >-- >Erin Hodgess >Associate Professor >Department of Computer and Mathematical Sciences >University of Houston - Downtown >mailto: erinm.hodgess at gmail.com > >______________________________________________ >R-help at r-project.org mailing list >https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help >PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html >and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.
Zeljko Vrba wrote:> On Sun, May 03, 2009 at 03:27:43AM -0500, Erin Hodgess wrote: >> Is it possible to run R on a netbook/mini, please? >> > There should be no reason not to be possible, if the notebook uses an > OS that R supports.For the eeepc, e.g., documentation has been contributed on the R wiki http://wiki.r-project.org/rwiki/doku.php?id=getting-started:installation:eeepc HTH, Tobias
It works great on my Acer Aspire One AOD150-1165 10.1 inch, under Windows XP. I opted to expand to two gigs of RAM because R loads all objects into active memory. The expansion of 2 gigs over the 1 gig that was standard only cost $20. Unless you are using large data sets with extensive computation, you will have no problem using R with a netbook. =) Erin Hodgess-2 wrote:> > Dear R People: > > Is it possible to run R on a netbook/mini, please? > > Thanks, > Erin > > > -- > Erin Hodgess > Associate Professor > Department of Computer and Mathematical Sciences > University of Houston - Downtown > mailto: erinm.hodgess at gmail.com > > ______________________________________________ > R-help at r-project.org mailing list > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > PLEASE do read the posting guide > http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html > and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. > >-- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/running-R-on-netbooks-minis--tp23353691p23354031.html Sent from the R help mailing list archive at Nabble.com.
Erin Hodgess wrote:> Dear R People: > > Is it possible to run R on a netbook/mini, please?I have run this in my MSI Wind w/ 2GB RAM under XP and also Linux (in VirtualBox) w/o problems - though of course it's much slower than on a 'real' desktop or laptop :-) The Atom processor's forte is not speed, but frugal power consumption. HTH, Esmail
On the basic eee pc 701 it I have installed Ubuntu 9.04 netbook remix on an SD card. This appears to work well. The WiFi card was recognised and it was possible to install R, emacs and ess in the same way as with ordinary Ubuntu. I dont expect to break any speed records but R emacs and openoffice do work. Updated Ubuntu is much more up to date al nd more flexible than the original Xandros. Octave, Maxima and Gret also appear to work Best Regards John 2009/5/3 Tobias Verbeke <tobias.verbeke at gmail.com>:> Zeljko Vrba wrote: >> >> On Sun, May 03, 2009 at 03:27:43AM -0500, Erin Hodgess wrote: >>> >>> Is it possible to run R on a netbook/mini, please? >>>>> There should be no reason not to be possible, if the notebook uses an >> OS that R supports. > > For the eeepc, e.g., documentation has been contributed on the R wiki > > http://wiki.r-project.org/rwiki/doku.php?id=getting-started:installation:eeepc > > HTH, > Tobias > > ______________________________________________ > R-help at r-project.org mailing list > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html > and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. >-- John C Frain Economics Department Trinity College Dublin Dublin 2 Ireland www.tcd.ie/Economics/staff/frainj/home.html mailto:frainj at tcd.ie mailto:frainj at gmail.com
Thanks to everyone for their great advice! Sincerely, Erin On Sun, May 3, 2009 at 2:13 PM, John C Frain <frainj at gmail.com> wrote:> On the basic eee pc 701 it I have installed Ubuntu 9.04 netbook remix > on an SD card. ?This appears to work well. ?The WiFi card was > recognised and it was possible to install R, emacs and ess in the same > way as with ordinary Ubuntu. ?I dont expect to break any speed records > but R emacs and openoffice do work. Updated Ubuntu is much more up to > date al nd more flexible than the original Xandros. ?Octave, Maxima > and Gret also appear to work > > Best ?Regards > > John > > 2009/5/3 Tobias Verbeke <tobias.verbeke at gmail.com>: >> Zeljko Vrba wrote: >>> >>> On Sun, May 03, 2009 at 03:27:43AM -0500, Erin Hodgess wrote: >>>> >>>> Is it possible to run R on a netbook/mini, please? >>>>>> There should be no reason not to be possible, if the notebook uses an >>> OS that R supports. >> >> For the eeepc, e.g., documentation has been contributed on the R wiki >> >> http://wiki.r-project.org/rwiki/doku.php?id=getting-started:installation:eeepc >> >> HTH, >> Tobias >> >> ______________________________________________ >> R-help at r-project.org mailing list >> https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help >> PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html >> and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. >> > > > > -- > John C Frain > Economics Department > Trinity College Dublin > Dublin 2 > Ireland > www.tcd.ie/Economics/staff/frainj/home.html > mailto:frainj at tcd.ie > mailto:frainj at gmail.com > > ______________________________________________ > R-help at r-project.org mailing list > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html > and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. >-- Erin Hodgess Associate Professor Department of Computer and Mathematical Sciences University of Houston - Downtown mailto: erinm.hodgess at gmail.com