I still see no reason to move from unix to NT. :-)
If hardware maintenance is the issue, workstations are much less likely to need
repairs than cheaply built computers. I have only experienced two (disk crashes)
on workstations the last 10 years or so. But SCSI drives are easy and cheap to
replace.
If ease of use is the issue a macintosh operating system would obviously be the
way to go. For those interested there is MAE for Sun and HP workstations
(http://www.mae.apple.com/). Also some spectrometer upgrades includes a Mac
controlled system. In any case training would be no different as the NMR
software is specialized and independent of platform. It is not really the same
as running Word or Excel. Most present 'serious' NMR processing programs are for
various flavours of unix.
If security is the issue a Mac operating system should be the way to go.
Although in my experience security hasn't been a problem on spectrometers. One
could always pull the plug anyway.
Stability and flexibility are the main issues! If someone can prove that an NT
system is significantly more stable, and flexible, than a unix/linux operating
environment I could be willing to go with the clunky NT interface. I would hate
to see a weeklong 43Ca experiment, or triple nucleus nD experiment, or an hour
long human csi experiment, go down the drain because of an 'illegal
operation'...
Spin up!
73, Peter
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