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.
