Date:         Mon, 22 Jan 2001 12:46:06 -0800
Reply-To:     Dennis Deck <dennis_deck@RMCCORP.COM>
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From:         Dennis Deck <dennis_deck@RMCCORP.COM>
Subject:      Re: SPSS 10 on Windows 2000
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With 10.0.7 on a new W2K 1ghz machine we benchmarked a couple analyses and
found poor performance compared to an older (<500mhz) machine. We
"downgraded" to Win98 and saw dramatic improvement.

Results for a computational intensive job were:
  Comparison machine (Win98)  1:49
  New machine with Win2000    3:15
  New machine with Win98      0:26

I'm interested in the experience of others to ensure that there weren't
other installation issues involved.

    Dennis Deck, Ph.D.
    RMC Research Corporation
    522 SW Fifth, Suite 1407
    Portland, OR  97204
    (800)788-1887
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-----Original Message-----
From: Mark Casazza [mailto:casazzam@ADELPHI.EDU]
Sent: Thursday, January 18, 2001 8:09 AM
Subject: Re: SPSS 10 on Windows 2000


I've also been using 10.0.7 on a W2K machine since August and haven't had
any problems.  In fact, it is a substantial improvement over my work machine
also using 10.0.7 but on NT4.  FWIW, my work machine is a 500 Mhz P3 and my
home machine is an 800 Mhz P3, both have 256 MB of RAM.  I too wonder if a
Celeron chip can handle it.

Mark Casazza
home: mvcasazza@earthlink.net
work: casazza@adelphi.edu

"Those who cast the votes decide nothing.
Those who count the votes decide everything."
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----- Original Message -----
From: "John Kuster" <KusterJ@TEN-NASH.TEN.K12.TN.US>
Newsgroups: bit.listserv.spssx-l
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Sent: Thursday, January 18, 2001 10:02 AM
Subject: Re: SPSS 10 on Windows 2000


> Version 10.0.7 was the first that SPSS claimed compatible w/ Win2K.  I've
been
> using that combo for several months and not run into a problem with
recode.
> Have you been tracking which version you've had a problem with (might it
occur
> only with earlier versions)?  Have the problems been with particular
> workstations (I'm wondering if a Celeron has enough horsepower)?
>
> Jonathan Kajeckas wrote:
>
> > We've done various tests with SPSS 10 (and 10.01, 10.05, 10.07, and now
> > 10.1) under Windows 2000 and have found significant performance
problems.
> > The most common symptom has been that the program hangs in the middle of
> > processing a syntax file with several recode statements; this syntax had
> > worked quickly and without incident in SPSS version 9. In the latest
> > release, version 10.1, the syntax will run if fed in small sections, but
> > not when run all at once. I'd be interested to know whether others have
had
> > similar experiences, and in any tips people might have. We've turned off
> > journaling and increased the Special Workspace Memory Limit to 1024K.
The
> > usual hardware is a 566 Celeron with 128MB RAM.
> >
> > Jonathan Kajeckas
> > IT Liaison for Morton
> > 1-1959
>