<div dir="ltr">Background:<div><br></div><div>I need to run SPSS on a computer, and there is a good likelihood that it would have to be a Windows machine (licensing issues mean that the packages available to me are MacOS and Windows only, though SPSS V.21 is also available for Linux).<div>
<br></div><div>My laptop and Netbook are dual boot, but the latter is too weak and lacks enough memory to deal with production class data sets, and the former runs Linux and I need to keep it that way. It is not strong enough or with enough memory to run a virtual machine in Linux without killing performance on everything else.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Question:</div><div><br></div><div>I need a new/used computer, probably a desktop and not laptop (price), with enough processing power and memory (multi-core, 4-8 GB RAM, 2 might suffice but should be easy to expand), with a legitimate licensed version Windows (could be 7, or even XP - I prefer not 8) preinstalled, preferably in Israel (that is, so it would not give me grief with word processing). I don't need a monitor or keyboard, just the box itself, with VGA pin output (15 pin RGB connector to low end flat screen monitor, with no HDMI, etc. ports).</div>
<div><br></div><div>Any suggestions where I could find one AT A FAIR PRICE? What price is considered a fair price, for that matter?</div><div><br></div><div>Epilogue</div><div><br></div><div>PLEASE, please, please stick to the question and don't get sidetracked. I am looking for suggestions regarding a cheap, powerful, new/used box. Focus on that point.</div>
<div><br></div><div>I know about R and PSPP and a bunch of other programs that run on *nix, and I am not going to use them now. I also know that I can conceivably run light footprint emulators or hypervisors, and I am not going to reconfigure my laptop to run Xen and Wine, or any of them, either, until I have a powerful spare machine, which is never. I am not going to shop in Tiger Direct in Miami or any other discount US store until such time I am there<meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8">, and I am not interested in moral discussions about OSS or views and opinions about what I am doing. Just advice about cheap hardware.</div>
<meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><div><br clear="all"><div>Thanks so much,</div></div></div><div><br></div><div>Z.</div></div>