More information on the ISIS project is available at their web site . For clarity, this discussion will be divided into two separate topics. The first topic is of interest to those purchasing new systems specifically to run the ISIS client software. It is also of interest to those who are purchasing new systems for other needs but anticipate a need to run the ISIS client when the system becomes operational in late 1998. PeopleSoft has said they will also support a Macintosh platform, but configuration recommendations are not yet available.
Group provides the following advice on configuration decisions.
The basic approach should be to buy a system with a reasonable expectation of satisfying needs for the next two years, rather than a system with just enough capability to handle current needs. Memory chips are cheap and very little savings can be realized by minimizing memory configurations. The cost in performance, staff productivity and support can be quite high if memory configurations are insufficient. Memory problems should not arise with 32 MB configurations. Typical hard disk size has increased greatly in the last few years.