Well, its time to get a new mac. I've got a 17" powerbook, so the obvious solution is to get a macbook pro when the next batch comes out.
But I'm kinda thinking about a desktop instead. I can keep the powerbook chugging along for another year, maybe two. And get now a killer desktop. So the question comes up: for FRIAMers having both a laptop and a desktop: what is your strategy for keeping the two in synch? Or do you bother -- instead doing some sorts of things on the desktop, and other stuff on the desktop, with a small intersection. A lot of my work is could really benefit by having great performance. For example, here's a prototype applet for studying stadium evacuation: http://www.backspaces.net/models/Stadium/applet/ You can change the settings via the keyboard, and navigate the 3D space via the mouse. To really make it struggle, type "f" to bring in a real stadium, then "0" to make a 100K agents. I get about 1.4 fps. To really slow it down further, hit "s" twice which makes the shape be a 3D box. This can crawl along at around .5 fps or so. I went into our local apple shop and it seemed to me that I could double that with the latest hardware, with the desktops doing even better. So just interested what folks do who still have desktops and laptops both. -- Owen Owen Densmore 505-988-3787 http://backspaces.net Redfish Group: 505-995-0206 http://redfish.com http://friam.org/ ============================================================ FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org
