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Having unsuccesfully tried to install Ubuntu on two different computer systems where it should just work, I'll speak up in defense of the new Core 2 MacBook Pro. Note however that I did return the prior generation after 10 days in March after experiencing CPU noise and excessive heat. One of the unspoken rules about Apple is that you never buy the A revision of any hardware product. Instead, give'em 9 months to work out the bugs, and you'll be much happier with the result. So far, this new MBP hasn't had any problems, and now have it triple-booting MacOS, Linux, and Vista (MSDN final release), while also running WinXP under Parallels in Mac OS X. As a comment on x86 virtualization software, it seems quite good enough for everything *except* OpenGL/3D graphics. Windows, Windows versions of Office, Internet Explorer, Windows Media and all that you associate with ordinary Windows works perfectly under Parallels Mac OS X desktop. Booting a virtual WinXP is faster than a real XP, you also get the long-term sleep/suspend performance of Apple laptops, and when you're in full-screen mode, you really can't tell that you're not running a Windows laptop. I believe the this all applies to virtualized Linux also, although I haven't tried it myself yet. Parallels vitualization is so good that I'm finding the triple boot only necessary for OS-specific PyMOL testing, where access to native OpenGL hardware is mandatory. I would expect CCP4i (but not mg) to work great under Linux as a guest OS on top of Mac OS X too. By the way, avoid Vista if you do 3D visualization! It does not yet support native OpenGL on common hardware, and it is unclear whether that will change before the January release. Cheers, Warren -- DeLano Scientific LLC Site: 541-F Cowper St., Palo Alto, CA 94301-1803, USA Voice: 1-650-283-6945 Fax: 1-650-989-4082 US Mail: P.O. Box 1118, Palo Alto, CA 94302-1118, USA -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of William Scott Sent: Thursday, November 30, 2006 7:08 AM To: shivesh kumar Cc: [email protected] Subject: Re: [ccp4bb]: laptop for ccp4i *** For details on how to be removed from this list visit the *** *** CCP4 home page http://www.ccp4.ac.uk *** Either a PC laptop or Apple would be fine. I just bought a new MacBook and after the salesman assured me it was the latest and greatest, it was obsolete 4 days later, has had serious battery problems, random shutdowns, and so forth. Meanwhile the new version allegedly corrected this. But this has put me in a pretty foul mood with respect to Apple recently, so I am going to recommend any good cheap PC laptop and install a good free Linux distribution that is pleasant to use and maintain, like Ubuntu Linux. On Thu, 30 Nov 2006, shivesh kumar wrote: > Dear all, > For installing CCP4i and CNS and other graphics program which laptop I > should buy.Whether it should be of linux operating system of any > other.Howabout HP pavillion.Any suggestion is welcome. > Thanx in advance. > S >
