Are there no closet windows-users on this list to respond? Shall we have a coming-out day?
Question--do macs have multiple-button mice? Last I checked they had only one button, which seemed almost criminal. JPK On Thu, Aug 9, 2012 at 10:14 AM, Quentin Delettre <q...@hotmail.fr> wrote: > Le 09/08/2012 16:58, Nat Echols a écrit : > > On Thu, Aug 9, 2012 at 6:55 AM, Jacob Keller >> <j-keller2@fsm.northwestern.**edu <j-kell...@fsm.northwestern.edu>> >> wrote: >> >>> one. Are there any really reasonable arguments for preferring Mac over >>> windows (or linux) with regard to crystallography? What can Mac/Linux do >>> that windows cannot (especially considering that there is Cygwin)? What >>> wonderful features am I missing? >>> >> Mac vs. Linux: mostly a matter of personal preference, but I agree >> with Graeme. Most programs run equally well on either - with Coot a >> partial exception, apparently due to problems with the X11 >> implementation (but once you get used to these, it's not a big deal). >> >> Windows, on the other hand, simply doesn't support the full range of >> modern crystallography software. And in my experience, it has >> crippling flaws that mean some programs will always work better on >> Mac/Linux. I wouldn't ever endorse trying to use Windows for serious >> scientific computing unless you need to run an application that won't >> work on any other OS, and as far as I know there isn't a single >> (macromolecular) crystallography program that falls into this >> category. >> >> -Nat >> >> >> > I have seen that in the last Mac Os, X11 have been removed... But can > still be used with some package installation. > -- ******************************************* Jacob Pearson Keller Northwestern University Medical Scientist Training Program email: j-kell...@northwestern.edu *******************************************
