Hi Antony In theory (TM) things should just work with Rosetta 2 - how well they work is a matter for some debate and I think there will be a lot of eyes on non-Apple benchmarks of this system.
I would guess though that it will be inevitable that we (DIALS, CCP4, the community, …) need to natively support the system eventually as these are pretty popular type machines. Also, I suspect the M2 or whatever will appear in higher end MacBook pro’s could be very interesting I’d certainly say ignoring the new architecture would be a poor choice… Cheers Graeme > On 11 Nov 2020, at 09:21, Antony Oliver <[email protected]> wrote: > > Perhaps this is a little too soon, but does anyone know if the new M1 > system-on-a-chip will continue to run XQuartz/X11 + the CCP4 program suite + > other crystallography / EM software? Will CCP4 continue to support the > platform? > > (a quick check of the GitHub page indicates that there is already an ARM64 > implementation of XQuartz) > > I am not in a rush to purchase the newly announced computers, but am keen to > understand if we are going to need to future-proof ourselves when the entire > family moves over to the new hardware. > > With thanks, > > Antony. > > ######################################################################## > > To unsubscribe from the CCP4BB list, click the following link: > https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/WA-JISC.exe?SUBED1=CCP4BB&A=1 > > This message was issued to members of www.jiscmail.ac.uk/CCP4BB, a mailing > list hosted by www.jiscmail.ac.uk, terms & conditions are available at > https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/policyandsecurity/ -- This e-mail and any attachments may contain confidential, copyright and or privileged material, and are for the use of the intended addressee only. If you are not the intended addressee or an authorised recipient of the addressee please notify us of receipt by returning the e-mail and do not use, copy, retain, distribute or disclose the information in or attached to the e-mail. Any opinions expressed within this e-mail are those of the individual and not necessarily of Diamond Light Source Ltd. Diamond Light Source Ltd. cannot guarantee that this e-mail or any attachments are free from viruses and we cannot accept liability for any damage which you may sustain as a result of software viruses which may be transmitted in or with the message. Diamond Light Source Limited (company no. 4375679). Registered in England and Wales with its registered office at Diamond House, Harwell Science and Innovation Campus, Didcot, Oxfordshire, OX11 0DE, United Kingdom ######################################################################## To unsubscribe from the CCP4BB list, click the following link: https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/WA-JISC.exe?SUBED1=CCP4BB&A=1 This message was issued to members of www.jiscmail.ac.uk/CCP4BB, a mailing list hosted by www.jiscmail.ac.uk, terms & conditions are available at https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/policyandsecurity/
