Hi all, just wanted to share with you that I purchased Dell Precision 5530 back then and it has been working like a dream for more than 2 years now. Flawlessly running all kind of software in ubuntu, and windows (when needed) as a dual boot or just virtually for easier tasks like Office or similar. Cheers Domen
On Fri, Feb 15, 2019 at 10:10 AM Domen Zafred <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear Tristan & Jon, > thanks very much for sharing your experience! > Kind regards, > Domen > > On Wed, Feb 13, 2019 at 2:22 PM Jon Agirre <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Dear Domen, >> >> I bought a Lenovo Thinkpad p72 for both MX and cryoEM work last year and >> I am generally happy. The Xeon CPUs do get hot from time to time when >> governor is set to performance, but the thing is well ventilated and not >> too noisy. >> >> The Quadro GPU I have is, performance-wise, equivalent to a GTX 1070, so >> good enough for Cuda too. Works well in Ubuntu as soon as you get rid of >> the nouveau driver. >> >> Also, if you find a 17” laptop too big for you, there are smaller >> alternatives in the same line. >> >> Am no Lenovo fan, but I find this machine offers similar or better >> performance than that of a gaming laptop, but without all the flashy skully >> flamboyances. >> >> Best wishes, >> Jon >> >> On Wed, 13 Feb 2019 at 14:09, Domen Zafred <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Dear CCP4 community, >>> >>> My 8-year-old Dell Inspiron with Ubuntu 10 is waving goodbye and I would >>> ask for some help on this bulletin as buying/setting up a new workstation >>> is common trouble in our community. >>> Has anyone recently set up a laptop for structural work with all the MD, >>> docking, etc. *in silico *simulations? Is dual boot Linux/Win still a >>> thing, or do you rather run Windows virtually (which VM software)? Are >>> there any known issues with Nvidia Quadro P series GPUs or Intel i5&i7 >>> processors? Has anyone tried Xeon/ECC on a laptop? Does Ubuntu LTS still >>> win the hearts of non-enthusiasts? >>> >>> Any successfully tested laptops (with names and/or listed configuration) >>> are very welcome and any answers that include fruits or hamburger names may >>> be kindly avoided :) >>> >>> Thanks a lot, >>> >>> Domen >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> ------------------------------ >>> >>> To unsubscribe from the CCP4BB list, click the following link: >>> https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?SUBED1=CCP4BB&A=1 >>> >> -- >> Dr Jon Agirre >> Royal Society University Research Fellow >> York Structural Biology Laboratory / Department of Chemistry >> University of York, Heslington, YO10 5DD, York, UK >> http://www.york.ac.uk/chemistry/research/ysbl/people/staff/jagirre/ >> Office: /B/K/065 Phone: +44 (0) 1904 32 8252 >> Twitter: @alwaysonthejazz >> > ######################################################################## 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/
