CCP4bb, Looking for some thoughts related to the cost / benefit of the recently released Apple Silicon.
Like many labs, the 27” iMacs have been the backbone of our computational power for structural biology in recent years. I bought a couple of the 24” iMacs with the M1 recently but had held off hoping for the 27” refresh this Spring before outfitting the lab further. As many might know as of yesterday, the refresh isn’t coming and the 27” iMac is being replaced with Mac Studio (tower – display). So, I wanted to tap into the collective wisdom of the CCP4bb to see if there were any thoughts on when the hardware starts to outpace the current and near-term software capabilities of CCP4. In other words, for the price what in the Apple line up makes the most sense. The 24” iMacs strike me as a bit anemic for future proofing, but the Ultra Mac Studio (plus monitor) Seems a bit overkill. Scott -- Scott Pegan Professor Division of Biomedical Sciences School of Medicine University of California Riverside 205 SOM Research Building 900 University Avenue Riverside, CA 92521-0001 (951) 827 7907 [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> ######################################################################## 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/
