Hi, compared to the M3, the upgrade is mainly about in the number of total cores, ratio between efficiency vs performance cores (6 + 3 or 4), 10 instead of 8 GPU cores, improved neural engine, increased maximum memory capacity (32GB) and 20% increased memory bandwidth (now 120 GB/s). Same is true for CPU max and pro models, numbers have been increased and optimised. Should give a nice 20-25% bump in performance. In addition, the new M4 Macbook pro will have a brighter display, longer battery life and more connections (finally…), all at higher starting prices obviously…..
If all programs run fine on your M2/M3 model after updating to the latest OS version, I would be surprised to hear about problems…. Best, J __ Dr. math. et dis. nat. Jeroen R. Mesters Biological Safety Officer (BBS) Deputy, Lecturer, Program Coordinator Infection Biology Visiting Professorship in Biophysics - University South Bohemia [attachment.png] University of Lübeck Center for Structural and Cell Biology in Medicine Institute of Biochemistry Ratzeburger Allee 160 23562 Lübeck Tel +49 451 3101 3105 https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8532-6699 Am 08.11.2024 um 18:40 schrieb Patrick Loll <[email protected]>: I’m thinking about getting a new laptop before the imbeciles in the new US administration impose massive tariffs on anything made abroad. This would likely involve getting an Apple machine with the new M4 chip. These are only just being released, so it’s obviously too early for people to have tested them with crystallographic packages. However, I wonder if some of the more chip-savvy folks have any predictions? I.e., will there be a long period of tweaking/recompiling before our favorite packages can run happily, or will software that works OK on the M1/M2/M3 machines port easily to the M4 machines? Speculation welcome. Cheers, Pat ————————————————————————————————— Patrick J. Loll, Ph. D. (he, him, his) Professor of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology Drexel University College of Medicine Room 10-102 New College Building 245 N. 15th St., Mailstop 497 Philadelphia, PA 19102 USA (215) 762-7706 [email protected] [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/ ######################################################################## 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/
