For comparison these are the numbers of my 2 year old, 3 GHZ 10 core iMac Pro
running j903-e under Catalina
5 timespacex '%. 1000 1000 ?@$0'
0.172711 4.40422e7
10 timespacex '%. 20 20 ?@$1000x'
0.770374 734112
From what I have heard, Ian's Mac mini with the X1 chip could outperform it.
Cheers, bob
> On Mar 14, 2021, at 08:27, Joey K Tuttle <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> @Ian
>
> Of course, I would like to see my goto benchmarks -
>
> 5 timespace '%. 1000 1000 ?@$0'
> 0.226458 44042240
> timespace '%. 20 20 ?@$1000x'
> 1.085014 727200
>
> Those times were on a 2.7 GHz i5 MacBook in j903-e
>
> - joey
>
>> On 2021Mar 13, at 22:48, Ian Clark <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>> @ Mike
>> The short answer to your questions: yes, and yes.
>>
>> To date there's only 3 Mac models with the M1 chip: two laptops and the Mac
>> Mini.
>> I've just bought the Mac mini running under Big Sur for dedicated Xcode,
>> which is painfully slow on my old MBA.
>>
>> Well…!
>> This is the most painless Mac I've ever bought (I own 4 now, some very
>> old). Setup was fast, and went as it should.
>> Mind you, I'd only installed Xcode from App Store and transferred none of
>> my code and data. I hadn't even installed J.
>> But seeing your post I thought I'd install first j901 then j902.
>>
>> Both installations proceeded identically, and just as they had for my MBA
>> running Catalina.
>> I wrote a log as I did the steps, which I'll omit here. Ask to see it if
>> you want.
>>
>> Basically I followed the instructions on the jwiki page:
>> System/Installation/j902/zips
>> first clicking the link: j902_mac64.zip
>>
>> Once installed, j902 offered me 3 icons on my desktop. I ran the green J
>> named jqt902.
>> After 24 bounces in the Dock, the jqt "Term" window appeared.
>> (don't worry: it re-launches with scarcely one bounce.)
>>
>> I then entered:
>> load'plot'
>> plot 2000?2000
>> The plot window appeared immediately, filled with a dense scribble.
>>
>> Summary: the Mac mini runs absurdly fast, and I've found it no trouble to
>> use. To-date it has done everything I've thrown at it.
>>
>> Bill is right: there's no J engine for the M1 chip as-yet. So it's got to
>> be transparently running the new Rosetta emulator for Intel code. I haven't
>> timed any J benchmarks: would someone care to offer me one?
>>
>> Ian Clark
>>
>>
>> On Sat, 13 Mar 2021 at 20:00, Michael P. Manti <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>> I am considering buying a new M1 Mac to replace my aging 2014 MacBook Pro.
>>> Is J supported on macOS Big Sur? Is it supported on the M1 chips?
>>>
>>> I any members of the forum have tested J out on the M1 Macs, I would
>>> appreciate any advice that they have to share.
>>>
>>> Thanks!
>>>
>>> Mike
>>>
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