[ccp4bb] Mac pro

2009-01-06 Thread Sheemei
Dear all, I am thinking of getting a apple Mac pro desktop computer. I was wondering does all crystallography programs run on it? I think there are Mac OSX version of CCP4, CNS, SHELX etc. But how about programs in the Uppsala software factory etc?. Also is it difficult to install these

Re: [ccp4bb] Mac pro

2009-01-06 Thread David Briggs
Hi Sheemei. The majority of crystallography programs run under osx, including the Uppsala software factory stuff. Installation has always been very straight forward for me. Bill Scott's webpages will have everything you need to get started. http://sage.ucsc.edu/xtal/ Cheers, David 2009/1/6

Re: [ccp4bb] Mac pro

2009-01-06 Thread JBosch
Hi Sheemel, I assume you are waiting for today's announcements of the i7 core MacPro's ? If not wait another 6 hours before deciding to buy something. Jürgen On 6 Jan 2009, at 06:27, Sheemei wrote: Dear all, I am thinking of getting a apple Mac pro desktop computer. I was wondering does

Re: [ccp4bb] Mac pro

2009-01-06 Thread Derek Logan
I was much more enticed by the proposition of the MacBook Wheel: http://www.theonion.com/content/video/apple_introduces_revolutionary Get your orders in now - there's reportedly a 3-15 month waiting time... Derek ;-) On Jan 6, 2009, week2, at 13:14, JBosch wrote: Hi Sheemel, I assume you

Re: [ccp4bb] Mac pro

2009-01-06 Thread Phil Jeffrey
The Mac Pro is what I use for all my crystallography calculations. The vast majority of programs run, the one major sticking point being the older version of HKL but I believe that HKL2000 may well run on OSX now. I use XDS and/or MOSFLM if I want to reprocess on this machine. With most

Re: [ccp4bb] Mac pro

2009-01-06 Thread Sabuj Pattanayek
with Unix on the Mac. There are also options for virtualization of Windoze and Linux via the software Parallels although I have yet to test this out. If you're trying to purchase a Mac so that you can run MS Office or other Windows only products without dual booting this is no longer

Re: [ccp4bb] Mac pro

2009-01-06 Thread Harry Powell
Hi I use Parallels on my Mac at home for both Windows XP and Ubuntu - it works fine for me when running the more number-crunching parts of CCP4 - haven't really looked at graphics programs like Coot MG. At work I'm running VMWare (Workstation 6.0.0) on a Linux box for Vista, and that,

Re: [ccp4bb] Mac pro

2009-01-06 Thread Warren DeLano
@JISCMAIL.AC.UK Subject: Re: [ccp4bb] Mac pro Hi I use Parallels on my Mac at home for both Windows XP and Ubuntu - it works fine for me when running the more number-crunching parts of CCP4 - haven't really looked at graphics programs like Coot MG. At work I'm running VMWare (Workstation 6.0.0

Re: [ccp4bb] Mac pro

2009-01-06 Thread Nathaniel Echols
There are also options for virtualization of Windoze and Linux via the software Parallels although I have yet to test this out. Parallels is okay; I only use it for testing GUI code on Linux. It doesn't support multiple processors, which probably isn't necessary for most people. The

Re: [ccp4bb] Mac pro

2009-01-06 Thread Sabuj Pattanayek
I assume you are waiting for today's announcements of the i7 core MacPro's ? If not wait another 6 hours before deciding to buy something. hrmm, I was hoping store.apple.com was down due to modifications for this new item, it's back up but no new i7 mac pro ..

Re: [ccp4bb] mac pro configuration for crystallographic computing

2007-06-21 Thread Tim Grune
trying to do, and as soon as they see what they want to see the make a screen shot (not excluding me here). cheers, Tim -Original Message- From: Tim Grune [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: CCP4BB@JISCMAIL.AC.UK Date: Thu, 21 Jun 2007 13:26:54 +1000 Subject: Re: [ccp4bb] mac pro configuration

Re: [ccp4bb] mac pro configuration for crystallographic computing

2007-06-20 Thread Juergen Bosch
Gretchen Meinke wrote: Hi-- I last saw some entries on the Mac Pro Xeon dated ~ April 2007. Were they purchased? Are you happy with them? Does ccp4, mosflm, hkl2000, coot run seamlessly on them? If so, what was the final cost and configuration (we would like stereo). How much memory should

Re: [ccp4bb] mac pro configuration for crystallographic computing

2007-06-20 Thread Tim Grune
On Thursday 21 June 2007 06:50, Juergen Bosch wrote: I don't have one of those beast in my hands unfortunately. But I can verify that all except of HKL2000 (which I don't use, so I don't care/bother to check if there is an OS X version there) of the programs you mentioned run without any

Re: [ccp4bb] Mac Pro questions

2007-04-24 Thread Warren DeLano
@JISCMAIL.AC.UK Subject: [ccp4bb] Mac Pro questions Y'all - We are currently contemplating the purchase of a couple of Mac Pros. Apple has three graphics cards available. Initially, I was leaning towards the ATI Radeon X1900 XT 512MB, but read a lot of horror stories about that card overheating when