Hi
I would tend to go with a system type that you're familiar and happy
with, rather than buying into someone else's idea of the best system.
So if you are used to running any particular type (Windows, OSX,
Linux), I'd spend a little time setting it up on what you've
currently got and see if you can do what you want, and where you want
it to perform better. Of course, you get a much wider range of
available hardware if you go for Linux or Windows (unless you really
want to build a Hackintosh).
Most (or at least enough to be able to process data & solve
structures) of the software out there has been ported to the popular
platforms, and it's likely that in the short term at least, that
you'd be more productive in not having to learn a new environment,
with all its idiosyncrasies...
>
>>> Dear list,
>>> I haven't seen the "crystallographic computing platform" thread come
>>> up for a while, and I've got a chance to upgrade my desktop to a
>>> workstation, so I thought I'd ask the CCP4BB for advice on:
>>>
>>> 1. Mac vs. Linux (which flavor?) vs. Windows
>>> 2. Graphics cards
>>> 3. Displays
>>> 4. Processors - multiple processors, multiple cores? Speed?
>>>
>>> About half of what I do involves ~1.0 A X-ray structures - data
>>> processing, rebuilding in Coot, refinement, and so forth - so my
>>> current desktop (Optiplex GX745, Radeon X1300) machine drags on
>>> graphics sometimes. I don't seem to need stereo these days, for what
>>> it's worth.
>>>
>>> Anybody have suggestions or specs they'd like to share? Thanks in
>>> anticipation of your advice.
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>> Anna Gardberg
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>
Harry
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Dr Harry Powell, MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, MRC Centre, Hills
Road, Cambridge, CB2 2QH
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