Hi Julie,
Thanks a lot for your response.
Our Matlab version is actually even older (unless the version you indicated
-2008- was a typo?), but it's good to know 2008 works well.
I read the thread you're referring to (parallel/multi-core processing), not
sure if it affects Windows/Mac differently, since the windows OS was
bootcamp-installed on the Mac.. Our Mac is a 2x2.26GHz Quad-Core Intel Xeon
(6GB memory); in Windows, though, the memory is restricted to 1.8GHz.. You
say your Windows is installed through Parallels (not Bootcamp), wonder if
the use of Parallels vs. Bootcamp influences how well either side will
perform..?
So if I understand correctly, the Mac option might be a good one if the Mac
has much better specs. But since Matlab is generally much slower on Macs
than Windows, running SPM on Mac - even on a great machine -, we might not
be better off than running it on a less impressive Windows?
This surely is an oversimplification, but does it mean it comes down to SPM
on Mac suffering fewer crashes and being able to do more if/thanks to strong
specs, but being overall slower than on Windows?
[Of course, that's assuming one's version of Matlab is new enough to work
properly and efficiently on Mac Snow Leopard..]
Thanks!
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