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Dear Tristan & Jon, thanks very much for sharing your experience! Kind regards, Domen On Wed, Feb 13, 2019 at 2:22 PM Jon Agirre <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Dear Domen, > > I bought a Lenovo Thinkpad p72 for both MX and cryoEM work last year and I > am generally happy. The Xeon CPUs do get hot from time to time when > governor is set to performance, but the thing is well ventilated and not > too noisy. > > The Quadro GPU I have is, performance-wise, equivalent to a GTX 1070, so > good enough for Cuda too. Works well in Ubuntu as soon as you get rid of > the nouveau driver. > > Also, if you find a 17” laptop too big for you, there are smaller > alternatives in the same line. > > Am no Lenovo fan, but I find this machine offers similar or better > performance than that of a gaming laptop, but without all the flashy skully > flamboyances. > > Best wishes, > Jon > > On Wed, 13 Feb 2019 at 14:09, Domen Zafred <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > >> Dear CCP4 community, >> >> My 8-year-old Dell Inspiron with Ubuntu 10 is waving goodbye and I would >> ask for some help on this bulletin as buying/setting up a new workstation >> is common trouble in our community. >> Has anyone recently set up a laptop for structural work with all the MD, >> docking, etc. *in silico *simulations? Is dual boot Linux/Win still a >> thing, or do you rather run Windows virtually (which VM software)? Are >> there any known issues with Nvidia Quadro P series GPUs or Intel i5&i7 >> processors? Has anyone tried Xeon/ECC on a laptop? Does Ubuntu LTS still >> win the hearts of non-enthusiasts? >> >> Any successfully tested laptops (with names and/or listed configuration) >> are very welcome and any answers that include fruits or hamburger names may >> be kindly avoided :) >> >> Thanks a lot, >> >> Domen >> >> >> >> >> >> ------------------------------ >> >> To unsubscribe from the CCP4BB list, click the following link: >> https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?SUBED1=CCP4BB&A=1 >> > -- > Dr Jon Agirre > Royal Society University Research Fellow > York Structural Biology Laboratory / Department of Chemistry > University of York, Heslington, YO10 5DD, York, UK > http://www.york.ac.uk/chemistry/research/ysbl/people/staff/jagirre/ > Office: /B/K/065 Phone: +44 (0) 1904 32 8252 > Twitter: @alwaysonthejazz > ######################################################################## To unsubscribe from the CCP4BB list, click the following link: https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?SUBED1=CCP4BB&A=1