Thanks mate =) I'll just ask my boss to ask the Mac to be configured to 1TB internal space. Shouldn't be much of a problem. Cheers, On Wed, Apr 1, 2020 at 8:22 PM Taylor Hanayik <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Hi, > > > > The computer specs you listed will be fine for running FSL on a Macbook > pro. Note that you will not be able to use any of the accelerated GPU > programs unless you have a Linux operating system and an NVIDIA graphics > card though. If you are already using a mac, and are happy with your FSL > workflow, then you should be fine. A quick word of caution, 256 GB is not > much storage space for many modern neuroimaging datasets. You may find that > you’ll quickly fill that up when you install all your software and begin to > work on data. Make sure you have a lot of external storage if you choose a > smaller internal hard drive in your mac. > > > > Good luck! > > > > > > Cheers, > > > Taylor Hanayik PhD > > Analysis Research Software Engineer > Wellcome Center for Integrative Neuroimaging (FMRIB) > University of Oxford > [log in to unmask] > > > > > > > > > > > > *From: *FSL - FMRIB's Software Library <[log in to unmask]> on behalf of > Sebastian Quezada Rojas <[log in to unmask]> > *Reply to: *FSL - FMRIB's Software Library <[log in to unmask]> > *Date: *Wednesday, 1 April 2020 at 04:22 > *To: *"[log in to unmask]" <[log in to unmask]> > *Subject: *[FSL] Buying hardware to run FSL, recommendation? > > > > Dear experts, > > > > Thanks so much for your help with all the FSL issues I had in the past. > Since I'm now progressing in the course and my lab head is happy about it, > she's planing on buying me a Mac to do this analyses long-term. So far I've > been leeching off my wife's Mac. > > > > I was wondering tho, since the FSL Wiki website does not give too much > detail on the system requirements, what should I ask for? Will I be good > with a Macbook Pro with a 256 GB SSD, 1.4GHz quad‑core Intel Core i5 and 8 > GB memory? > > > > Thanks! > > > > ######################################################################## > > > > To unsubscribe from the FSL list, click the following link: > > https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?SUBED1=FSL&A=1 > > > > ------------------------------ > > To unsubscribe from the FSL list, click the following link: > https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?SUBED1=FSL&A=1 > -- *Sebastian A. Quezada Rojas* Biotechnology Engineer, MSc, PhD. Postdoctoral Fellow, NeuroDevelopment, Protection and Repair (NDPR) Laboratory, School of Health and Biomedical Sciences, RMIT University Melbourne, Australia Tel: +61 448 283 303 ######################################################################## To unsubscribe from the FSL list, click the following link: https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?SUBED1=FSL&A=1