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
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From: FSL - FMRIB's Software Library <[log in to unmask]> on behalf of Sebastian Quezada Rojas <[log in to unmask]>
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Date: Wednesday, 1 April 2020 at 04:22
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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!

 

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