What do you mean by similar specs? G4 vs Intel, G5 vs Intel, Intel vs
other x86...
From my experience others (mainly crystallographers) here, it seems
fine. The newer Intel Macs and G5s should be a no issue! High end G4s
should be OK too.
I didn't find an advantage with linux PC of reasonable specs over a
G5 (my experience), especially having X11 in fullscreen mode and
Window Maker as WM.
On 29 Nov 2006, at 12:00 pm, Dr Andy Herbert wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Does anyone have an idea of the relative performance of analysis on
> macs
> versus a linux box of similar specs? I'm considering changing our
> network to use macs rather than linux boxes so I'm also interested to
> hear about any other issues regarding using macs for spectral
> analysis/
> structure calculations.
>
> Cheers
>
> Andy
>
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