Hi,
An iMac with 4GB RAM and plenty of spare hard disk (for swap) would
handle pretty much anything quite well, unless you had really huge
processing (e.g. >100 subjects in TBSS or lots of subjects*timepoints
in a group-ICA analysis), in which case things would slow down due to
swapping. But in general this should be a good machine.
Cheers, Steve.
On 29 Nov 2007, at 19:05, Jeremy Bronson wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Thanks for the feedback, everyone. I'm curious whether the
> shortcomings of iMacs w/ 4GB RAM would be absolute showstoppers, or
> would they merely underperform in a few tasks? I'd appreciate if
> anyone could tell me exactly which functions might be hindered or
> completely unusable with such a configuration. Thanks again!
>
> Cheers,
> Jeremy
>
> ----- Original Message ----
> From: Steve Smith <[log in to unmask]>
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Sent: Wednesday, November 21, 2007 10:34:03 PM
> Subject: Re: [FSL] Viability of new iMac Core2Duo models for FSL?
>
>
> Hi,
>
> Yes we have quite a lot of these and they are very nice desktops. You
> can probably get more bang for your buck if you find a good value
> linux Intel box but the iMacs are really nice to use. The comments
> about 4GB RAM being perfectly adequate for _most_ FSL jobs are exactly
>
> right.
>
> Cheers, Steve.
>
>
>
>
> On 21 Nov 2007, at 22:30, Jeremy Bronson wrote:
>
>> Hi All,
>>
>> I'm in the market for a few new workstations for FSL analysis and
>> other neuroimaging applications, and wondered if anyone is using the
>
>> new Intel iMac models in their environment. I seem to remember that
>
>> Oxford has a handful of them, and the ones I've used so far have
>> seemed quite capable, but I haven't seen any FSL-specific benchmarks
>
>> or reports. Seems like they have quite a bit of bang for the buck,
>> though. Also, would their 4GB RAM limit be a serious bottleneck for
>
>> FSL?
>>
>> Thanks for any input, and hope those in the States have a nice
>> holiday weekend.
>>
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Jeremy Bronson
>>
>> IT Administrator
>> Frey Neuroimaging Lab
>> University of Oregon
>
>
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
> Stephen M. Smith, Professor of Biomedical Engineering
> Associate Director, Oxford University FMRIB Centre
>
> FMRIB, JR Hospital, Headington, Oxford OX3 9DU, UK
> +44 (0) 1865 222726 (fax 222717)
> [log in to unmask] http://www.fmrib.ox.ac.uk/~steve
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>
>
> Hi,
>
> Thanks for the feedback, everyone. I'm curious whether the
> shortcomings of iMacs w/ 4GB RAM would be absolute showstoppers, or
> would they merely underperform in a few tasks? I'd appreciate if
> anyone could tell me exactly which functions might be hindered or
> completely unusable with such a configuration. Thanks again!
>
> Cheers,
> Jeremy
>
> ----- Original Message ----
> From: Steve Smith <[log in to unmask]>
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Sent: Wednesday, November 21, 2007 10:34:03 PM
> Subject: Re: [FSL] Viability of new iMac Core2Duo models for FSL?
>
>
> Hi,
>
> Yes we have quite a lot of these and they are very nice desktops. You
> can probably get more bang for your buck if you find a good value
> linux Intel box but the iMacs are really nice to use. The comments
> about 4GB RAM being perfectly adequate for _most_ FSL jobs are exactly
>
> right.
>
> Cheers, Steve.
>
>
>
>
> On 21 Nov 2007, at 22:30, Jeremy Bronson wrote:
>
>> Hi All,
>>
>> I'm in the market for a few new workstations for FSL analysis and
>> other neuroimaging applications, and wondered if anyone is using the
>
>> new Intel iMac models in their environment. I seem to remember that
>
>> Oxford has a handful of them, and the ones I've used so far have
>> seemed quite capable, but I haven't seen any FSL-specific benchmarks
>
>> or reports. Seems like they have quite a bit of bang for the buck,
>> though. Also, would their 4GB RAM limit be a serious bottleneck for
>
>> FSL?
>>
>> Thanks for any input, and hope those in the States have a nice
>> holiday weekend.
>>
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Jeremy Bronson
>>
>> IT Administrator
>> Frey Neuroimaging Lab
>> University of Oregon
>
>
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
> Stephen M. Smith, Professor of Biomedical Engineering
> Associate Director, Oxford University FMRIB Centre
>
> FMRIB, JR Hospital, Headington, Oxford OX3 9DU, UK
> +44 (0) 1865 222726 (fax 222717)
> [log in to unmask] http://www.fmrib.ox.ac.uk/~steve
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
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FMRIB, JR Hospital, Headington, Oxford OX3 9DU, UK
+44 (0) 1865 222726 (fax 222717)
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