Strange, CCP4 and Coot run just fine on my Vista laptop... Have not tried all programs though.
Flip -----Original Message----- From: CCP4 bulletin board [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Scott Pegan Sent: Wednesday, February 20, 2008 22:04 To: CCP4BB@JISCMAIL.AC.UK Subject: Re: [ccp4bb] Vista Deena, If you are going to run windows, have to use XP. I tried vista, and the software wouldn't work. Scott On Wed, February 20, 2008 2:44 pm, Paul Paukstelis wrote: > Or don't buy an OS at all. There are a number of vendors out there that > sell OEM notebooks without OSs. I picked up a Compal IF90 with > WSXGA+ (1680x1050) for a good price. > > --paul > > Yi Zhou wrote: >> I think we are all using Linux, so just choose the cheaper OS (you have >> to delete it anyway). >> >> Yi >> >> On Wed, 2008-02-20 at 15:11 -0500, deena wrote: >>> Hi All, >>> I am about to buy a laptop and find that the XP is twice the price of >>> Vista. Does anyone have positive experience using Vista for >>> crystallographic packages: CCP4, Coot, O, X-plor? or must I still >>> avoid it? >>> >>> >>> Thanks, >>> >>> >>> Deena >>> >>> Deena Abells Oren, PhD >>> Manager, Structural Biology Resource Center >>> Rockefeller University >>> 1230 York Avenue >>> New York, NY 10065-6399 >>> phone: 212- 327-7429 >>> fax: 212-327-7389 >>> >>> >> > > -- > Paul Paukstelis, Ph.D. > Research Associate > Institute for Cellular and Molecular Biology > The University of Texas at Austin > P: 512-471-4778, F: 512-232-3420 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- Scott D. Pegan, Ph.D. Visiting Senior Research Specialist Center for Pharmaceutical Biotechnology University of Illinois at Chicago
