A dual boot laptop is all you need. I always reinstall the windows to get rid of bloatware anyway. If you are going to buy a mac, you can also try the triple boot, but I don't think anybody is doing it. Although it is very convenient, a virtual machine will affect the performance of the software. Nowadays booting machine is very fast using a good SSD (under 7 second). So it is really not a big trouble comparing before. I am using a sub $400 laptop, and everything runs really well under Ubuntu including model building software.
Nian On Sun, Aug 28, 2011 at 9:23 PM, Jacob Keller < j-kell...@fsm.northwestern.edu> wrote: > Dear Crystallographers, > > are there any additional problems or known issues running ccp4 or > other xtal software on windows 7 (beyond those of Vista, etc.?) Your > input would be really appreciate before I sink my own personal $$$ > into a new laptop.... > > Jacob Keller > > > > -- > ******************************************* > Jacob Pearson Keller > Northwestern University > Medical Scientist Training Program > cel: 773.608.9185 > email: j-kell...@northwestern.edu > ******************************************* >
