There are some windows only software, for example 3ds Max. But you have a point, you probably don't need linux system in this case.
Nian On Tue, Aug 30, 2011 at 1:55 AM, Antony Oliver <antony.oli...@sussex.ac.uk>wrote: > Erm, somewhat confused — if you are going to buy a Mac — why would you > need (or want!) a triple boot system? It all seems to work just fine on OS > X. > > Tony. > > On 30 Aug 2011, at 07:38, Nian Huang wrote: > > 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 >> ******************************************* >> > > >
