Keep in mind the updated 15" MacBook Pro is slated to come out soon (sounds like early summer). Probably won't have more RAM but is supposed to have a new processor. If you can hold off for a couple months I would suggest waiting as these haven't been updated in almost a year.
Rob On Thu, Apr 2, 2015 at 7:03 AM, xaravich ivan <xaravich.i...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hello everyone, > I am planing to buy a new Mac laptop (price no bar) which will let me run > all xtallographic (CCP4 and Phenix) and reasonable Rosetta Molecular > Modelling (1000 to 10000 decoys) softwares smoothly. > > What in your opinion is the best configuration. (RAM, memory, number and > speed of processors, graphics card etc.) Also I am buying a Mac display > separately so that I have a big screen for easy visualization of models, > COOT etc. > > I know that powerful Mac desktops can make life much easier but here I am > specifically interested in Mac laptops only. > > As always thanks in advance and I will post all the suggestions > anonymously for others with same query. > > ivan >