Discussion on what runs/does not run under windows has moved me to asked is there a somewhat preferred platform of Linux vs. OSX. I am replacing an 8 year old Mac Pro, big silver box, as it really is slowing down comparatively speaking and 8 years is a good run for a computer and it will get re-purposed in the lab. I have been looking at fairly high end workstations since I tend to keep them a while and at that upper ends it appears the prices start to become similar. Little hard to make direct comparisons but I am looking at an Intel Xeon, reasonable amount of memory etc.... I originally was leaning towards a Mac Pro but given Apple's tendency to only give you outputs and inputs of their choice I am not sure on that now. So any opinions welcome. I am equally happy using Linux or OSX.
Cheers, Len Leonard M. Thomas Ph.D. Macromolecular Crystallography Laboratory Oklahoma COBRE in Structural Biology Price Family Foundation Institute of Structural Biology Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry University of Oklahoma Stephenson Life Sciences Research Center 101 Stephenson Parkway Norman, OK 73019 405-325-1126 lmtho...@ou.edu http://barlywine.chem.ou.edu http://structuralbiology.ou.edu