It is mainly the OS version, yet, sometimes the same OS can run on very different architectures (eg. on 32bit or 64 bit systems, or even tablets and phones), which could affect results. Starting with Lion, OSX only runs on 64 bit systems though.

Best, Martin

On 01/05/2016 02:09 AM, Kasper Jessen wrote:
Thank you for your reply.

Okay - so if i understand it correctly, then both the OS version and the computer system (i.e processor) has to be the same.

What is the reason for the processer has to be the same?

Best regards,
Kasper Jessen


2016-01-04 15:31 GMT+01:00 Martin Reuter <mreu...@nmr.mgh.harvard.edu <mailto:mreu...@nmr.mgh.harvard.edu>>:

    Hi Kasper,

    this is because you use two different version of the OS (each
    coming with different sets of libraries). 11.4.2 is Lion from
    2012. 13.4.0 is Mavericks from 2014.

    You don't need to keep the computer fixed, but the OS should be
    the same (= here same means same version) and the system (ie
    processor).

    Cheers, Martin



    On 01/04/2016 05:58 AM, Kasper Jessen wrote:
    Dear freesurfer,

    As i understand from a previous forum thread, it is recommended
    that all the data is run on the same computer with the same
    operating system.

    However, what is the reason for the differing results when I am
    running the same 10 subjects on a MacPro and iMac respectively
    (please see below):

    *MacPro:*
    build-stamp.txt: freesurfer-Darwin-lion-stable-pub-v5.3.0
    13.4.0 Darwin Kernel Version 13.4.0

    *iMac: *
    build-stamp.txt: freesurfer-Darwin-lion-stable-pub-v5.3.0
    11.4.2 Darwin Kernel Version 11.4.2

    All the values are different. For example, the
    lh_caudalmiddlefrontal_thickness is on the iMac 2.472 and on the
    MacPro 2.537.

    Is it because of a randomization generator in FreeSurfer?

    Best regards,
    Kasper Jessen


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