I completely agree with Harry's observation about the glare screen "feature."
I find it is quite literally an almost instant headache. There is an option
with the macbook pro to pay a ransom to get a usable screen, so my wife did.
On my macbook air, I found putting a dull dark grey background
Dear all,
This discussion about OS's seems like a good time to flag up the UEFI
Secure Boot issue, for any of you who haven't heard about it. Quite what
it means for Linux depends on whose commentary you read, but it is just
possible that the carefree days of buying any x86-based system with
stand
Hi
My two ha'porth.
For a laptop, this is the clincher for me - if you want to use your
laptop anywhere that has reasonable light levels (e.g. demonstrating
to anyone in an exhibition hall), you may well find that the beautiful
shiny mirror that Apple put on the front of their screens on
You should choose an OS that interfaces well with your phone.
James
On Aug 9, 2012, at 7:55 AM, Jacob Keller wrote:
> Dear List,
>
> I guess this is somewhat of a perennial issue, but I am faced with choosing
> an OS for a new computer, and am curious about benefits and drawbacks with
> rega
For me, Windows would be my last choice for crystallographic software. Most
of the popular packages are developed for *nix in the first place, so you
know you will be able to run it. Not everything is compiled for Windows.
Programs will run faster and with less hardware in *nix than in Windows,
and
Hi,
To make it short:
If you want a computer you wish to bring home so that you can do plenty of
things (i.e. not crystallography-related in addition to crystallography):
Windows because you can edit videos easily, or play games, or (I don't)
because there is plenty of (free) software available.
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Can you explain to me what the difference in stereo is ?
I like my Zalman's and the visual stereo effect is pretty impressive. I have no
idea if active stereo would imp
topher Colbert
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Can you explain to me what the difference in stereo is ?
I like my Zalman
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Date: Thursday, August 9, 2012 10:29 AM
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Date: Thursday, August 9, 2012 10:29 AM
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Yes, you can define 3 buttons on a MagicMouse with this free software:
http://magicprefs.com/
or simply attach a mouse with 3 real buttons...
-Luca
Luca Jovine, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor & EMBO Young Investigator
Karolinsk
you can use your favourite 24 button mice from windows on a Mac as long as it
has USB.
And I highly recommend Bill Scott's Crystallography on OS X website.
Jürgen
On Aug 9, 2012, at 11:29 AM, Jacob Keller wrote:
Are there no closet windows-users on this list to respond? Shall we have a
coming-
On Thu, Aug 09, 2012 at 10:29:10AM -0500, Jacob Keller wrote:
> Question--do macs have multiple-button mice? Last I checked they had only
> one button, which seemed almost criminal.
You're about 7 years behind the times on that one:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_Mighty_Mouse
-b
--
| Ben Ei
Mountain Lion does not come with X11 preinstalled. However, as Nat
states, you can very easily install Xquartz
Thus far, all of the crystallography programs that were working under Snow
Leopard and Lion are still working on my laptop with Mountain Lion.
-Tony
---
Dr Antony W Oliver
Senior Resea
Are there no closet windows-users on this list to respond? Shall we have a
coming-out day?
Question--do macs have multiple-button mice? Last I checked they had only
one button, which seemed almost criminal.
JPK
On Thu, Aug 9, 2012 at 10:14 AM, Quentin Delettre wrote:
> Le 09/08/2012 16:58, Nat
On Thu, Aug 9, 2012 at 8:14 AM, Quentin Delettre wrote:
> I have seen that in the last Mac Os, X11 have been removed... But can still
> be used with some package installation.
I guess it isn't distributed with the OS any more - but it is still available:
http://xquartz.macosforge.org/landing/
-
Le 09/08/2012 16:58, Nat Echols a écrit :
On Thu, Aug 9, 2012 at 6:55 AM, Jacob Keller
wrote:
one. Are there any really reasonable arguments for preferring Mac over
windows (or linux) with regard to crystallography? What can Mac/Linux do
that windows cannot (especially considering that there is
Mac OSX because of Time Machine, Illustrator and crystallographic
software in one happy box. XP on a Virtual Box for emergencies (SAXS,
AUC and ITC programs).
Though with Microsoft and Apple both pushing towards gestures, fingertip
interaction and tablets, Linux will be the only option for la
OS X is a triple OS
OS X, Unix, and Windows (via VM Ware Fusion or Parallels, or if you which
directly booting into Windows)
@original poster,
you might regret the step to Mac - noticing what you have missed all the time
on the other platform :-)
I don't think Windows has a Beachball, that's a n
On Thu, Aug 9, 2012 at 6:55 AM, Jacob Keller
wrote:
> one. Are there any really reasonable arguments for preferring Mac over
> windows (or linux) with regard to crystallography? What can Mac/Linux do
> that windows cannot (especially considering that there is Cygwin)? What
> wonderful features am
Dear Jacob,
I would anticipate more than one response to this. Here's one: it depends
on the context. For a laptop machine I would consider a macbook pro a
no-brainer (i.e. OS X), as you can get a lot of horsepower in a decent size
box which works very well. For a box sat on a desk, I would probab
Dear List,
I guess this is somewhat of a perennial issue, but I am faced with choosing
an OS for a new computer, and am curious about benefits and drawbacks with
regard to crystallography. So far, I have been using windows, and have
found no limitations whatsoever, but then again, maybe I don't kn
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