We have a slightly different approach to this.
Local machines are laptops if you want to do model building you can do it
locally either 2d or connected to a Zalman in 3D.
I have one Mac mini hooked up to a Zalman as "permanent" 3D station. The dual
HexaCore MacPro (16 GB RAM) is connected also
Ronnie
Just a few comments..
There are no 'true' virtual sessions for OS X Server. (Well there is,
but it's developed by a separate company and they charge per seat ==
expensive). What I define as a 'virtual session' is that you get a
login window and your own desktop all running over VNC.
Dear all,
We are currently considering buying a computer which can be used by multiple
people, via our existing network, as a workstation for crystallography
purposes. My thoughts are currently going towards a 8-core Apple Pro (or
12-core) with a lot of RAM, with OS X Server, which in theory sh
Ronnie,
The main rub is that any of the graphical software will have to be
run on the local CPU to take advantage of accelerated video
graphics. The approach I've taken is to have a central
server (which is actually my office workstation) that serves up a
