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CCP4bb navigationCCP4bb <-- 2008 <-- February 2008 <-- 20 February 2008Subject: Re: Vista From: Juergen Bosch jbosch {- at -} U {- dot -} WASHINGTON {- dot -} EDU Date: 2008-02-20 sorry I couldn't help it :-) flames on http://movies.apple.com/movies/us/apple/getamac/apple-getamac-chooseavista_480x376.mov flames off Juergen James Stroud wrote: > For those who risk becoming blinded and/or deafened by the vista bells > and whistles: > > http://pcworld.co.nz/pcworld/pcw.nsf/feature/1FE803ADF0486D06CC2573990069A75D > > "The bottom line: It's Vista's architecture and feature set -- Barth > cited Volume Shadow Copy, Vista's snapshot service, as an example -- > not a lack of fine-tuning or bug fixes that makes it perform poorly on > PCs that run Windows XP blazingly fast." > > Frankly, I don't run windows (and wouldn't think of it, except on a > VM), so I don't have any special allegiances to either XP or Vista. > But if you *must* have windows, you should seriously consider XP for > crystallography, especially if you think performance might be an > issue. Also bear in mind that the time between the release of vista > and SP1 was over a year, so performance improvements might be a ways > off if you decide to go with Vista. > > James > > On Feb 20, 2008, at 1:14 PM, Avinash Gill wrote: > >> I have been using CCP4MG, Chimera, O for Windows, Wincoot, and the >> entire CCP4 suite (including running Refmac and Phaser through the >> CCP4i interface) on my Windows Vista laptop for the past 9-10 months >> without any issues. It has worked very well for me, and I have found >> Vista to be much more stable than XP. >> >> Regards. >> >> Avi. >> >> On Feb 20, 2008 3:11 PM, deena >> >> >> Hi All, >> I am about to buy a laptop and find that the XP is twice the >> price of Vista. Does anyone have positive experience using Vista >> for crystallographic packages: CCP4, Coot, O, X-plor? or must I >> still avoid it? >> >> Thanks, >> >> Deena >> >> Deena Abells Oren, PhD >> Manager, Structural Biology Resource Center >> Rockefeller University >> 1230 York Avenue >> New York, NY 10065-6399 >> phone: 212- 327-7429 >> fax: 212-327-7389 >> >> >> >> >> -- >> >> *:-.,_,.-:*'``'*:-.,_,.-:*'``'*:-.,_,.-:*'``'*:-., >> Avinash Gill >> Dartmouth Medical School >> Biochemistry Dept >> HB 7200 Vail Bldg >> Hanover NH 03755 >> Phone: (O) 603-650-1174 >> *:-.,_,.-:*'``'*:-.,_,.-:*'``'*:-.,_,.-:*'``'*:-., > > > -- > James Stroud > UCLA-DOE Institute for Genomics and Proteomics > 611 Charles E. Young Dr. S. > Los Angeles, CA 90095 > > http://www.jamesstroud.com > > > -- Jürgen Bosch University of Washington Dept. of Biochemistry, K-426 1705 NE Pacific Street Seattle, WA 98195 Box 357742 Phone: +1-206-616-4510 FAX: +1-206-685-7002 Web: http://faculty.washington.edu/jbosch CCP4bb navigationCCP4bb <-- 2008 <-- February 2008 <-- 20 February 2008 |
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