From: Marc S. <mar...@gm...> - 2006-05-19 07:24:12
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> I'm very interested in knowing whether PyMOL is usable on the new > MacBook considering that it has Intel integrated graphics. Concerning integrated graphics: The Aqua-Desktop should be accelerated on a MacBook as well, so hardware-OpenGL is there. If you are not planning to visualize a ribosome or virus-structure, it should work. The integrated graphics of the latest Intel-chipset can be compared to an older mid-range-accelerator (lets say from 2-3 years ago or so). Given that the CPU is pretty fast, this should still give you quite good performance. I haven't seen a MacBook with Pymol in action though. -- Bye, Marc Saric |
From: Warren D. <wa...@de...> - 2006-05-19 23:34:17
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FYI, MacPyMOL runs just fine on a MacBook, but the graphics performance is = only about one quarter that of the MacBook Pro. My advice: Go Pro! Cheers, Warren -- Warren L. DeLano, Ph.D. =20 Principal Scientist . DeLano Scientific LLC =20 . 400 Oyster Point Blvd., Suite 213 =20 . South San Francisco, CA 94080 USA =20 . Biz:(650)-872-0942 Tech:(650)-872-0834 =20 . Fax:(650)-872-0273 Cell:(650)-346-1154 . mailto:wa...@de... =20 =20 > -----Original Message----- > From: pym...@li...=20 > [mailto:pym...@li...] On Behalf Of Yu Chen > Sent: Friday, May 19, 2006 6:56 AM > To: Serge Cohen > Cc: Mark A Saper; Pymol > Subject: Re: [PyMOL] New MacBook >=20 > Yeah, my bad as I talked to Mark, hands faster than brain=20 > kind of thing :-), and in fact, we are getting a MacBook=20 > soon, I am going to try to see, and let everybody know. >=20 > Chen >=20 >=20 > On Fri, 19 May 2006, Serge Cohen wrote: >=20 > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > > Hash: SHA1 > > > > Hi Chen; > > > > I guess the question is not about getting a "universal=20 > binary", buth=20 > > rather how the Radeon X1600 of the MacBook Pro compares with the=20 > > GMA950 of the MacBook !!! > > > > Indeed I'd be very curious to know as well. > > > > Serge. > > > > > > Le 18 mai 06 =E0 20:40, Yu Chen a =E9crit : > > > >> If you check the pymol website, the Feb 5th 2006 news announced=20 > >> MacPymol is now Universal Binary, and it rocks!!! We do have it=20 > >> running on MacBook Pros, reallllly fast! > >>=20 > >> Chen > >>=20 > >>=20 > >> On Thu, 18 May 2006, Mark A Saper wrote: > >>=20 > >>> I'm very interested in knowing whether PyMOL is usable on the new=20 > >>> MacBook considering that it has Intel integrated graphics. > >>> Mark > > > > ******************************************* > > Serge Cohen > > > > GPG Key ID: 9CBB58FB > > ******************************************* > > > > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > > Version: GnuPG v1.4.3 (Darwin) > > > > iD8DBQFEbXQn5EPeG5y7WPsRAhE0AJ9+GWW8gvI/jGjCtEcoWmmnxlUEgQCg+Fug > > k2eL+faFyU+9pBnybzaExaw=3D > > =3DCsm8 > > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- >=20 >=20 > = =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D > Yu Chen > Howard Hughes Medical Institute > Chemistry Building, Rm 182 > University of Maryland at Baltimore County 1000 Hilltop=20 > Circle Baltimore, MD 21250 >=20 > phone: (410)455-6347 (primary) > (410)455-2718 (secondary) > fax: (410)455-1174 > email: ch...@hh... > = =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D >=20 >=20 |
From: Marc S. <mar...@gm...> - 2006-05-19 10:54:58
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Hi Mike, Please note that the original question was about the new *MacBook* (which has an integrated graphics chip) NOT the MacBook Pro (which comes with a dedicated ATI accelerator, which is quite fast). Mike Summers wrote: > Marc, > > Pymol on a macbook pro is unbelievably fast. You can rotate > the ribosome in real time. > > Mike > > On Fri, May 19, 2006 at 09:24:02AM +0200, Marc Saric wrote: > >>>I'm very interested in knowing whether PyMOL is usable on the new >>>MacBook considering that it has Intel integrated graphics. >> >>Concerning integrated graphics: The Aqua-Desktop should be accelerated >>on a MacBook as well, so hardware-OpenGL is there. If you are not >>planning to visualize a ribosome or virus-structure, it should work. The >>integrated graphics of the latest Intel-chipset can be compared to an >>older mid-range-accelerator (lets say from 2-3 years ago or so). Given >>that the CPU is pretty fast, this should still give you quite good >>performance. >> >>I haven't seen a MacBook with Pymol in action though. -- Bye, Marc Saric http://www.marcsaric.de |