BettyAnn,
Others have been using the new Intel Mac's with freesurfer regularly. The PowerPC Mac's have been used in a previous Freesurfer course, and work as well as the Linux distribution.
If you will be using the MacBook Pro laptop primarily as a display station, to view and edit Freesurfer volumes and surfaces, then 2GB is enough. If you plan on running the recon-all stream, and want to still work on the machine at the same time, then 4GB is recommended.
Also, if you will be using it as a display machine, then I would recommend a 17" display, with the high-resolution (1900x1200) option. You can quickly run out of screen space when the GUI's and xterm's are open. 2.4GHz dual CPU, 200GB HD, Nvidia GeForce should be fine.
Nick
On Thu, 2007-06-14 at 14:09 -0400, Betty Ann Chodkowski wrote:
Hello All,
I just joined this list so I want to say, 'Hello.'
Also I see that some FreeSurfer users are working on the MacBook Pro with an Intel chip. We are considering purchasing a MacBook and I wish to solicit feedback as to how the MacBook Pro holds up under FreeSurfer.
Our MPRAGE volume is 256 x 256 x 170, 16bit data (21.25MB).
Any recommendations about cpu, ram, etc, would be appreciated.
Currently, we are thinking about:
MacBook Pro 2.4GHz Intel Core 2 Duo 2GB 667 DDR2 SDRAM - 2x1GB NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT graphics with 256MB SDRAM 200GB Serial ATA Drive @ 4200 rpm 15inch Display (1440 x 900 resolution)
Should we just get 4GB RAM right from the start or will 2GB be sufficient?
Any other considerations? Your experiences?
Thanks for any input. Regards,
- BettyAnn
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