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moro
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Hi all.
I went to COMPUSA to have a look at the Powerbook G4 and I am seriously thinking about buying one. I have been a linux user for the last 6 years and I found linux quite stable and useful for my work: I am a physicist doing long and large Monte Carlo simulations. In my office you can find two Xeon servers and a P4 2.8 running the whole day long.
Now I need a laptop. Mainly to carry it along and for presentations. I know a laptop is not the best place to run simulations, but I would like to now "how fast" are my simulations going to be in a G4 powerbook. As a possible benchmark, in my research group we have been monitorizing the performance of every group computer for a while using some of our codes and other physic codes. The results can be found in:
http://gisc.uc3m.es/index.php?option=content&task=view&id=15&Itemid=40
I would like to know if you guys out there can help to figure out "how fast" do my simulations run in a G4 powerbook and test some of the benchmarks in your own machine (at zero risk). To this end you need a FORTRAN compiler, that's all. Yes, I know is not the "state-of-the-art" benchmark, but it's real life comparison.
I am not trying to start a PC vs. MAC war once again, but just convince myself that a G4 is a good purchase for me.
So, please, come on, help me to decide!!
I went to COMPUSA to have a look at the Powerbook G4 and I am seriously thinking about buying one. I have been a linux user for the last 6 years and I found linux quite stable and useful for my work: I am a physicist doing long and large Monte Carlo simulations. In my office you can find two Xeon servers and a P4 2.8 running the whole day long.
Now I need a laptop. Mainly to carry it along and for presentations. I know a laptop is not the best place to run simulations, but I would like to now "how fast" are my simulations going to be in a G4 powerbook. As a possible benchmark, in my research group we have been monitorizing the performance of every group computer for a while using some of our codes and other physic codes. The results can be found in:
http://gisc.uc3m.es/index.php?option=content&task=view&id=15&Itemid=40
I would like to know if you guys out there can help to figure out "how fast" do my simulations run in a G4 powerbook and test some of the benchmarks in your own machine (at zero risk). To this end you need a FORTRAN compiler, that's all. Yes, I know is not the "state-of-the-art" benchmark, but it's real life comparison.
I am not trying to start a PC vs. MAC war once again, but just convince myself that a G4 is a good purchase for me.
So, please, come on, help me to decide!!