[OS X TeX] New Mac

[Claus Gerhardt]

Let me repeat my educated opinion that a Laptop should be considered  
as a substitute for the real thing (fast computer, large monitor),  
which has its merits  when travelling.

If you have the advantage of sitting at your own desk, you should use  
a fast computer and a large monitor for texing (24" is sufficient,  
but only Apple's 30" Cinema display will make texing fun).

Claus


On Sep 15, 2006, at 18:53, Bruno Voisin wrote:

> Le 15 sept. 06 à 17:40, George Gratzer a écrit :
>
>> I got a new Mac:
>>
>>   Machine Name:	Mac Pro
>>   Machine Model:	MacPro1,1
>>   Processor Name:	Dual-Core Intel Xeon
>>   Processor Speed:	2.66 GHz
>>   Number Of Processors:	2
>>   Total Number Of Cores:	4
>>   L2 Cache (per processor):	4 MB
>>   Memory:	2 GB
>>   Bus Speed:	1.33 GHz
>>
>> The LaTeX book I am writing. The 540 pages of the LaTeX book I am  
>> writing (lots of illustrations) typesets in four seconds.  
>> Interestingly, all four cores work busily.
>
> How does that compare with your other Macs? In a couple of weeks I  
> should be getting exactly the same configuration (Mac Pro 2.66 GHz  
> 2 GB RAM), but I'm still hesitating between this Mac Pro and a  
> black MacBook upgraded to 2 GB RAM and 120 GB HD. The Mac Pro is of  
> course much more powerful, but once you've tasted the convenience  
> of a laptop, it's difficult going back. Any of the two should feel  
> more powerful anyway that my 4 years-old PowerBook G4 1 GHz, which  
> is now feeling very slow and on which I am now constantly fighting  
> to free up some space on the near-full 60 GB HD.
>
> Bruno Voisin
>
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