Re: light-weight PC to run Mathematica?
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- Subject: [mg91646] Re: [mg91608] light-weight PC to run Mathematica?
- From: "peter lindsay" <pl.0 at me.com>
- Date: Sat, 30 Aug 2008 01:53:33 -0400 (EDT)
- References: <200808290810.EAA23425@smc.vnet.net>
hello Murray
my ordinary 2GB, 2 GHz "macbook" I'm guessing has similar performance
to the "macbook air" and I include below the standard Mathematica
Benchmark for my macbook:
=== System Information ===
Machine Name: plindsay-macbook
System: Mac OS X x86 (32-bit)
Date: August 29, 2008
Mathematica Version: 6.0.3
Benchmark Result: 1.05
=== MathematicaMark6 System Comparison ===
2p dual-core 3.0 GHz Intel Xeon 5160 2.84
Microsoft Windows (32-bit)
2p dual-core 2.66 GHz Intel Xeon 2.14
Apple Mac OS 10.4.8 (64-bit)
2p quad-core 1.6 GHz Intel Xeon 5310 1.88
CentOS Linux 4.4 (32-bit)
2p 1.4 GHz Itanium 2 1.78
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS 3.0 (64-bit)
2p 2.4 GHz Opteron 250 1.24
Sun Solaris 10 (64-bit)
2p dual-core 2.5 GHz G5 1.22
Apple Mac OS 10.4.8 (32-bit)
plindsay-macbook 1.05
Mac OS X x86 (32-bit)
2.4 GHz Pentium 4 1.00
Microsoft Windows XP (32-bit)
4p 1 GHz Power 4 0.53
IBM AIX 5.3 (64-bit)
2p 1.28 GHz UltraSPARC III 0.37
Sun Solaris SPARC (64-bit)
2p 552 MHz PA-8600 0.21
HP HP-UX 11.11 (64-bit)
(Faster systems give larger numbers)
=== MathematicaMark6 Detailed Timings ===
Total Test 1 Test 2 Test
3 Test 4 Test 5 Test 6 Test 7 Test 8 Test 9 Test 10 Test 11
Test 12 Test 13 Test 14 Test 15
2p dual-core 3.0 GHz Intel Xeon 5160
Microsoft Windows (32-bit) 30.4 2.08 0.67 1.09
2.70 4.03 0.50 0.89 3.17 2.00 2.16 2.41
2.08 1.50 2.59 2.52
2p dual-core 2.66 GHz Intel Xeon
Apple Mac OS 10.4.8 (64-bit) 40.3 1.75 0.44 1.85
3.38 11.70 0.30 0.52 3.62 2.07 2.39 2.41
1.56 1.71 3.66 2.91
2p quad-core 1.6 GHz Intel Xeon 5310
CentOS Linux 4.4 (32-bit) 45.8 2.01 1.20 0.93
4.42 8.32 0.88 1.54 5.12 1.61 3.14 3.91
2.73 3.37 3.49 3.12
2p 1.4 GHz Itanium 2
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS 3.0 (64-bit) 48.6 3.82 0.83 1.39
1.92 2.80 0.33 0.76 7.44 3.29 4.84 7.11
4.90 2.90 2.88 3.34
2p 2.4 GHz Opteron 250
Sun Solaris 10 (64-bit) 69.3 3.92 0.60 3.68
5.79 15.30 0.41 0.90 7.62 4.32 3.31 4.27
3.52 5.68 4.53 5.45
2p dual-core 2.5 GHz G5
Apple Mac OS 10.4.8 (32-bit) 70.6 3.92 1.25 3.88
4.53 18.10 0.81 1.43 6.39 2.29 4.96 5.83
4.64 2.72 6.02 3.89
plindsay-macbook
Mac OS X x86 (32-bit) 81.8 2.96 1.18 3.47
6.09 15.70 0.99 1.47 6.38 11.90 3.37 4.38
3.40 3.18 7.99 9.32
2.4 GHz Pentium 4
Microsoft Windows XP (32-bit) 86.2 5.05 1.23 3.00
8.84 7.50 0.92 1.63 9.17 8.78 5.39 6.17
5.67 4.51 9.42 8.90
4p 1 GHz Power 4
IBM AIX 5.3 (64-bit) 163.7 7.34 1.56 5.90
9.20 60.10 0.94 1.64 10.10 14.40 3.30 13.20
6.99 6.04 10.50 12.50
2p 1.28 GHz UltraSPARC III
Sun Solaris SPARC (64-bit) 235.2 12.00 1.97 9.66
12.70 45.30 1.13 2.43 26.30 32.30 7.40 19.70
11.90 5.91 18.90 27.50
2p 552 MHz PA-8600
HP HP-UX 11.11 (64-bit) 405.5 25.30 3.92 30.50
9.76 64.90 33.10 3.41 49.50 22.60 28.20 41.80
24.00 21.10 24.00 23.30
(Timings are CPU time in seconds)
2008/8/29 Murray Eisenberg <murray at math.umass.edu>:
> I'm allergic to Macs: All the other computers I use have either Windows or
> Linux as OS. Thanks for the suggestion, anyway.
>
> BTW, do you have any benchmark data or experience with running Mathematica 6
> on a MacBook Air?
>
> peter lindsay wrote:
>>
>> what about the macbook air ?
>>
>> 2008/8/29 Murray Eisenberg <murray at math.umass.edu>:
>>>
>>> I'm trying to choose an ultraportable laptop that can run Mathematica
>>> reasonably (and, if at all possible, has a full-size keyboard).
>>>
>>> Do you have any experience with such -- especially some of those very
>>> new ones weighing around 2 pounds -- and any recommendations?
>>>
>>> In particular, any comments about suitability of the following for
>>> Mathematica use?
>>>
>>> Lenovo Thinkpad X200
>>> Asus Eee PC
>>> Enamo
>>>
>>> --
>>> Murray Eisenberg murray at math.umass.edu
>>> Mathematics & Statistics Dept.
>>> Lederle Graduate Research Tower phone 413 549-1020 (H)
>>> University of Massachusetts 413 545-2859 (W)
>>> 710 North Pleasant Street fax 413 545-1801
>>> Amherst, MA 01003-9305
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>>
>
> --
> Murray Eisenberg murray at math.umass.edu
> Mathematics & Statistics Dept.
> Lederle Graduate Research Tower phone 413 549-1020 (H)
> University of Massachusetts 413 545-2859 (W)
> 710 North Pleasant Street fax 413 545-1801
> Amherst, MA 01003-9305
>
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- light-weight PC to run Mathematica?
- From: Murray Eisenberg <murray@math.umass.edu>
- light-weight PC to run Mathematica?