You can compare the CPU ratings of your current machine vs the ratings for the currently available i5 and i7 models of the mac mini here: https://www.cpubenchmark.net/compare/Intel-i5-5287U-vs-Intel-i5-8500B-vs-Intel-i7-8700B/2575vs3382vs3388
Additional memory (16gb or 32gb) may also help. You could potentially attach a fast nvme drive to the thunderbolt 3 port (you can't upgrade the SSD on the latest generation of mac minis as they are soldered to the logic board). I would highly recommend profiling where the bottleneck / performance issues are occurring. Tools such as activity monitor, instruments and sample can provide more insight. See https://gist.github.com/loderunner/36724cc9ee8db66db305 for some suggestions. Hope that helps. Donal On Wed, 9 Sep 2020 at 15:04, RMG <reikogood...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hello Donal and list, > > Many thanks for asking. Below is the info: > > Model Name: MacBook Pro > > Model Identifier: MacBookPro12,1 > > Processor Name: Intel Core i5 > > Processor Speed: 2.9 GHz > > Number of Processors: 1 > > Total Number of Cores: 2 > > L2 Cache (per Core): 256 KB > > L3 Cache: 3 MB > > Hyper-Threading Technology: Enabled > > Memory: 8 GB > > Boot ROM Version: 192.0.0.0.0 > > SMC Version (system): 2.28f7 > > > > Apple SSD Controller: > > > Vendor: Apple > > Product: SSD Controller > > Physical Interconnect: PCI > > Link Width: x4 > > Link Speed: 5.0 GT/s > > Description: AHCI Version 1.30 Supported > > > APPLE SSD SM0512G: > > > Capacity: 500.28 GB (500,277,790,720 bytes) > > Model: APPLE SSD SM0512G > > Revision: BXW1SA0Q > > Native Command Queuing: Yes > > Queue Depth: 32 > > Removable Media: No > > Detachable Drive: No > > BSD Name: disk0 > > Medium Type: Solid State > > TRIM Support: Yes > > Partition Map Type: GPT (GUID Partition Table) > > S.M.A.R.T. status: Verified > > > Best wishes, > > > Reiko Matsuda Goodwin > ComoƩ Monkey Project <https://www.facebook.com/ComoeMonkeyProject/> > Guenon Conservation Community > <http://facebook.com/GuenonConservationCommunity/> > > > > > On Wed, Sep 9, 2020 at 5:05 AM Donal Hunt <donal.h...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Can you provide the following information from the command line (run >> these commands and paste the output): >> >> *$* system_profiler SPHardwareDataType >> >> >> *$* system_profiler -detailLevel mini SPSerialATADataType >> SPParallelATADataType >> >> >> ** you may want to remove/redact the "Serial Number (system)" and >> "Hardware UUID" values before emailing.* >> >> >> That will provide some information on your existing system and disks >> which will make it easier to determine what appropriate replacements are >> needed. Normally, I would look at CPU performance, amount of RAM and disk >> speeds (HDD vs SSD vs NVMe makes a huge difference). >> >> >> Hope that helps! >> >> >> Donal >> >> On Wed, 9 Sep 2020 at 02:00, RMG <reikogood...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Hello QGIS users on Macs, >>> >>> I would like advice on purchasing a new Mac. My Mac is 5 years old and >>> cannot handle heavy-duty QGIS procedures. I process many satellite images >>> and some vector files with 30 m grids have millions of features, for >>> example. To process anything is taking too long. I know there has been a >>> discussion on ARMS hardware, but that seems a few years away. So right now, >>> what would you recommend? I plan to partition the hard drive to handle >>> ArcGIS as well. I do not think I can afford a dream machine like Mac Pro, >>> though. Is a Mac mini something that you guys use and recommend? >>> >>> Best wishes, >>> >>> Reiko Matsuda Goodwin >>> ComoƩ Monkey Project <https://www.facebook.com/ComoeMonkeyProject/> >>> Guenon Conservation Community >>> <http://facebook.com/GuenonConservationCommunity/> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Qgis-user mailing list >>> Qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org >>> List info: https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user >>> Unsubscribe: https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user >> >>
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