Thanks, Maria, Thanks for your suggestions. Everything you are saying makes sense. The main problem is that I can't upgrade the RAM of this Macbook Pro. I am leaning towards a Mac mini with 3.2GHz 6‑core 8th‑generation Intel Core i7, but let me try what you suggest before investing (removing non-GIS stuff off the SSD. Part of the problem may be that all the GIS data are in a non-SSD external drive). And of course, I will wait until the Sept. 15th event for their announcement about anything new.
Best wishes, Reiko Matsuda Goodwin Comoé Monkey Project <https://www.facebook.com/ComoeMonkeyProject/> Guenon Conservation Community <http://facebook.com/GuenonConservationCommunity/> On Wed, Sep 9, 2020 at 6:36 PM Priv.-Doz. Dr. Maria Shinoto < maria.shin...@zaw.uni-heidelberg.de> wrote: > Hi, > > I can only add to Donal's suggestions, which seem reasonable from my > experience as well. > > Until last year, I have been working on a 13 inch MacBook Pro from 2011. I > changed the HD to a 500GB SSD and the 8GB RAM to 16GB RAM a few years ago, > and there was a jump in performance with all my software, I could have used > it some more years. But QGIS got slow though with LiDAR data last year, so > I bought a new MacBook Pro with 2GB SSD and 32GB RAM, now everything works > smoothly; thanks to large storage and RAM in the first place, I assume. > > At the moment, I would hesitate to either buy a new machine with ARM or > Intel processor but rather wait another year or a few months. > > In your case, I would try to boost RAM to 32GB in the first place (if 32 > is possible, otherwise 16GB). If things are still slow, I would delete > everything not needed on a daily basis from the main SSD and get the GIS > data on the SSD. And then wait for the AMD Macs and look how the reviews > are. It seems that everything just gets better then and cheaper. And paying > for RAM now is not such a large investment. > > Best, > Maria > > > > Am 10.09.2020 um 06:26 schrieb Donal Hunt <donal.h...@gmail.com>: > > > > 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 > > Comoé Monkey Project > > Guenon Conservation Community > > > > > > > > > > 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 > > Comoé Monkey Project > > Guenon Conservation Community > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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 > > _______________________________________________ > > 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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