Hi Reiko, I am afraid that the RAM is the first problem, 8GB is just not enough. In this situation, it may be better to just buy a cheap solution and wait for a cheap and great AMD one. I can understand your pain, it was so horrible last year with my old MacBook Pro as well.
Maria > Am 10.09.2020 um 07:58 schrieb RMG <reikogood...@gmail.com>: > > 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 > Guenon Conservation Community > > > > > 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 > _______________________________________________ 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
