Re: [Qgis-user] mac computer configuration [Qgis-user Digest, Vol 175, Issue 21]

[RMG]

Hello Charles,

Thanks for chiming in. No idea what MRF and pyramid-ing rasters are, but I
will look into all your suggestions and others'.

Best wishes,

Reiko Matsuda Goodwin
Comoé Monkey Project 
Guenon Conservation Community


On Thu, Sep 10, 2020 at 7:16 PM  wrote:

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> Date: Thu, 10 Sep 2020 21:23:12 +0200
> From: Charles Dixon-Paver 
> To: RMG 
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> I just wanted to chime in here and say that if you are just viewing large
> raster datasets and not necessarily "processing" (performing raster
> analysis etc) then your bottleneck is probably not going to be CPU/ RAM but
> will rather be related to disk IO. If you are reading in large files from
> external drives or cloud storage etc under operational conditions it will
> almost certainly be causing performance issues.
>
> I agree that getting your vector datasets in order as Andreas suggested
> (spatial index etc) is going to be of great benefit to you, but I would
> like to state that perhaps investing in some decent storage (large format
> SSD or an external solid state drive with a high speed connection port like
> thunderbolt 3/ USB 4) and doing some raster preprocessing may have a marked
> improvement in your mapping experience, even on limited hardware.
>
> I would suggest collecting all your relevant imagery into a collection of
> compressed and optimised raster format (I suggest MRF, but I have not used
> them extensively in the QGIS ecosystem and maybe someone else has a better
> option) so that you can condense your already expansive imagery collection
> onto a high speed disk and retain the original data for posterity (if you
> convert Geotiff to MRF it will be a fraction of the size depending on your
> settings. Run some tests, but you shouldn't need anywhere near the same
> amount of high speed drive storage).
>
> It may work out a lot cheaper in the long run to spend a bit extra on some
> good storage, but without more detailed information on your requirements
> it's hard to say what is needed. If you only occasionally do heavy
> processing work, you can always try to schedule it for overnight/ weekend
> batches so that it's computer time intensive, or there's always the
> possibility (depending on your situation) to offload the computation
> requirements to a service platform (although the bandwidth implications for
> raster processing usually make this rather difficult).
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Re: [Qgis-user] Mac computer configuration

[Priv.-Doz. Dr. Maria Shinoto]

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 :
> 
> 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 
>  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 :
>> 
>> 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  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  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 

Re: [Qgis-user] Mac computer configuration

[RMG]

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 :
> >
> > 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  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  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  wrote:
> >  Hello QGIS users on Macs,
> 

Re: [Qgis-user] Mac computer configuration

[RMG]

Hello Donal,

I think I now know which one I want. Thanks for your help.

Best wishes,

Reiko Matsuda Goodwin
Comoé Monkey Project 
Guenon Conservation Community





On Wed, Sep 9, 2020 at 10:04 AM RMG  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  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  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
>>> 
>>>
>>>
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Re: [Qgis-user] Mac computer configuration

[Priv.-Doz. Dr. Maria Shinoto]

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 :
> 
> 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  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  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  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
> 
> 
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Re: [Qgis-user] Mac computer configuration

[Donal Hunt]

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  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  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  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
>>> 
>>>
>>>
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Re: [Qgis-user] Mac computer configuration

[RMG]

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  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  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
>> 
>>
>>
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Re: [Qgis-user] Mac computer configuration

[Donal Hunt]

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  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
> 
>
>
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[Qgis-user] Mac computer configuration

[RMG]

 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

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