I presently have a PC and looking to get a MAC. What issues may I encounter? Also, I already own Logos 5 and its loaded on a PC, so in changing to a Mac, again, are there any issues?
I used to have a PC and now I have a Mac. There were no problems with getting Logos for the Mac. Just download Logos onto the Mac sign in to your account at Logos, and all of your library and preferences and layouts with transfer to the Mac.
Soli Deo Gloria,
Randy
are there any issues
In terms of installing the software and resources, it is simply a matter of downloading the free engine, entering your credentials, and allowing the resources to download and index. You are able to install the software on as many computers as you own, for your personal usage.
In terms of features: The Mac & PC are at near parity. The PC version is a bit more optimized, and many find it to be faster. If you can afford to get a Mac with a large SSD drive (along with plenty of ram), you should do so.
If You have a base-package on a DVD You can use it when You install.
As far as I know Logos on either Mac or Windows together with the operating system uses about the same amount of RAM, about 5 GB, often less. So 6 GB is probably enough if You don't do extreme multitasking.
A problem with Mac is that You can't have two drives. Otherwise, on a PC, a smaller SSD for Windows and Logos, plus an HDD, is the cheapest solution with speed gain.
If you can afford to get a Mac with a large SSD drive (along with plenty of ram), you should do so.
Alabama, I understand that the new Macs have a substantial SSD cache on the new Fusion Drives. Do you have insight into the performance of Logos with those configurations? I'm speculating, but I would think if Logos were on that cache (128GB?) that you could essentially have SSD-like performance.
What's your take?
Steve- I wish I knew about the Logos performance on the fusion drives... When the time comes for me to update, I will take a harder look. It would be nice if we could find a guinea pig. Perhaps Logos will buy one to test out on... [:)]
What issues may I encounter?
Welcome [:D]
Wiki has a list of known feature parity issues from various forum discussions => http://wiki.logos.com/Mac_and_PC_User_Interface_Differences#Feature_Parity
Thankful can easily switch platforms as desired. Thankful for many, many Logos improvements. Looking forward to Logos 5.1 stable release with Logos Notes editor.
Keep Smiling [:)]
If you can afford to get a Mac with a large SSD drive (along with plenty of ram), you should do so. Alabama, I understand that the new Macs have a substantial SSD cache on the new Fusion Drives. Do you have insight into the performance of Logos with those configurations? I'm speculating, but I would think if Logos were on that cache (128GB?) that you could essentially have SSD-like performance. What's your take?
Anticipate Fusion drive being noticeably faster than a hard drive albeit a bit slower that a fast SATA III SSD: e.g. OCZ Vertex 4.
... albeit a bit slower that a fast SATA III SSD: e.g. OCZ Vertex 4.
KS4J, Interesting. What would you attribute the difference if Logos were on the SSD cache of the Fusion Drive? I'm curious.
What would you attribute the difference
A guess… On the fusion drive, you can't set Logos to be on the SSD cache… the software determines if that happens. Plus, the stats Apple provides suggests "near" but "not quite" the speed of a traditional SSD.
Do you have insight into the performance of Logos with those configurations? I'm speculating, but I would think if Logos were on that cache (128GB?) that you could essentially have SSD-like performance.
Have a new 3.4GHz i7 27" iMac with 3TB Fusion Drive. L5 Mac is noticeably faster with this configuration; however, cannot say which enhancement has contributed most to the speed increase.
My previous Mac had a pair of dual core 2.66MHz Intel Xeon processors.
I had a Cache drive, to supplement my traditional mechanical drives. Cache drives are basically a small (30gb) ssd, that has software that determines what needs to be placed on the cache drive. Swap files, commonly used files and so forth tend to end up there. With my cache drive, Logos started up about 50% quicker than it had before. With my NEW ssd, Logos starts in an instant. easily double the speed of mechanical alone, and considerably faster than mechanical supplemented by a cache drive.The difference between my set up, and yours is that on a fusion drive, what gets cached is controlled by the firmware, instead of a windows application. This supposedly provides a boost in performance over my original set up. So my guess would be that you would see a performance boost in start up and so forth, but not in re-indexing. My drive re-indexes (L2 level 3, L3 (macarthur, and a number of other 3rd party collections), L4 Scholars Silver, and L5 Platinum + a number of other pre-pub, and comunity pricing titles and sets + spurgeon, etc etc etc) in about two hours. With a mechanical drive, it took about 8.
instead of a windows application.
Windows applications are anathema to me as a career Mac user [6]
anathema to me
Wow, Jack. That sounds so ... ecclesial.
instead of a windows application. Windows applications are anathema to me as a career Mac user
Windows applications are anathema to me as a career Mac user
You sent me to the dictionary [:D]. Only to discover that I am guilty
Ya just gotta love Jack!Agreed Jack, Agreed.
You just have an incredible way with words-smile.
I love it!
Grace and Peace
... albeit a bit slower that a fast SATA III SSD: e.g. OCZ Vertex 4. KS4J, Interesting. What would you attribute the difference if Logos were on the SSD cache of the Fusion Drive? I'm curious.
Apple's SSD => http://www.anandtech.com/show/6679/a-month-with-apples-fusion-drive/3 is slower than OCZ Vertex 4.
With a Fusion Drive, OS X chooses where to place files: SSD or hard disk (and chooses when to move files between SSD and hard disk).
If Logos files are on SSD, responsiveness would be noticeably faster than hard disk.
Thanks for the article link, KS4J. Very helpful. [:)]
