[Mesa-users] Need your suggestion for switching from Linux to macOS

[Amar Aryan]

Thank you professor for the suggestion. Currently, I am working with
OMP_NUM_THREADS =8 and, later, I would also try leaving it unset.

With regards,
Amar

On Thu, May 2, 2024 at 11:33 PM RICHARD H D TOWNSEND <
townsend at astro.wisc.edu> wrote:

> Hi Amar —
>
> I often will leave OMP_NUM_THREADS unset, letting the operating system
> decide on the best choice. But in your case, setting it to 8 should be fine.
>
> cheers,
>
> Rich
>
> > On May 1, 2024, at 10:44 PM, Amar Aryan <amararyan941 at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Dear Prof. Rich,
> >
> > I could install MESA on my new MacBook Pro with M3 Chip, 24 GB Unified
> memory, 8 Core CPU, 10 Core GPU, and 16 Core Neural Engine. It is working
> perfectly fine, it seems!
> >
> > I am using MESA with:  export OMP_NUM_THREADS = 8   ! (Do you any
> suggestions regarding this?)
> >
> > With regards,
> > Amar
> >
> > On Tue, Mar 19, 2024 at 9:25 PM RICHARD H D TOWNSEND <
> townsend at astro.wisc.edu> wrote:
> > Dear Amar —
> >
> > The M3 should work fine (indeed, very well) with MESA — I have very
> positive experiences with M1/M2 machines running MESA.
> >
> > Best wishes,
> >
> > Rich
> >
> > > On Mar 19, 2024, at 4:57 AM, Amar Aryan via Mesa-users <
> mesa-users at lists.mesastar.org> wrote:
> > >
> > > Dear MESA users,
> > >
> > > I have utilized MESA for nearly five years on Linux-based OS
> (primarily Ubuntu). Now, I am planning to switch to a macOS laptop for my
> further MESA-specific studies; therefore, I need your kind suggestions on
> selecting one. I am planning to buy a MacBook Pro with an Apple M3 Max chip
> having 16-core, 40-core GPU, and 16-core Neural Engine.
> > >
> > > I am aware of the required RAM and free space, so I just want to know
> if the Apple M3 Max chip will work fine for MESA uses. If you have any
> other suggestions, please share them with me.
> > >   With kind regards,
> > > Amar
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