UPDATE FROM MABULA
I have had a very rough 2 months unfortunately health wise. I was struck 3x in a row with bacterial infections. The second infection occurred  after a routine hospital checkup and I became very sick. I had to rest and take a lot of antibiotics. Once I was recovering and restarting work 1 month ago, I again became sick. The infection was not yet gone, so even more antibiotics and rest was needed. Needless to say, it took a lot of my energy and I needed a lot of rest.
Finally, the infection is really gone and my energy is coming back step-by-step now and I have started work again. I am terribly sorry to have kept you waiting for support. I will address all outstanding questions and e-mails step-by step and will be on the forum daily from today.
APP 2.0.0-beta47 will come soon as well, a lot of work was already completed before I became very ill, so the release is also nearly ready for you. Beta47 will be much faster actually. Many workflows will be more than 2x faster, mosaics can even be 10x faster than before because registration really received a major boost... all compared to beta46. Â Before I release it, I will make sure that everything is working properly and then I will release it.
Hi there - I'm going to build a dedicated processing computer for APP and it's been suggested to get a refitted Server machine with large amounts of ram and a Xeon processor, rather than a Intel i core processor based machine as they are built around gaming etc. Will there be any issues with APP and this sort of machine?
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I wouldn't say that the Intel core chips are only meant for gaming. More important for APP is the amount of cores and total memory. Mabula himself uses a Threadripper machine, all these are perfectly capable of running APP. I don't have experience with APP on a Xeon machine, but I'd assume that should work. You can always download the trial version and test it first before you buy the hardware.
I wouldn't say that the Intel core chips are only meant for gaming. More important for APP is the amount of cores and total memory. Mabula himself uses a Threadripper machine, all these are perfectly capable of running APP. I don't have experience with APP on a Xeon machine, but I'd assume that should work. You can always download the trial version and test it first before you buy the hardware.
Hey - ok thanks - already own the software - it's superb - but currently running on a Core i7 7th gen 16gb laptop - a recent 3 pane 26c image took a lot of grind. So want to move everything off laptop to a server upstairs and use the laptop for remoting into it and the telescope PC. I don't know a lot about cores in processors, just i3 to the i9 range. Know nothing about Xeon processors. Definitely looking at 128gb ram.
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Then I would advice to get some external advice on these systems first as these can be quite pricey. I would advice to also look at a regular desktop machine with some of the latest Intel chips or AMD threadripper. The more cores (this is specified with the chips), the more APP can perform calculations in parallel. A lot of ram is always nice to have as well, this may be something that a Xeon is better suited for, but that I have no experience with.
