Mar 28 2026 APP 2.0.0-beta40 will be released in 7 days.
It did take a long time to have the work finished on this and it will have a major performance boost of 30-50% over 2.0.0-beta39 from calibration to integration. We extensively optimized many critical parts of APP. All has been tested to guarantee correct optimizations. Drizzle and image resampling is much faster for instance, those modules have been completely rewritten. Much less memory usage. LNC 2.0 will be released which works much better and faster than LNC in it's current state. And more, all will be added to the release notes in the coming weeks...
Update on the 2.0.0 release & the full manual
We are getting close to the 2.0.0 stable release and the full manual. The manual will soon become available on the website and also in PDF format. Both versions will be identical and once released, will start to follow the APP release cycle and thus will stay up-to-date to the latest APP version.
Once 2.0.0 is released, the price for APP will increase. Owner's license holders will not need to pay an upgrade fee to use 2.0.0, neither do Renter's license holders.
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?
Thanks!
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.
thanks
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.
