CCL: Workshop on Computational Biophysics (Berkeley, Aug 3-7, 2015)

 Sent to CCL by: Billy McCann [thebillywayne]~[gmail.com]
 > Are you sure a discrete graphics card is required?
 That they specify a "graphics card" and not a "graphical
 processing
 unit" indicates, to me, that this workshop requires a laptop with a
 *discrete* graphics card and not an integrated graphics solution.
 Also the specific brand mentioned, nVidia, supplies *solely* discrete
 graphics solutions in consumer grade laptops.
 Also, consider the advice given regarding the Mac platform:
 "Macintosh computers often come with sufficient graphics processing
 power, so no additional card is necessary."
 By inference, non-Macintosh computers  *will* need an additional card.
 Overall, reading the laptop requirements page leaves me somewhat
 confused. (".... up-to-date hardware, operating systems, and software
 versions
  .... Windows 2000, Max OS X 10.3 ... G4 ... Pentium 4 ..." ???)
 But I'm at least going to give the people coordinating a computational
 biophysics workshop the benefit of the doubt that they know the
 difference between a "graphics card" and an intel or amd integrated
 graphics processing unit.
 You know, I'm probably getting worked up over nothing, honestly.
 Everything costs money, I suppose.
 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-0kcet4aPpQ
 I think this one probably got to me a bit more than usual because of
 how badly I want to get into this field.  It's the next logical step
 in what I want to accomplish in the long run.
 It's probably best that I slink away and get back to writing resumes.
 I hope the workshop is a great success.
 Regards,
 BW