So like a pc user . . .
What started as a suggestion to the original post to be careful in purchasing a custom built computer has once again turned to the almighty argument of the pc/apple syndrome. Don't really care to argue regarding power, speed, ram, cores . . . as long as it works for you . . . spend your money.
Going way past 40 years in the tech field ... back when a computer took up an entire room in the Air Force . . . we have more power in our shirt pocket today. Have made many mistakes & expensive lessons along the way . . . purchasing custom built, self built, and off the shelf systems. Commodore, Atari, dos, Macintosh, win(1.1,NT,95,98,2000,millennium,xp,vista,7,8, and soon to be 10), Apple. . . my job is so much easier today... thanks Mr Jobs.
Currently work as a private contractor for an organization with hundreds of computers, tablets, phones, printers, scanners, and audio/video equipment . . . (funny thing) the only Mac in the entire organization is on my support desk.
Something to think about . . . having the most ram and the largest number of cores . . .. if a simple Win 7 - 64 bit system has to install most of the programs you buy in a folder called (Program Files x86) because they can't take advantage of the 64 bit system . . . How many programs that you know of in this industry have the capacity to support 1TB ram & 18 core?
Really enjoy wide format printing, Cloud based software, Citrix. . . it has all came into my business a little late in life, but this industry will see a massive change with Thin Clients (no desktops) and cloud based solutions.
After sharing all this I'm that much closer to retirement, and to think I was almost convinced to buy a custom built system and switch back to Windows.
I pray that He who is able, guide each of you in your business endeavors
What started as a suggestion to the original post to be careful in purchasing a custom built computer has once again turned to the almighty argument of the pc/apple syndrome. Don't really care to argue regarding power, speed, ram, cores . . . as long as it works for you . . . spend your money.
Going way past 40 years in the tech field ... back when a computer took up an entire room in the Air Force . . . we have more power in our shirt pocket today. Have made many mistakes & expensive lessons along the way . . . purchasing custom built, self built, and off the shelf systems. Commodore, Atari, dos, Macintosh, win(1.1,NT,95,98,2000,millennium,xp,vista,7,8, and soon to be 10), Apple. . . my job is so much easier today... thanks Mr Jobs.
Currently work as a private contractor for an organization with hundreds of computers, tablets, phones, printers, scanners, and audio/video equipment . . . (funny thing) the only Mac in the entire organization is on my support desk.
Something to think about . . . having the most ram and the largest number of cores . . .. if a simple Win 7 - 64 bit system has to install most of the programs you buy in a folder called (Program Files x86) because they can't take advantage of the 64 bit system . . . How many programs that you know of in this industry have the capacity to support 1TB ram & 18 core?
Really enjoy wide format printing, Cloud based software, Citrix. . . it has all came into my business a little late in life, but this industry will see a massive change with Thin Clients (no desktops) and cloud based solutions.
After sharing all this I'm that much closer to retirement, and to think I was almost convinced to buy a custom built system and switch back to Windows.
I pray that He who is able, guide each of you in your business endeavors
How is a Mac more powerful than a Dell or HP with the exact same Intel processor, same memory, hard drive, specs, etc.?? Other than the motherboards and cases they are the exact same hardware.
In fact looking at the new Dell Precision models compared to the new Mac Pros it looks like the max memory a Mac Pro can be configured with is 64GB and can have a up to an 8 core Xeon processor while the Dells can have up to 1TB of ram and dual 18 core Xeons. Basically if you are comparing "Pro to Pro" then the Dells, HP's, and customs systems like from Signburst can be configured to totally spank and make the top Macs look pathetically underpowered in every possible way.
Don't get me wrong, the Macs are nice machines and plenty fast but far from being "more powerful". I'd also venture to say that an identically equipped desktop from Signburst would probably be less expensive than an identically equipped Mac. You really don't need to pay their (Apples) premium.... lol Aren't Mac's just Linux with a pretty GUI and a crippled BIOS nowadays anyways??