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They should be doing this test against a Mac Pro if they want a fair comparison. And yes, the Mac Pro would likely be more expensive, but I don't think it's a s
by ben174 11y ago
They should be doing this test against a Mac Pro if they want a fair comparison. And yes, the Mac Pro would likely be more expensive, but I don't think it's a surprise to anyone that building your own overclocked PC is cheaper.
- bane 11y agoWhy would it necessarily be cheaper? After all Apple has both economy of scale and the capacity to buy up the entire manufacturing run of many of the components. They should be able to assemble a system as tightly integrated as a Mac much cheaper than somebody could go out and buy all the parts for. A better example might be the cost delta between buying a car from the manufacturer and buying all the parts to make the same car separately and putting it together. The direct from manufacturer car will be far cheaper.
- omonra 11y agoApple probably doesn't 'get out of bed' for a profit margin smaller than X%. That number is probably an order of magnitude higher than the profit margin of component makers.