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I did, oddly enough, look at used PowerEdge servers, but I wanted a multiseat desktop too, so the step-son and I could play games together at the same time. Le
by cptnapalm 7y ago
I did, oddly enough, look at used PowerEdge servers, but I wanted a multiseat desktop too, so the step-son and I could play games together at the same time. Less than $700 bought the Mac Pro, 2 video cards, 48 GB of RAM (3 sticks) and, not included in my original equipment tally, a 4 TB SSD and 24" AOC monitor. The bare Mac Pro was $250.
As I got it early last year, the 5 year rule of thumb almost applied as a 2009 and a 2012 Mac Pro are nearly identical, the former being able to just be flashed to the latter.
In another couple of years, if I have any cash to spare, I'll likely get a used PowerEdge, though. The cost of those things, for what you get, is exceedingly good.
- dragontamer 7y agoAh right, multiseat desktop. Well, I guess the Mac Pro is fine for that, as long as you're fine with the Mac OSX operating system. The Mac Pro line hasn't really had many updates, so maybe the 5-year heuristic doesn't really apply.
- cptnapalm 7y agoLinux all the way! OSX doesn't actually do multiseat. So, have a Linux Mac Pro that I can ssh into, or if that's blocked, get a shell or even my desktop in a web browser among other things. All in all, rather happy with it, though I really would like one of those Raptor Power9 boards for the hell of it.