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I've never used either of these computers, but maxing the specs on a System 76 Thelio Massive gets you: - 2x Xeon Platinum 8280 (28 Cores each, 2.7 - 4.0 GHz)

I've never used either of these computers, but maxing the specs on a System 76 Thelio Massive gets you: - 2x Xeon Platinum 8280 (28 Cores each, 2.7 - 4.0 GHz) - 2x 768 GB ECC DDR4 Memory (6x128GB per CPU, 1.5TB total) - 1x 2TB NVME drive - 1x 28TB SSD - 4x Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080 Ti (11 GB, 4352 CUDA Cores each) - $ 53,356 I've never used either or anything remotely close to either that or the mac pro, so I could be missing something, but the system76 seems like much better value than the fully maxed Mac Pro at $ 53,899

rjvs 6y ago
It may be better value for your particular use case. It depends entirely on the requirements, surely? If you need the faster SSD, hardware disk encryption, ability to run MacOS or some other feature that the Mac Pro has over the system you specified, that might have a different answer than if you need the maximum number of CUDA cores.
- krageon 6y ago
  The only thing you've mentioned that a mac actually has over any other machine is the ability to (legally) run OS X. Maybe you think that's worth a few thousand euros. Most people don't agree with you.
  - SpelingBeeChamp 6y ago
    And, from my understanding, run it with something akin to stability. Am I wrong that Hackintoshes today are still for people who don't mind regularly chasing down pretty significant bugs (like "bluetooth doesn't turn on" style)?