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Mostly any pc you build with much less than $5k will beat a $5k MacBook pro
by savant_penguin 5y ago
Mostly any pc you build with much less than $5k will beat a $5k MacBook pro
- mkl95 5y agoIn my experience, it beats mid to high tier iMacs as well. Those things get clunky for no reason.
- zten 5y agoiMacs are usually laptops in all but name. To hit the same thinness with a giant heat-producing screen, most of the parts are their mobile equivalents. Edit: on slightly closer inspection, this isn't true for the 27" models!
- mhh__ 5y agoThank god for them being thin, I actually had to throw away my 2013 iMac because it was just unbearable reading my emails with x-ray vision and noticing just how thick it is.
- asdff 5y agoWhat is hilarious is that the thin imac weighs the same 20lbs as the one that was a few inches thicker and had better cooling and user replaceable parts.
- kitsunesoba 5y agoThe 27" models have traditionally used off the shelf socketed CPUs though, which is unusual in AIOs. Regular 27" models use desktop i9s and the Pro uses a desktop Xeon. Both can technically have their CPUs upgraded even if opening them is a pain.
- zten 5y agoAh, cool. I was too focused on the GPUs! edit: which... actually appear to be the desktop-named parts! I swear this wasn't always the case...
- bitwize 5y agoWhen the M2 Mac Pro drops, the tables will turn: no PC will even nearly match it.
- baconshirt 5y agoCute
- TedDoesntTalk 5y agoI don’t see how that is possible. Desktop PCs have almost unlimited space — cases can be measured in cubic feet. MacBooks are always space constrained because of their case size and weight minimizing, so there is an inherent disadvantage in the size of components like graphics boards. And a size disadvantage means fewer transistors and less cooling.
- function_seven 5y agoParent is referring to Mac Pro (the desktop). I blame Apple's product line branding for this confusion. I make the same mistake all the time.
- asdff 5y agoTo be fair the mac pro went through its own horrible shrinkage phase where it was not much larger than my $50 air filter. The old aluminum case used to be pretty large and pretty spacious internally, with many extra bays waiting for you to give them purpose. Not sure how the newest one stacks up to the first mac pro/mac g5 case.
- system2 5y agoSo an M2 can beat a AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 3995WX or a dual CPU mobo tower with 128gb ram, also a PCI nvme? LOL right.
- 988747 5y agoI do not see why not - performance of Apple processors is insane.