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Ask an IT guy. The internals on the 990 desktop series >>> the 960 series >>> the whatever... 600-somethings, etc. Continual improvement, model after model. Whe

Ask an IT guy. The internals on the 990 desktop series >>> the 960 series >>> the whatever... 600-somethings, etc. Continual improvement, model after model. When you're dealing with thousands of employees, ease of interchangeable internals is a godsend. What have they done lately? Kicked ass.

Samuel_Michon 13y ago
I was referring to: http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/WhatHaveYouDoneForMeLately http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/WhatHaveYouDoneFo... Anyways, you speak truth. Microsoft and DELL are set up for enterprise. IT departments love them and are right to do so. However, the market is changing. Already, there are more smartphones than traditional computers. Tablets are outselling traditional computers. Many of those devices will need to connect to corporate networks. As a result, IT management is changing. Because of BYOD, the needs of users are taking front-seat to those of IT managers. They might not like it, but I believe the trend is irreversible.
- gametheoretic 13y ago
  Yea and nay - as always with IT, the answer is "it depends". My background is with telecom giants. 'Round those parts, ain't nobody B'ing their own D. If a company does anything for the government, it may as well do everything for the government; almighty Compliance is a jealous god.
- vacri 13y ago
  It's not just that. Computers are now "reliable" and "fast enough". The need for the constant upgrade cycle has dissipated, because computers have at last arrived at 'good enough for most'. Of course you can find edge cases for higher needs, but you can't build a general business on edge cases. For example, as an avid gamer, I was upgrading my computer in some way or other every year or so for the past (nearly) 20 years... and four years ago I bought a decent whitebox with a good video card. It still chews through new 3D games just fine at 1920x1200. Sure, could be better, but only trivially. The clear improvement-on-potential-upgrade is gone. I'm just now contemplating upgrading my 64GB SSD c: drive because, frankly, win7 filled it early and it's always been a pain to keep clear ('how' is beyond me) - but that's a software storage pain, not much of a hardware limitation. I don't feel the need to upgrade because the hardware is limited...

Samuel_Michon 13y ago

I was referring to: http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/WhatHaveYouDoneForMeLately http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/WhatHaveYouDoneFo... Anyways, you speak truth. Microsoft and DELL are set up for enterprise. IT departments love them and are right to do so. However, the market is changing. Already, there are more smartphones than traditional computers. Tablets are outselling traditional computers. Many of those devices will need to connect to corporate networks. As a result, IT management is changing. Because of BYOD, the needs of users are taking front-seat to those of IT managers. They might not like it, but I believe the trend is irreversible.

gametheoretic 13y ago
Yea and nay - as always with IT, the answer is "it depends". My background is with telecom giants. 'Round those parts, ain't nobody B'ing their own D. If a company does anything for the government, it may as well do everything for the government; almighty Compliance is a jealous god.
vacri 13y ago
It's not just that. Computers are now "reliable" and "fast enough". The need for the constant upgrade cycle has dissipated, because computers have at last arrived at 'good enough for most'. Of course you can find edge cases for higher needs, but you can't build a general business on edge cases. For example, as an avid gamer, I was upgrading my computer in some way or other every year or so for the past (nearly) 20 years... and four years ago I bought a decent whitebox with a good video card. It still chews through new 3D games just fine at 1920x1200. Sure, could be better, but only trivially. The clear improvement-on-potential-upgrade is gone. I'm just now contemplating upgrading my 64GB SSD c: drive because, frankly, win7 filled it early and it's always been a pain to keep clear ('how' is beyond me) - but that's a software storage pain, not much of a hardware limitation. I don't feel the need to upgrade because the hardware is limited...