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These look really cool, but what is the target market for $3000+ desktop machines? I don't doubt that there are some people who could take advantage of that mu
by loudmax 13y ago
These look really cool, but what is the target market for $3000+ desktop machines? I don't doubt that there are some people who could take advantage of that much power on a desktop, but it seems like kind of a niche product. I work with machines that do use their 256GB of RAM, but they're all servers. I'm a Linux user, so maybe the thin workstation model feels more natural to me. My MBP has 8GB of RAM and I rarely even come close to using that much, even running two or three VMs at a time.
- marknutter 13y ago> but it seems like kind of a niche product It has always been a niche product.
- 54mf 13y ago"what is the target market for $3000+ desktop machines?" "people who could take advantage of that much power on a desktop"
- dagw 13y agoVideo editing and fx work can easily use 64 GB of RAM for even modest level of work. Large DTP and image editing work can also hit those levels. So basically anybody working professionally with video or print will have no problem putting these machines to use. At the last place I worked they had people doing fluid dynamic simulation and they always complained about having too little RAM despite having 128 GB.
- deweller 13y agoI respectfully disagree that these are visually appealing. They look like a trash can to me. I respect Apple for continuing to innovate. Most of the time their innovations are rewarded with market acceptance. But I think this one is going to be a miss.
- Cthulhu_ 13y agoI dunno, I doubt the users will care much about how it looks and more about how it performs. Besides, the trash can look goes well with where you can put it, i.e. on the floor, next to the trash can, ;D.
- loceng 13y agoThe cool look I imagine is to maximize surface area (for cooling purposes). It does look cool/new of course. :)