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You're mistaken. The savings is in the GPU, not the processor: http://techgage.com/article/apples-newest-mac-pro-costs-less-than-diy-pc-build-thanks-to-amd/ htt
by marknutter 13y ago
You're mistaken. The savings is in the GPU, not the processor: http://techgage.com/article/apples-newest-mac-pro-costs-less-than-diy-pc-build-thanks-to-amd/ http://techgage.com/article/apples-newest-mac-pro-costs-less...
- Sanddancer 13y agoThere are flaws with the comparison. The W9000 isn't just a faster chip, it also has features, like ECC support, that the d700 doesn't have. Additionally, with a PC, one has the option of going with NVidia and the Titan, which is something that you are incapable of doing with the mac pro.
- nacs 13y agoPeople who buy D700's don't want Titans. The Titan is a gaming card not a workstation card. One could say your comparison is apples and... nevermind.
- Sanddancer 13y agoThey don't want Titans, but that's essentially what they're getting. D700s don't have the features that normally define workstation video cards, like ECC RAM.
- asdfs 13y agoThe D700 doesn't have ECC? I'm surprised by that one. That seems like one of the defining features of workstation cards.
- Sanddancer 13y agoNope, no ECC. Apple has a history of these sorts of shenanigans -- the time capsule, for example, was advertised as having a "server-grade" hard drive when in fact it just had a bog standard consumer drive in it.