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Interesting they compared the new Mac to a workstation. Older workstations these days are a lot more affordable and can easily be upgraded. Most MACS you're st
by at-fates-hands 13y ago
Interesting they compared the new Mac to a workstation.
Older workstations these days are a lot more affordable and can easily be upgraded. Most MACS you're stuck with what you get.
Case in point, I just purchased an HP 8400 workstation for a friend. $320 for a dual proc 2.6GHz quad core Xeon, 16GB RAM, Two 320GB SAS drives in RAID config and ATI Fire V7350 1GB video card. Sure its a pig and isn't the quietest PC in the room, but it completely shreds anything I could find in a retail setting.
- Cookingboy 13y agoReally? $320 for a new machine with that spec? That graphics card alone costed more than that when it was new, did the CPU/storage/power supply come at negative price? If this was true, it would really explain HP's financial situation /s EDIT: that graphics card despite being old, still sells for $300 on Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/ATI-100-505143-FireGL-512-bit-Express/dp/B000EWEPB4 http://www.amazon.com/ATI-100-505143-FireGL-512-bit-Express/...
- LukeShu 13y agoRead closer. He "just" recently paid that. The HP 8400 is what, a 2007 machine? The prices when the parts were new is irrelevant.
- Cookingboy 13y agoI suspected as much, but then it's silly to bring it into a cost/performance comparison against a brand new top of the line 2013 desktop. Yes they are upgradable, but by the time you upgrade them to modern spec it will cost a lot more than $320.
- mwfunk 13y ago"MACS"?
- mortenjorck 13y agoWriting "Mac" in all caps as if the writer obtusely believes it to be an acronym for something is part of the style manual for passive-aggressive platform debate.
- rsynnott 13y agoI assume it stands for Malevolent Alien Computer System, or something.
- ericd 13y agoIt doesn't shred anything with an SSD, though...