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| Thread ID: 76433 | 2007-02-01 01:11:00 | Mac or PC | mabix (10146) | PC World Chat |
| Post ID | Timestamp | Content | User | ||
| 521547 | 2008-07-03 02:24:00 | Oh Sweet Jesus, here we go again. I thought this thread had died a natural death ages ago....guess not. |
vitalstatistix (9182) | ||
| 521548 | 2008-07-03 02:42:00 | If you aren't ready to make those trade-offs, stick with Windows or, at least, keep a Windows box around just in case. But if you're willing to explore a little, a Mac (or a small office full of them) can be excellent company as you journey out into the marketplace. Damn you! :( |
wratterus (105) | ||
| 521549 | 2008-07-03 03:00:00 | Damn you! :( Say what? :confused: |
vitalstatistix (9182) | ||
| 521550 | 2008-07-03 03:01:00 | I thought this thread had died a natural death ages ago....guess not. Say what? :confused: :p |
wratterus (105) | ||
| 521551 | 2008-07-03 03:08:00 | What gets me is how stupidly expensive Apple branded hardware is, when it's exactly the same as what you could buy at a normal shop. take this person for example, who built a PC with OSX-compatible hardware and installed a modified version and saved a lot of $$$: forums.anandtech.com You can read the whole thing or you can take the basic facts here: Mac Pro: $5115 -Two 2.0Ghz Dual-Core Intel Xeons (drops the $2,500 initial price by $299) -8GB (4 x 2GB) Memory -(3) 500gb 7200rpm SATA hard drives -256mb 7300GT video card -16x SuperDrive -Bluetooth Here are the parts I got: Hack Pro: $1301.65 -2.4ghz Quad-Core Q6600 processor (~equivalent to dual 2ghz dual-core Xeons) -8GB (4 x 2GB) Memroy -(3) 500gb 7200rpm SATA hard drives -256mb 7300GT video card -20x DVD burner with Lightscribe -Bluetooth -[Intel Bad Axe 2 motherboard, Cooler Master 690 case, 520w Corsair modular PSU) Starting out, that's a a savings of $3813.35. Not bad at all! Now for installation... The best part? The benchmarks: So how does it run? In a nutshell, ridiculously awesome. On Xbench your typical Mac Pro scores about 155; my Hack Pro scored 174. Just for kicks, I overclocked it to 3.0ghz and got an Xbench score of 200 (3ghz, by the way, is a $1,000 option from Apple, so we're up to $4,800 in savings haha). |
Agent_24 (57) | ||
| 521552 | 2008-07-03 03:12:00 | If you aren't ready to make those trade-offs, stick with Windows or, at least, keep a Windows box around just in case. But if you're willing to explore a little, a Mac (or a small office full of them) can be excellent company as you journey out into the marketplace. I think this guy's a spammer - look at his website. I may be wrong, but having a website like that looks to me to be a form of (if more subtle) commercial spamming. |
jwil1 (65) | ||
| 521553 | 2008-07-03 03:18:00 | :p Gotcha :thumbs: |
vitalstatistix (9182) | ||
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