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[QUOTE="Major_Reeves"]
I guess you people didn't noted that I've never referred to an apple build computer as a Mac, I've only pointed mac osX, because those apple build machines since 2006 share the same inwards as the other i386/x86_64 machines on the market.
Talking only about the high end, apple wins with both hands with their prices to HP or even a custom built workstation and if it matters, it wont run osX legally.
Advantages of mac osX over windows: unix, qmaster, xsan, open cl, GDC, free sdk for both mac os and iphone, final cut and logic.
See those are just work related apps but take note that you'll find equivalent on windows or linux although they don't support yet open cl or have a better resource management (GDC) or make it easier as it is now on mac osx to multithread your code.
And if we go to the GUI, thats subjective matter, I find dashboard, expose, dock and spaces way more convenient. And I also like to keep an eye on the console and the activity monitor is more detailed/useful. Quick look and automator are also handy...
Some apps are self contained, others not, but they're easy to remove since you don't have to deal with the registry also no need to care about the dll -hell.
Since this is a gaming forum, yes I can boot windows and play games, for the video cards, apple releases them onyearlybases and both nvidia/ati are free to release them on their own too.
Also again SLI/crossfire is gaming tech and its not needed on this market, but if it comes with good drivers, I'll love it, specially now, with open cl.
Plus all mac pros featuring a 64bit efi have two pci express with a link width of 16x and those are specifically used by video cards, you can also install 2 quadro fx4800...
Major_Reeves
Custom built are cheaper... seriously, have you seen the price for HDD on the apple site? It's awfully over priced.
I tried to make the same PC in your sig on there site... without the raid, i'm at $7200... ouch!
Again, didn't you read? An equally built workstation costs around the same as the mac pro.
About the hard drives and also applies to the ram, you just order with the minimum. If you need +ram and +hardrives you get them from the retailers, cheaper.
Why they are so pricier?
-Apple keeps only a low stock of these components (and sometimes there are shortages), thus the inflated prices to avoid people from ordering more than 1, see a 1tb caviar black costs here on the retail market 119 euros, apple only asks +82,80 euros to upgrade from the stock 640gb caviar blue wile if you want more harddrives you'll be paying 165,50 euros for the 640gb one and 248,40 euros for the 1 tb one. Also you're paying for convenience... Also if it matters Sun (another workstation oem) sell's 500gb, 7200rpm sata hd's for 290 euros.
But anyways I have to disagree with apple's current stock of HD, no velociraptors, no RE3/4 or SAS offers, but they work, you'll just have to buy *again* on the retail.
And for simple storage the caviar will work, not so much for raid:?
Nop... you're wrong.
Oh, so now you get from the retailer and not from Apple... LOL, what a joke... (since you were saying it's cheaper apple then Hp, let's not even talk abot making your own) I bet they will support your warranty after that.
I'm glad you showed us how apple is over priced, and saying there keeping low stock is complete controle fanboy apple damage... what a joke.
Oh yeah, why don't they offer SSD... what, no support for that either... that's a shame.
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