networkcomputing.com— "The Mac Pro makes a better Windows workstation than almost any other Windows desktop out there." - Richard Hoffman, Information Week.
Nov 22, 2006View in Crawl 4
First, SLI means zip to anyone but money-bag gamers - who laugh at us petty mortals for having only 80% of their frame rates even if they spent an extra 400 bucks ($800 total at least every other year) to get it. So yawn at all who care about dual or quad ports of 16x pipelines.Secondly, if you yearn for a Mac Pro as a gaming machine it is an option to buy any PCI-e non-Mac card to use only in Windows for gaming.Thirdly, price wise all of you who are bulking at the Mac Pro price realize that its best to compare only the base system components. Like any machine you can buy your own RAM, Hard Drive, Video Card, or other components on your own after the fact. This is cheaper with all major vendors. The Mac Pro's design is very good for installing these basic upgrades (I cringe thinking of the hassle these upgrades caused on my prior systems because of a mess of wires and lack of room to maneuver components). Fourth, this all is only relevant for someone who is looking at higher end desktops. YES THERE ARE MORE SANE CHOICES IN COST IF ALL YOU WANT IS TO PLAY WOW. Apple's biggest weakness is they don't have a breadth of product line to cover every type of consumer. Specifically missing is an ultra low-end desktop, low-end of laptops, and a mid-level tower.
anagamiNov 22, 2006
2 words: Optimus KeyboardSuper key?! rofl, that sounds ugly. Why not call it the "Tux" key and ad a mini-icon of Tux?
eggotripNov 23, 2006
First, SLI means zip to anyone but money-bag gamers - who laugh at us petty mortals for having only 80% of their frame rates even if they spent an extra 400 bucks ($800 total at least every other year) to get it. So yawn at all who care about dual or quad ports of 16x pipelines.Secondly, if you yearn for a Mac Pro as a gaming machine it is an option to buy any PCI-e non-Mac card to use only in Windows for gaming.Thirdly, price wise all of you who are bulking at the Mac Pro price realize that its best to compare only the base system components. Like any machine you can buy your own RAM, Hard Drive, Video Card, or other components on your own after the fact. This is cheaper with all major vendors. The Mac Pro's design is very good for installing these basic upgrades (I cringe thinking of the hassle these upgrades caused on my prior systems because of a mess of wires and lack of room to maneuver components). Fourth, this all is only relevant for someone who is looking at higher end desktops. YES THERE ARE MORE SANE CHOICES IN COST IF ALL YOU WANT IS TO PLAY WOW. Apple's biggest weakness is they don't have a breadth of product line to cover every type of consumer. Specifically missing is an ultra low-end desktop, low-end of laptops, and a mid-level tower.
yaosioNov 23, 2006
wrong
randominsanoNov 23, 2006
Forget Apple vs Everything Else. That system is an absolute beast as far as all it's features. .. I only care about the last paragraph.
luxxNov 23, 2006
That is true. I use windows for BF2 and OS X for everything else (including COD2). - BF2 is such an addictive game.
Closed AccountNov 23, 2006
What oem's did the author of the article compare the mac pro against I wonder? Because if it was just HP and Dell, their is alot more OEM manufacturer's out their. Just have a look here:<a class="user" href="http://www.intel.com/buy/server/xeon/manufacturers.htm">http://www.intel.com/buy/server/xeon/manufacturers.htm</a>
nobogeys217Nov 24, 2006
BLASPHEMY
devfeedApr 20, 2007
Nice indeed. But my mom told me such things don't worth my attention.