Apple's cheapest iMac is still expensive, just not quite as expensive as before.
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Welcome to the world of pre-built computers online that people who aren't tech smart call "building their own computer"
I don't understand why they would chose a ULV i5 to use instead of the much cheaper, but still faster Intel i3 desktop cpu.
http://ark.intel.com/compare/76640,75030
The ULV i5 costs more and they are charging less for it lol.
I'm tech smart, but i'd rather be doing wheelies than making sure my components are compatible and then building the system.
I don't understand why they would chose a ULV i5 to use instead of the much cheaper, but still faster Intel i3 desktop cpu.
http://ark.intel.com/compare/76640,75030
The ULV i5 costs more and they are charging less for it lol.
I'm tech smart, but i'd rather be doing wheelies than making sure my components are compatible and then building the system.
Tryingmybest, if your time is worth thousand of euros just pay an engineer, depending on your job a quad titan can save you hours of waiting every day and you'll never find something similar on a mac (at least up until today)
It is not about compatibility as you understand it, it is about everything works perfectly if you find mac logo on it. I have many hardware that stopped working on windows 8 , old hardware but useful and i dont want to buy new ones.
Guess what, the ones that have mac logo on them still work on mac.
Things like this. Plus , if you are busy at business, trust me , you will never waste hours learning about which hardware to get. Those hours are worth thousands of dollars. Thats why you need ready to work sure to work solutuions.
Hi amk, you got me wrong here :-D
I meant that if your time is worth thousands of euros (and involves heavy gpgpu tasks) you better hire an engineer just to build your pc and doing the maintenance
For engineers (or realtime visualization in general) of course quadros or firepros are better suited while the titan offers unparalled price/performance ratio for gpgpu
Spare me the nonsense. If you are busy at business, you have an IT department to take care of this. I'm a sysadmin and the only solutions that are sure to work are custom built PCs with high quality parts, proper 3-5 year warranties (default, not ridiculously costly "extentions" that Apple offers) etc. If you are busy at business, you know better than to dump $1100 at a system that "saves space" but offers specs of an Intel NUC. Seriously! http://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/nuc/nuc-kit-d54250wykh.html will get you ULV Core i5 with HD 5000, you can spec it with up to 16 GB 1600 MHz DDR3L RAM, it's got USB 3.0 and gigabit Ethernet, you can insert any 2.5 inch SATA drive into it, you have HDMI and DisplayPort - attach it to any screen you want. Oh, and it will run whatever OS you want. $360 for this, add another $200 for RAM and storage, you got $440 for a screen or two.
Spare me the nonsense. If you are busy at business, you have an IT department to take care of this. I'm a sysadmin and the only solutions that are sure to work are custom built PCs with high quality parts, proper 3-5 year warranties (default, not ridiculously costly "extentions" that Apple offers) etc. If you are busy at business, you know better than to dump $1100 at a system that "saves space" but offers specs of an Intel NUC. Seriously! http://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/nuc/nuc-kit-d54250wykh.html will get you ULV Core i5 with HD 5000, you can spec it with up to 16 GB 1600 MHz DDR3L RAM, it's got USB 3.0 and gigabit Ethernet, you can insert any 2.5 inch SATA drive into it, you have HDMI and DisplayPort - attach it to any screen you want. Oh, and it will run whatever OS you want. $360 for this, add another $200 for RAM and storage, you got $440 for a screen or two.
Just because a business is doing well. Doesn't mean that it is large enough to support or need an IT department. The time of many small business people can be worth a lot. But only need a few computers.
When their computers have a problem and they don't know much about computers. They are losing money until they can get a technician out to see them. They have no need of a server, domain, &c. The limit of their server type needs can be fulfilled with a NAS, Onedrive and Outlook.com for contact and calendar syncing. Even this is advanced for many small businesses that do quite well.
They don't know nor care about tech specs per dollar. All they care about is that it works reliably and fast enough. With the Apple you aren't nearly as likely to find the computer suddenly won't boot because the OS has tanked due to an error in Windows finicky registry, or has been taken out by a virus. All you have left is hardware errors which are just as likely to occur on any computer but really quite rare.
If the Apple does have a hardware failure they can quickly and easily restore a new Mac to the exact same state as the old one. From a Time Machine backup.
Personally for my main computer I use Windows. As an on site technician for small businesses I hate it when my clients get Macs. Since it reduces my support calls from them at least 75%. As the Macs just work.
I don't understand why they would chose a ULV i5 to use instead of the much cheaper, but still faster Intel i3 desktop cpu.
http://ark.intel.com/compare/76640,75030
The ULV i5 costs more and they are charging less for it lol.
*Sigh* You aren't "tech-smart" then. Component compatibility is very easy to figure out nowadays. When in doubt, ask Tom's Hardware forums to verify. Takes a few minutes.
Why should I have to ask Toms? The human race put a man on the moon decades before i was born, why can't a computer just work?
"Hey guys, new work rig, here's my pc part picker list. Anything I'm missing? Is this PSU any good? And If I want to get another 280x for gaming in a year will it still be good???"
Or
"My computer randomly BSODs. What could be wrong?"
Toms is FLOODED with those posts because building a PC is a jigsaw puzzle of components, bringing infinite variability. That variability causes potential issues. Switched to Apple for all our work PC's in 2009 after a particularly annoying month involving two dead PSU's on 2 store bought systems, a GFX card heatsink detaching and numerous crashes on my system that saw my mouse flying into my monitor at mach 10.
In the 5 years following on Macs, the only thing to die was a Time Machine, and even that didn't totally die, the Wifi just got extremely slow.
Being a manager of 2 small businesses I've pretty much got to do everything to an extent. I'm the general manager, production manager, marketing manager, accounts exec, IT guy and payroll bitch.
If I can spend more on a computer that works more reliably, it's better for my staff and frees me up to run and grow my businesses, not chase after broken PC's.
It's an employer vs employee mentality. My work time is my own money. I pay for it, not the company.
My own real world experience has shown me that Macs are more reliable. I'll still keep my (old) water-cooled beast at home for occasional gaming.