New MacBook Pro

[darkshark]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...-219-_-Product

This board has a ton more RAM slots than mine, and support for the newer 12core amd cpu's. Do want.

[Izzy]

Wouldn't it be better to get a massive amount of cheap motherboards and cpu's and run them in parallel?

[supermousie]

Originally Posted by Crashfan3

Hey, it's overpriced, but look, it's glossy and translucent! OooOoOOoOooOoHhHhHhhh~

Well, I suppose it would classify as a 'shiny' object.

[Calcium Deposit]

[cedolad]

Interesting read.

[Sprite-]

Well I must say I thoroughly enjoyed that read. Kudos to the person who did that. I've been telling this shit to people for years. Damn. The only real logical reason to buy a Mac would be because it's shiny and looks nice. That's all.

[LongGone]

Most custom (desktop) PC builders charge about the same price though. Its only when you build the PC yourself you save incredible amounts of cost

Laptops on the other hand...eh. You're quite limited with whats available on the market since you can't really build one yourself

[MrGiggles]

Originally Posted by LongGone

Most custom (desktop) PC builders charge about the same price though. Its only when you build the PC yourself you save incredible amounts of cost

hahahahaha people make a living building custom desktops? why the **** am i in college lmao

btw, that infographic was partially debunked by someone a while ago iirc. I hate Apple as much as the next guy, but I def remember there was something wrong with the info. brb googling.

edit: okay, so there's a few things wrong that I can see. It's not the cheapest Mac Pro model but w/e. The bigger issue is that it isn't an iMac, which is what people actually buy instead of a goddamned workstation seriously. They're comparing this to DIY newegg gaming rigs. Apples/oranges. Additionally, it's out of date, most noticeably on the HDD's. They're now much cheaper. ummm what else... the RAM is ECC RAM, which is really expensive but really good for workstations. Also, equivalent Dell/HP/younameit workstations cost about the same at the same time period.

In fairness, if you did this with, say, an iMac and an equivalent Dell Dimension or whatever, Apple would probably still have upwards of 10% markup. But this image is a little silly.

[Crashfan3]

Originally Posted by Sprite-

Well I must say I thoroughly enjoyed that read. Kudos to the person who did that. I've been telling this shit to people for years. Damn. The only real logical reason to buy a Mac would be because it's shiny and looks nice. That's all.

Wasn't it just a month or two ago we had that 9-page thread about why not to get a Mac? Now some of THAT was interesting...

[ninjaKIWI]

Originally Posted by MrGiggles

hahahahaha people make a living building custom desktops? why the **** am i in college lmao

btw, that infographic was partially debunked by someone a while ago iirc. I hate Apple as much as the next guy, but I def remember there was something wrong with the info. brb googling.

edit: okay, so there's a few things wrong that I can see. It's not the cheapest Mac Pro model but w/e. The bigger issue is that it isn't an iMac, which is what people actually buy instead of a goddamned workstation seriously. They're comparing this to DIY newegg gaming rigs. Apples/oranges. Additionally, it's out of date, most noticeably on the HDD's. They're now much cheaper. ummm what else... the RAM is ECC RAM, which is really expensive but really good for workstations. Also, equivalent Dell/HP/younameit workstations cost about the same at the same time period.

In fairness, if you did this with, say, an iMac and an equivalent Dell Dimension or whatever, Apple would probably still have upwards of 10% markup. But this image is a little silly.

Originally Posted by Crashfan3

Wasn't it just a month or two ago we had that 9-page thread about why not to get a Mac? Now some of THAT was interesting...

Yeah, I made that thread, it's a little more accurate since it's more consumer-level than the mac pro that the image above details. Organism made some good points about how the iMac is an all-in-one and I compared it to regular desktops, but that really wasn't relevant anyways, since I was attempting to deter people from buying it, and trying to encourage building your own. There's no point in ever buying an all-in-one. It's slightly easier to move around, that's it.

[korny]

When your younger siblings use the computer frequently and end up getting viruses, you'll wish you had the money for a mac. Overpriced? Definitely. No viruses when a 10 year old uses your computer and incessantly? Priceless.

[Izzy]

How do you even manage to get viruses? I don't even know what I'd have to do if I wanted to do it on purpose.

Maybe turn off all firewalls and protection software and download and install every exe I come to on porn sites.

[korny]

Originally Posted by Izzy

How do you even manage to get viruses? I don't even know what I'd have to do if I wanted to do it on purpose.

Maybe turn off all firewalls and protection software and download and install every exe I come to on porn sites.

Ask my younger siblings.

[Crashfan3]

Originally Posted by korny

When your younger siblings use the computer frequently and end up getting viruses, you'll wish you had the money for a mac. Overpriced? Definitely. No viruses when a 10 year old uses your computer and incessantly? Priceless.

Buy a used $100 rig on Craigslist, give them that to play with. When they break it, tell them "Well, maybe you ought to take care of your belongings."

[Calcium Deposit]

Linux > Mac.

Why? It the same thing (mac is based on unix as well), but linux is FREE. Comes in many flavors, too.
Opensuse, Ubuntu, fedora...etc.

And the google droid operating sytem? That's linux as well.

But I'm pretty sure you can **** up a mac/linux pc as much as you can a windows PC. But if you set user rights on any of those you'll solve your virus problems. Give them limited accounts that can't install/uninstall anything.

[robertsona]

does thunderbolt technology mean it was shocked with lightning so it's really powerful? sorry i loaned my whole savings to internet people so they can buy songs on ffr so i dont have any money left to buy this laptop.

[robertsona]

lol

[Kibblre]

I got a MacBook Pro as a surprise gift. I'm content with it. Does this mean I'm a hipster loser that knows nothing about computers?

[cedolad]

No that means your parents (or whoever gave it to you) are rich and can afford nice things.

You're only a loser if you buy it yourself.

[Kibblre]

Originally Posted by cedolad

No that means your parents (or whoever gave it to you) are rich and can afford nice things.

You're only a loser if you buy it yourself.

Okay good, I'm safe. I got it as an early graduation gift from my Uncle because they moved to a different state and wouldn't be here to give it to me when I graduate.