Posted on 10/29/2016 1:59:49 PM PDT by EveningStar
The personal desktop computer used to once be an exclusive and expensive machine, though we now know it and its laptop counterpart as a mass-market commodity that most people can afford. This week, however, the companies that defined the personal computer, Microsoft and Apple, gave us a glimpse of the future and it looks like a return to the past: the PC is going back to being an exclusive and expensive machine.
Set aside all the explosions of color on gorgeous, high-resolution displays. Ignore the glamorous promo videos and the ultrathin, all-metal chassis of the new Surface Studio and MacBook Pro. Instead, focus on the prices.
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There are attempts to create new products that ARM tablets and phones can’t run. PC geaming is also doing quite well. And 5 even well maintained computers tend to die after 5-10 years.
The premise is pretty much nonsense.
There is a ton of value in any PC today. If you want more capability, in general you pay more. No surprise there...
The real beauty of the PC architecture is the ability to build your own machine, to your exact requirements. I think that’s the best value. I also think PC sales will pick up going forward, the less powerful gadgets can’t do the same job.
I've always advocated building my own PCs. If someone comes to me with a store bought PC and asks me to make it faster, I bump the memory to the max it can take and find the fastest processor. Usually that does the trick and people think I'm a wizard.
Bottom line, prices are going back up because people want computing power, not the latest PC gimmick that keeps them going back to the store for repairs.
Thats business and GEEKS, wise guy.
Or, you could just dictate it. Editing is another story.
Same here I either make one from scratch or find a deal on a Barebones box with good mobo and processor and then mod it from there.
Saves a ton of money and I end up with a rig that lasts a long time with no problems whatsoever.
Uhhh...this business runs on Macs. Our server is a Mac Mini. Our workstations are two iMacs, two Mac Minis and a Mac Pro. Not to mention the three iPads and two Macbook Pros used regularly around the office.
We are a Mom and Pop custom printed and embroidered apparel business.
We have two PC boxes - one is our Quickbooks server and the other is used to run the proprietary software that runs our digital garment printer.
All of our Macs (except for the server) are also running VMWare Fusion with Windows 7. We require a very specific version of Quickbooks and Intuit has not (yet) ported it to Mac. Once they do, we will really have no use for Windows except for the garment printer.
I pray every day that that day arrives soon!
Yep -- and you are not alone: the world's largest business installation of Macs (approaching 100K -- and supported by an IT staff of only five [5] ) is at, of all places...
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And so does mine...!
Check out my latest FR article.
I just released Part One of a complex, graphics-intensive video intended for the Trump Campaign -- created entirely on my MacBook Pro.
I hear ya there. My computers last on the average 6 years or more. The system I'm on now is over 5 years old and still going strong.
But before that they need to release the large Thunderbolt 3 displays that can have one or two discrete video adapters built in and support them with Metal drivers: You buy a new Thunderbolt 3 display, add your own GeForce or ATi video adapters, connect it to your Mac Mini or MacBook Pro, and you have whatever graphics power you added to your new display.
They need to get this done and get on it now. Right now.
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