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Say I buy the cheapest Imac available, can I throw in my own gpu and audio card or do am I going to have to spend an arm and a leg to upgrade?
Originally posted by: SoundTheSurrender
It's the nerds that constantly have to upgrade their systems then just using them that seem to cry about that.
Originally posted by: OSx86
Originally posted by: SoundTheSurrender
It's the nerds that constantly have to upgrade their systems then just using them that seem to cry about that.
No, its the computer users who want to use a desktop system with their own (not built in) monitor and GPU at an affordable price. By affordable, I'm talking about under $1500. Is that really too "nerdy" to ask for?
Edit: Something like the old Cube would be excellent (without the problems they had with heat)
Originally posted by: fisher
Originally posted by: OSx86
Originally posted by: SoundTheSurrender
It's the nerds that constantly have to upgrade their systems then just using them that seem to cry about that.
No, its the computer users who want to use a desktop system with their own (not built in) monitor and GPU at an affordable price. By affordable, I'm talking about under $1500. Is that really too "nerdy" to ask for?
Edit: Something like the old Cube would be excellent (without the problems they had with heat)
in the mac world? yes.
you can upgrade the video card, but you have to use one that works with macs. if you want a cheap mac you're going to be stuck with an iMac, or maybe pick up a refurb mac pro with the old specs and maybe upgrade the video card when the 8800gt is working with them. i still don't think you'll get in under 1500 bucks tho. the mac pro isn't your cheap newegg bargain shopper box, sorry.
Originally posted by: fisher
Originally posted by: OSx86
Originally posted by: SoundTheSurrender
It's the nerds that constantly have to upgrade their systems then just using them that seem to cry about that.
No, its the computer users who want to use a desktop system with their own (not built in) monitor and GPU at an affordable price. By affordable, I'm talking about under $1500. Is that really too "nerdy" to ask for?
Edit: Something like the old Cube would be excellent (without the problems they had with heat)
in the mac world? yes.
you can upgrade the video card, but you have to use one that works with macs. if you want a cheap mac you're going to be stuck with an iMac, or maybe pick up a refurb mac pro with the old specs and maybe upgrade the video card when the 8800gt is working with them. i still don't think you'll get in under 1500 bucks tho. the mac pro isn't your cheap newegg bargain shopper box, sorry.
Originally posted by: TheStu
Well, bear in mind that the Mac Pro has a really beefy PSU, dual socket, 4 PCIe slot Mobo, utilizes DDR2 FB-DIMMs, and has a serious case.
I'm not saying that you can't make an awesome hackintosh, just ask Kaido, but building your own Mac Pro (one that is truly identical) is tricky at best. Mac Pro uses Harpertown Xeons, and at the speed that it bases at, it is at least $754 for a single processor. I cannot find the exact mobo on Newegg, none of them have 4 PCIe x16 slots. Then you have to take into account the much more expensive RAM (due to its fully buffered status).
So, feel free to build a hackintosh, they can be quite awesome. I personally prefer a true a mac, but I recognize that they can be quite expensive depending on what you are looking for.
Originally posted by: Soccerman06
Another question, if I get the pro, can I use w/e monitor fits into the cables or do I have to sit with the apple monitor (ie Dell 3007WFP)
Originally posted by: Soccerman06
Originally posted by: fisher
Originally posted by: OSx86
Originally posted by: SoundTheSurrender
It's the nerds that constantly have to upgrade their systems then just using them that seem to cry about that.
No, its the computer users who want to use a desktop system with their own (not built in) monitor and GPU at an affordable price. By affordable, I'm talking about under $1500. Is that really too "nerdy" to ask for?
Edit: Something like the old Cube would be excellent (without the problems they had with heat)
in the mac world? yes.
you can upgrade the video card, but you have to use one that works with macs. if you want a cheap mac you're going to be stuck with an iMac, or maybe pick up a refurb mac pro with the old specs and maybe upgrade the video card when the 8800gt is working with them. i still don't think you'll get in under 1500 bucks tho. the mac pro isn't your cheap newegg bargain shopper box, sorry.
Well I priced a fully functional pc with the same basic spec as the Mac Pro (4 core xenon, 2 gig ram 8800gt) and the price difference is huge. For the pc it was 1242 and the mac was over 3100. Only difference between them would be the pc which had 4 gigs of ram and 16m cache hdd instead of a 8mb (both had 20 screens). and yes, those parts were of higher quality.
so expensive
Originally posted by: fisher
Originally posted by: Soccerman06
Originally posted by: fisher
Originally posted by: OSx86
Originally posted by: SoundTheSurrender
It's the nerds that constantly have to upgrade their systems then just using them that seem to cry about that.
No, its the computer users who want to use a desktop system with their own (not built in) monitor and GPU at an affordable price. By affordable, I'm talking about under $1500. Is that really too "nerdy" to ask for?
Edit: Something like the old Cube would be excellent (without the problems they had with heat)
in the mac world? yes.
you can upgrade the video card, but you have to use one that works with macs. if you want a cheap mac you're going to be stuck with an iMac, or maybe pick up a refurb mac pro with the old specs and maybe upgrade the video card when the 8800gt is working with them. i still don't think you'll get in under 1500 bucks tho. the mac pro isn't your cheap newegg bargain shopper box, sorry.
Well I priced a fully functional pc with the same basic spec as the Mac Pro (4 core xenon, 2 gig ram 8800gt) and the price difference is huge. For the pc it was 1242 and the mac was over 3100. Only difference between them would be the pc which had 4 gigs of ram and 16m cache hdd instead of a 8mb (both had 20 screens). and yes, those parts were of higher quality.
so expensive
the cpus themselves are 750 bucks on newegg. a single cpu mac pro with the 8800 is 2500 bucks, no display (save a few hundred bucks and buy a 20" dell screen instead of an apple).