Posts by Lemon Bon Bon.

Quote: Exactly. Technological Luddites. I still think that one of Apples goals here was to design a machine that they can sell at a low price relative to its real world performance. Sort of like in the way that...

http://clbenchmark.com/device-info.jsp?config=14659325   For my 680 MX, if you have the right app, you can crunch some decent numbers.   I wonder if Open CL is going to get some serious industry momentum behind it......

$1,429.99   For the W8000.   Ouch.  That's almost £1000 (£909 EACH) so that's £1800 worth of GPU power.  :OOOOO   Two of those working optimally may just catch a Titan gpu?   Eyes...

Wow.  The GTX 780 Nvidia card is eye poppingly fast!  Twice the 680 MX almost!  Suppose we'll need that kind of performance to shift 3D on a 4k monitor? :?   :O   Lemon Bon Bon.

Look at the Air and iPad as examples where the value has become seriously impressive over time.   An SSD in the Air gets you 800mbs read and write?  Insane numbers.  You dont' even get that standard in one of Apple's...

ie they could give much better value than the old entry Pro and hit a lower price point?   Lemon Bon Bon.

£1483.49   I put your price into a currency convertor.  If Apple could hit the UK price above...with the added value of a 2nd gpu and a hex core...with SSD (which would add up to the value of the 27 inch monitor included...

Excellent post, Marv'.  Bravo'.   It gives a very good indication and breakdown of where Apple maybe going from Base to Highend.   You know.  Your posts would make a very nice foundation for articles....

Commonly known in the UK as?  'Taking the p*ss.'   Lemon Bon Bon.

Quote: Holy crap  Yep.  That about covers some of Apple's insane upsell prices.   Lemon Bon Bon.