the macpro my thoughts
guys i think were all missing somthing here ........
companies that have a lot of power macs aren't ganna shell out thousands of dollers/pounds on new power macs (or whatever the name will be ...) just cause theyv'e got a faster chip in them i think apple will do(or should do) an upgrade service where you get the new mother board & chip.
that way you can reuse your exsisting hard drive etc.
make smore buisness sense and would please the already dedicated users.
companies that have a lot of power macs aren't ganna shell out thousands of dollers/pounds on new power macs (or whatever the name will be ...) just cause theyv'e got a faster chip in them i think apple will do(or should do) an upgrade service where you get the new mother board & chip.
that way you can reuse your exsisting hard drive etc.
make smore buisness sense and would please the already dedicated users.
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Originally posted by carlito
guys i think were all missing somthing here ........
companies that have a lot of power macs aren't ganna shell out thousands of dollers/pounds on new power macs (or whatever the name will be ...) just cause theyv'e got a faster chip in them i think apple will do(or should do) an upgrade service where you get the new mother board & chip.
that way you can reuse your exsisting hard drive etc.
make smore buisness sense and would please the already dedicated users.
Yeah they will?when they need new ones.
Originally posted by carlito
guys i think were all missing somthing here ........
companies that have a lot of power macs aren't ganna shell out thousands of dollers/pounds on new power macs (or whatever the name will be ...) just cause theyv'e got a faster chip in them i think apple will do(or should do) an upgrade service where you get the new mother board & chip.
that way you can reuse your exsisting hard drive etc.
make smore buisness sense and would please the already dedicated users.
I do like my smores.
"will do" = unlikely
"should do" = sounds green to me(re: and yes I meant the irony in the word green)
Originally posted by carlito
guys i think were all missing somthing here ........
companies that have a lot of power macs aren't ganna shell out thousands of dollers/pounds on new power macs (or whatever the name will be ...) just cause theyv'e got a faster chip in them i think apple will do(or should do) an upgrade service where you get the new mother board & chip.
that way you can reuse your exsisting hard drive etc.
make smore buisness sense and would please the already dedicated users.
They aren't? Why do they do it every year then?
And I believe they do something like that because Virginia Tech's Big mac was originally PowerMacs and Think they updated it to xserves.
Originally posted by carlito
guys i think were all missing somthing here ........
companies that have a lot of power macs aren't ganna shell out thousands of dollers/pounds on new power macs (or whatever the name will be ...) just cause theyv'e got a faster chip in them i think apple will do(or should do) an upgrade service where you get the new mother board & chip.
that way you can reuse your exsisting hard drive etc.
make smore buisness sense and would please the already dedicated users.
Completely new computer from the ground up! Completely new computer form the ground up!
Companies in fact "will" upgrade their Macs and spend thousands of dollars to gain access to faster computers. Unlike us civillians companies have a more clearly defined ROI(Return on Investment) generally and they know when it makes sense to drop $30k on new computers.
upgrades are too time consuming. Say your Net Admin makes 65k a year and you want to save a few bucks on a new computer so you have him install a bunch of upgrades well he/she is making $30 an hour is it really cost effective to nickle and dime your way into a slightly better performaing computer?
Also, buying a Mac Pro when CS3 comes out (March? May?) will get you not just a speed boost (it may be 8 core by then) but also iLife 2007 and Leopard. When you add $129 + $129 to a $1500 "motherboard upgrade", you pay just as much.
And for the record, the Powermac has two HDD slots, I assume the Mac Pro will have 2+, so you can reuse your old drive (though you may have to reformat it) as a data drive.
Originally posted by carlito
guys i think were all missing somthing here ........
companies that have a lot of power macs aren't ganna shell out thousands of dollers/pounds on new power macs (or whatever the name will be ...) just cause theyv'e got a faster chip in them i think apple will do(or should do) an upgrade service where you get the new mother board & chip.
that way you can reuse your exsisting hard drive etc.
make smore buisness sense and would please the already dedicated users.
Are you drunk?
Originally posted by wilco
Are you drunk?
he's obviously smoking pills.
lol.
oh and the RAm as that might have changed for the new MB...
Usually, every 3years a company just get new PCs
Originally posted by revs
It's way too much hassle for companies to just upgrade MOBOs and the CPU etc.
oh and the RAm as that might have changed for the new MB...
Usually, every 3years a company just get new PCs
I have to agree, it's easier for a company to just change the whole box than the MB. My company will replace the whole computer rather than upgrading one part - the chip, RAM, or HD.
And why would Apple change something that works great the way it is. Apple sells complete computers, they don't sell parts.
It's also the pace of technology that works against the myth of processor upgrades. There haven't been viable cost effective *processor only* upgrades available on the PC for some time. Most times, technology will have advanced to where you need a new motherboard at a minimum, then maybe memory, then of course there are faster drives available, then etc...
I was fascinated when I moved to Apple machines (back when the G3 was introduced) that there was actually a thriving market for procesor upgrades. Alas that seems to have died down quite a bit.
Originally posted by Bancho
I was fascinated when I moved to Apple machines (back when the G3 was introduced) that there was actually a thriving market for procesor upgrades. Alas that seems to have died down quite a bit.
There have never been enough G5s to go around. Whereas IBM/Motorola/Freescale made some G3s and G4s that got bought by upgrade companies, G5s were in so short of supply (especially when new chips came out) that all of them were going to Apple.