AnotherBrick

theirongiant said:

Old man yells at cloud.  News at 11.

No, Old man, looks at your life, you’re a lot like he was. 

To me right now, the question of cost/benefit is esoteric. I couldn't justify spending $5000.00 on a Windows (or any other OS) system over the last 10 years. I don't do anything with a computer that a $2000 one (or less) isn't powerful enough to do. I'm interested in the technology, and curious if it really is useful for people in the high end of video and SFX and graphic arts, but whatever the answer is I'm not going to be buying one. So $52,000 or $26,000 or $104,000 are all pretty much the same to me. I wouldn't have a reason to pay that much no matter whose computer it is or what it can do. 

jmulchino said:

AnotherBrick said:

Nice try, but it won’t work. Every article I’ve seen leads off with the price, usually highlighting the wheels, monitor or the monitor stand. The only things that might shut up those laughing will be if it sells well even at its price point and reviews and user testimonies are positive. 

And that won’t shut up a dedicated core of people who just seem to like complaining. 

Can’t stand comments going after others who “seem to like complaining”. The Comments section is devoted to critical comments, mostly. If you want others to agree with you 100% of the time and when they don’t, diss them for whining, it says a lot about you my friend. If you don’t like what you hear, don’t read it, but for Pete’s sake stay out of the Comments section if this is all you can add!

I was commenting about the subject of the article, which tries to show that this is not just Apple’s attempt at a high end prosumer machine but an actual computer meant for professionals in the SFX, Audio and Video businesses. 

Nice try, but it won’t work. Every article I’ve seen leads off with the price, usually highlighting the wheels, monitor or the monitor stand. The only things that might shut up those laughing will be if it sells well even at its price point and reviews and user testimonies are positive. 

Soli said:

OutdoorAppDeveloper said:

Now compare it to a thin and light Windows gaming laptop with a RTX 2080 GPU. I double dog dare you!

I'd love to. Can you find me a thin and light Windows gaming laptop with a RTX 2080 GPU with an 11 hour battery life using a 16" 226 PPI IPS display with 500 nits of brightness? Because those are specs that are important to me.

This is just curiosity on my part, but is there a 1 for 1 comparison (or as close as you can get if not) Windows laptop with similar specs and how does it compare price wise? I’m not looking at just raw physical components, I’m curious about comparing Adobe Photoshop or similar graphic intensive programs for Windows to MacBook versions and the real performance you are likely to get with either.