Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/08/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]If you spec out similar hardware for a Windows box the Mac often works out cheaper. I did it for my dual 5520 Xeon Pro (basically server spec) and 17" i7 (1920x1200 display), the latter only Dell and IBM could match the screen and they worked out significantly more expensive.... john ________________________________________ I have Windows 7 installed on my Mac Pro. I use it rarely though, Having a system that JUST WORKS, no bullshit, makes the high price worth every cent to someone like me who uses the computer as a tool for my photography and graphic design business. My time is money, and fighting windows is a waste of time and money. I used Windows up through XP and had nothing but trouble. I think Windows 7 is a much better system than the versions that made me switch to Mac, but having thousands of dollars in software for the Mac, the savings in buying a cheaper Windows computer would be lost by having to replace my software. -- Chris Crawford On 8/13/12 2:01 AM, "Frank Filippone" <red735i at earthlink.net> wrote: >There is a less expensive solution...... > >Windoze..... > >But you knew that..... > >Frank Filippone >Red735i at earthlink.net > >When I got 8 gig of RAM in two 4-gig sticks for my Mac Pro last year, they >were nearly $300. The Mac Pro gets so hot inside that the RAM for it >requires huge heatsinks on both sides that stick out a half inch on each >side. No other computer uses those types of RAM heatsinks, so they're >expensive. > > > >_______________________________________________ >Leica Users Group. >See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information ------------------------------------------------------------ Mail was checked for spam by the Freeware Edition of CleanMail. The Freeware Edition is free for personal and non-commercial use. You can remove this notice by purchasing a full license!