Comments for Bob Martens http://bobmartens.net Everything for no one. Wed, 22 Feb 2012 18:25:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Comment on The poor Mac Pro by Bob Martens http://bobmartens.net/2012/02/the-poor-mac-pro/#comment-685 Bob Martens Wed, 22 Feb 2012 18:25:00 +0000 http://bobmartens.net/?p=884#comment-685 While true, it isn't a comparable system. The Mac Pro is a professional workstation ... and sadly, you pay a TON more for that designation. Dual-socket motherboard, ECC RAM, the option to bump the RAM up to (possibly) 64 GB, four open removable drive bays ... those are things that cost a lot of extra money. Sadly, Intel has dropped the ball here by not supplying that first part ... a new dual-socket motherboard with accompanying CPU. You are right that right now the Core i7 meets and exceeds what most people need in a workstation, but that's not why the Mac Pro has stagnated. While true, it isn’t a comparable system.

The Mac Pro is a professional workstation … and sadly, you pay a TON more for that designation. Dual-socket motherboard, ECC RAM, the option to bump the RAM up to (possibly) 64 GB, four open removable drive bays … those are things that cost a lot of extra money. Sadly, Intel has dropped the ball here by not supplying that first part … a new dual-socket motherboard with accompanying CPU.

You are right that right now the Core i7 meets and exceeds what most people need in a workstation, but that’s not why the Mac Pro has stagnated.

]]> Comment on The poor Mac Pro by Josh Siok http://bobmartens.net/2012/02/the-poor-mac-pro/#comment-684 Josh Siok Wed, 22 Feb 2012 18:17:00 +0000 http://bobmartens.net/?p=884#comment-684 It could be that the iMac/Core i7 combination is more that adequate (performance wise) for most of the target market of Mac Pros. Most people cant justify or afford spending the top dollar on a Mac Pro. Apple.com: The bottom of the line Mac Pro Quad-core Xeon, 3GB RAM, 1TB hard drive for $2499 does not sound compelling to me. Last i checked you can get a quad-code i7, 8GB RAM, 2 TB, w/ decent graphics card system running windows 7 for ~$700. Considering the costs, it not very compelling to most. I really don't think the CPU performance is the problem here. It could be that the iMac/Core i7 combination is more that adequate (performance wise) for most of the target market of Mac Pros. Most people cant justify or afford spending the top dollar on a Mac Pro. Apple.com: The bottom of the line Mac Pro Quad-core Xeon, 3GB RAM, 1TB hard drive for $2499 does not sound compelling to me. Last i checked you can get a quad-code i7, 8GB RAM, 2 TB, w/ decent graphics card system running windows 7 for ~$700. Considering the costs, it not very compelling to most. I really don’t think the CPU performance is the problem here.

]]> Comment on Mountain Lion: Decoupling Software by Mountain Lion: What I Know So Far | Bob Martens http://bobmartens.net/2012/02/mountain-lion-decoupling-software/#comment-683 Mountain Lion: What I Know So Far | Bob Martens Wed, 22 Feb 2012 15:43:28 +0000 http://bobmartens.net/?p=865#comment-683 [...] Decoupling Software [...] [...] Decoupling Software [...]

]]> Comment on The World is Not What it Was by Bob Martens http://bobmartens.net/2012/02/the-world-is-not-what-it-was/#comment-682 Bob Martens Wed, 22 Feb 2012 14:27:00 +0000 http://bobmartens.net/?p=892#comment-682 Agreed. The lack of long-term thinking is appalling. Agreed. The lack of long-term thinking is appalling.

]]> Comment on The World is Not What it Was by NateBeran http://bobmartens.net/2012/02/the-world-is-not-what-it-was/#comment-681 NateBeran Wed, 22 Feb 2012 04:48:00 +0000 http://bobmartens.net/?p=892#comment-681 All true. Also hurts future content creators. We'll have the exact same situation that software creators have with software patents. All true. Also hurts future content creators. We’ll have the exact same situation that software creators have with software patents.

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