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Originally Posted by stomachmonkey
Yes, without Jobs the Apple we all love is slowly rotting.
Yes the integration is great but I will argue the hardware in many, not all, cases is better.
The 3,1 / 4,1 and 5,1 MacPros are undoubtedly the pinnacle of desktop hardware.
There's a reason that 5-8 year old machines are in demand on the secondary market and still command higher prices than most PC's you'll find at retail.
My 08' MacPro is a dual quad core Xenon with 32 GB's of RAM, 7 TB internal, 16 TB external SATA RAID 5, dual 2 GB GPU's running 5 displays on the latest up to date OS.
It's a beast that has been running 24/7 since new except for the odd downtime to swap a component or move its location.
It really is a spectacular bit of design and engineering.
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I would disagree that the hardware is any better, but there are tighter controls on integration and drivers. The components in that computer of yours aren't what most people would need in a desktop but would use in a server. Those components in a Mac are certified for use in a Mac where a windows unit you can gram a RAID controller from some guy in a white van on the street and Microsoft wont care with the OS where the Mac OS will tell you to get rid of that piece of crap. And it will be a piece of crap and the server will mostly run but give a BSoD now and then and people will complain it has bad RAM or who knows what.
I haven't looked for a while, but the last time I priced a Mac desktop unit it was more difficult to put the latest generation video card in it. That may have changed from 2009 /2010.