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Originally Posted by flipper35
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.
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Do you or have you owned one of those boxes?
You can use the case as jack stands for your truck.
Every piece is machined to the tightest tolerances.
There is not one edge anywhere in the box where you are in danger of cutting your hands while reaching inside.
No bundles of wires all over the inside that get in the way of swapping components or rubbing against case / GPU fans and act as traps for collecting balls of airborne matter.
No tools required to swap PCI cards, RAM, hard drives.
1,000 watt power supplies that I have yet to ever have one die.
Whisper quiet ventilation that is designed as part of the case rather than just slapping a fan over a hole in the back. In fact the PC's that I have running in the same environment accumulate considerably more dust and particulate compared to the tighter sealed MacPro case. Dust and particulate accumulation contributes to higher operating temperatures which contributes to component failure.
And yes, you have not looked in a long time then. Virtually every off the shelf PCI card works and has for years.
And yes, my rigs most certainly are built out to a higher specification than the average consumer requires but it does not matter. The consumer and prosumer all get the same quality box to start with, what they do with it afterwards is up to them.
While many of the internals that are found in one, CPU's, BT and WIFI cards are certainly identical to the ones used by other manufacturers to argue that how they are combined does not affect the overall performance, functionality, and longevity of the box is simply not true.
I would never recommend someone buy an $2,000 computer, Mac or PC, when they would be just as well serviced by a $500 machine but sometimes you do get what you pay for, you just have to decide if you need it.