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I just upgraded my desktop from my old Mac G4 PowerMac to a new Mac Pro. I also upgraded my crappy Sony Vaio laptop to a Macbook Pro and picked up a iMac for the bedroom. So far 90% of my computer usage is my desktop, with the rest split between my Macbook Pro and iMac. I only use the laptop in my listening chair.
Mac Pro
Two 3.0GHz Quad-Core Intel Xeon
4GB memory (800MHz DDR2 fully-buffered DIMM ECC)
(4) ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT graphics with 256MB memory
(2) 1 TB Serial ATA 3Gb/s 7200-rpm hard drives
(2) 16x double-layer SuperDrives
30" Apple Cinema HD Display
Macbook Pro 15.4"
2.5 GHz Penryn C2D
4 GB Ram
NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT with 512MB
250 GB Hard Drive
iMac 24"
3.06 GHz C2D
4 GB Ram
NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GS with 512MB memory
500 GB Hard w/ 1TB External Firewire HD
Superdrive
an HP m8430f:
HP w1907 lcd Monitor
Windows Vista Home Premium
Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 @ 2.4 GHz
4.0 Gb of Ram
NVIDIA GeForce 8500 GT 512 GB
750 GB Hard Disk Drive
Wifi, TV tuner, DVR, etc.
I just upgraded my desktop from my old Mac G4 PowerMac to a new Mac Pro. I also upgraded my crappy Sony Vaio laptop to a Macbook Pro and picked up a iMac for the bedroom. So far 90% of my computer usage is my desktop, with the rest split between my Macbook Pro and iMac. I only use the laptop in my listening chair.
Mac Pro
Two 3.0GHz Quad-Core Intel Xeon
4GB memory (800MHz DDR2 fully-buffered DIMM ECC)
(4) ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT graphics with 256MB memory
(2) 1 TB Serial ATA 3Gb/s 7200-rpm hard drives
(2) 16x double-layer SuperDrives
30" Apple Cinema HD Display
Macbook Pro 15.4"
2.5 GHz Penryn C2D
4 GB Ram
NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT with 512MB
250 GB Hard Drive
iMac 24"
3.06 GHz C2D
4 GB Ram
NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GS with 512MB memory
500 GB Hard w/ 1TB External Firewire HD
Superdrive
WOW!! That Mac Pro has to rock! Why did you get 4 graphics cards? I need to work where you do
Laptop man through and through. After several years, I just found it easier to keep one main computer and prefer to able to carry it around when I need it.
Desktops are much nicer for power/cost, also since I build my desktops it makes it much cheaper and easier to upgrade or customize. However, laptops are always going to be king for convenience and portability, even bigger 17"+ ones.
I've built and loved desktops in the past, but I'm on a laptop right now and my school is going to make me get a MacBook Pro with a lot of preinstalled software (CAD, Adobe Suite, etc.) on it. Looks like I'll stay a laptop guy for a while.
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*Headphones: Sennheiser HD750, Sennheiser HD900, Sennheiser HD565, Sennheiser HR70, AKG K841, AKG K191, Beyerdynamic DT855, Beyerdynamic DT909, Beyerdynamic DT100-250, Grado HS-2, Grado SR-2, Grado SR-265i, Ultrasone D-FI Proline 720, AudioTechnica AD4000, AudioTechnica A500 LTD, AudioTechnica W101
*IEMs: Shure E6, Shure SE340, Ultimate Ears Super.Fi 7 Studio, Ultimate Ears UE14 Super Pro sextuple driver customs, Etymotic ER-2S, Etymotic ER-i8, Jays B-JAYS, Westone UM0
*Amps: Singlepower MMX3 SLAM, Meier Corda Aura, Little Dot Super Tube 3++, Eddie Current EC/CC, Eddie Current Zana Troix, WooAudio WA8+, Headroom Homedesk Max Balanced, Mapletree Nose+, AudioTechnica AT-HA45T, Firestone Crazy Country, Firestone Cute Deluxe, HeadAmp GS Lite, HeadAmp Gilmore Blue Bermuda electrostatic, Zhaolu D3.5
*Portable Amps: Xin SuperTiny III, Headroom Total ButtHead, RSA Hammerhead, RSA F-117A, Larocco Pocket Dictionary v2.0, Portaphile PV2AV2, Xenos OHA-1EPCQA2, Prelude Audio Orchestra II, Meier Porta Quarta MkIII, Headsave Go-Mint, HeadAmp AC-2
Money Spent Since Joining Head-Fi: ~$639,000...CURSE YOU HEAD-FI!
WOW!! That Mac Pro has to rock! Why did you get 4 graphics cards? I need to work where you do
Yes, the Mac Pro is fantastic. I only ordered two video cards to run dual monitors a bit more efficiently than one card but for some reason Apple gave me two extra ones. Maybe some day I will run a crazy array of 8 30" monitors and use my computer from the next room.
72 GB of RAM
Dual ATI Radeon T-1000 SLI video cards
Six trillion terabyte 3.5" HDD
Mr. Smith aka Super Mega Awesome (t) Processor
Cold Fusion Cooling Unit
4" CRT
Bad Wolf ATX tower
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I put random stuff and/or equipment in my sig, so all the signature elitists should go find something else to make themselves not feel like pathetic losers.
Yes, the Mac Pro is fantastic. I only ordered two video cards to run dual monitors a bit more efficiently than one card but for some reason Apple gave me two extra ones. Maybe some day I will run a crazy array of 8 30" monitors and use my computer from the next room.
I surely hope they didn't charge you double for 4 instead of 2...
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