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Title: If you had the money to buy any Computer you wanted?
Post by: olol_gcf on December 01, 2007, 01:17:22 PM
What would it be?

For me I would get the MacBook Pro.  :)

It's such an awesome notebook...It can run Windows Vista and Mac OSX.

(http://images.apple.com/macbookpro/images/index_top20071026.jpg)

Specs and stuff: http://www.apple.com/macbookpro/ (http://"http://www.apple.com/macbookpro/")
Title: Re: If you had the money to buy any Computer you wanted?
Post by: Daddy on December 01, 2007, 01:33:37 PM
A MAC PRO WITH 32 GB OF RAM
Title: Re: If you had the money to buy any Computer you wanted?
Post by: bluaki on December 01, 2007, 02:46:28 PM
It'd be a custom-built IBM-style or whatever you call it. The kind of computer that runs Windows and Linux and whatever psyduck;

8GB of RAM or whatever other maximum there is
Intel Quad Core CPU
Like four HDDs each 500gig or so
Dual-boot Windows XP Pro and Vista Ultimate (or whatever they call that highest version)
A PCI-e video card with S-vid and 15-pin D-sub outputs (maybe component if there is any). Dunno what specs
A TV-capture card that supports S-video, composite video, and YPbPr Component Video. 30+ FPS and real-time capture.
Two identical LCDs each with max resolution of like at least 1280x1024, not widescreen, and only like 16" or so.
Wireless B, G, and N PCI card.
Two DVD+RW drives
Flash card adapter for things like SD
Title: Re: If you had the money to buy any Computer you wanted?
Post by: Wrench on December 01, 2007, 03:33:38 PM
Most likely a Macbook Pro also.
Title: Re: If you had the money to buy any Computer you wanted?
Post by: ncba93ivyase on December 01, 2007, 03:39:42 PM
Quote from: bluaki on December 01, 2007, 02:46:28 PM
It'd be a custom-built IBM-style or whatever you call it. The kind of computer that runs Windows and Linux and whatever psyduck;

what x86 pc doesnt psyduck;

And I already own a Core 2 Duo iMac.
Title: Re: If you had the money to buy any Computer you wanted?
Post by: The Speaker Of Words on December 01, 2007, 06:47:43 PM
A Mac Pro, easily.
Title: Re: If you had the money to buy any Computer you wanted?
Post by: Cookie on December 01, 2007, 06:52:56 PM
A Mac Book Pro with 1000 TB hardrive, 50 GBs of RAM, some really good graphics card that I wouldn't even know how to use, and some shiny stuff on the outside.

Although with all the video footage I have been filming 1000 TBs would be nice......
Title: Re: If you had the money to buy any Computer you wanted?
Post by: Daddy on December 01, 2007, 07:30:06 PM
Quote from: ZELDABOY12 on December 01, 2007, 06:52:56 PM
A Mac Book Pro with 1000 TB hardrive, 50 GBs of RAM, some really good graphics card that I wouldn't even know how to use, and some shiny stuff on the outside.

Although with all the video footage I have been filming 1000 TBs would be nice......
what


Title: Re: If you had the money to buy any Computer you wanted?
Post by: JGE on December 01, 2007, 10:07:11 PM
those blackbird gaming pcs


or alienware, my youtube friend has 1 and he says its pretty cool
Title: Re: If you had the money to buy any Computer you wanted?
Post by: Zeta on December 01, 2007, 11:06:21 PM
For a laptop, a Macbook Pro.

For a desktop, I'd build my own. Although I'd be torn between AMD and NVidia for the video card. NVidia will have SLi and more power, but with AMD I can expect open-source video drivers on Linux.
Title: Re: If you had the money to buy any Computer you wanted?
Post by: JGE on December 01, 2007, 11:10:51 PM
Quote from: Zeta on December 01, 2007, 11:06:21 PM
For a laptop, a Macbook Pro.

For a desktop, I'd build my own. Although I'd be torn between AMD and NVidia for the video card. NVidia will have SLi and more power, but with AMD I can expect open-source video drivers on Linux.

update firefox fag
Title: Re: If you had the money to buy any Computer you wanted?
Post by: Daddy on December 01, 2007, 11:11:25 PM
Quote from: Zeta on December 01, 2007, 11:06:21 PM
For a laptop, a Macbook Pro.

For a desktop, I'd build my own. Although I'd be torn between AMD and NVidia for the video card. NVidia will have SLi and more power, but with AMD I can expect open-source video drivers on Linux.
hello there Hiei.

I wish I had money for a desktop so I could beef up the specs.
Title: Re: If you had the money to buy any Computer you wanted?
Post by: Daddy on December 01, 2007, 11:11:56 PM
Quote from: Precursor on December 01, 2007, 11:10:51 PM
update firefox fag
Stop posting from your Wii.
Title: Re: If you had the money to buy any Computer you wanted?
Post by: LightShock on December 01, 2007, 11:14:54 PM
Mac Book Pro. My friends have it and it is simply awesome. everything about it in fact.. wub;
Title: Re: If you had the money to buy any Computer you wanted?
Post by: Zeta on December 01, 2007, 11:17:44 PM
Quote from: Precursor on December 01, 2007, 11:10:51 PM
update firefox fag


Why do you give a shit about my browser?
Title: Re: If you had the money to buy any Computer you wanted?
Post by: JGE on December 02, 2007, 12:27:26 AM
Quote from: JMV290 on December 01, 2007, 11:11:56 PM
Stop posting from your Wii.

ok
Title: Re: If you had the money to buy any Computer you wanted?
Post by: JGE on December 02, 2007, 12:28:46 AM
Quote from: Zeta on December 01, 2007, 11:17:44 PM
Why do you give a shit about my browser?

i dont
Title: Re: If you had the money to buy any Computer you wanted?
Post by: Feynman on December 02, 2007, 11:19:48 AM
I guess it'd be a Mac Pro with all the specs maxed out.
Title: Re: If you had the money to buy any Computer you wanted?
Post by: Title27GT on December 02, 2007, 06:31:09 PM
I have enough money for an 8-core Mac Pro with 16 Gigabytes of RAM, but I wanted a laptop and the MacBook Pro's are horribly ugly and unportable
Title: Re: If you had the money to buy any Computer you wanted?
Post by: Daddy on December 02, 2007, 06:36:19 PM
Quote from: Title on December 02, 2007, 06:31:09 PM
I have enough money for an 8-core Mac Pro with 16 Gigabytes of RAM, but I wanted a laptop and the MacBook Pro's are horribly ugly and unportable
I thought your dad bought your macbook for you.
Title: Re: If you had the money to buy any Computer you wanted?
Post by: Kingoftherings on December 02, 2007, 07:34:26 PM
Lulz at all the Mac Pros   pseudo;

Mac Pros suck, especially for their price.   burned;

And you won't be gaming on one them, due to lack of GPU power, and they have way too much CPU power for any user, unless you actually need a workstation to run CUDA or something.

And its not future proof really, by the time you need that CPU power, those Xeons will be obsolete because everything will use SSE4 or SSE5 or whatever.
Title: Re: If you had the money to buy any Computer you wanted?
Post by: ncba93ivyase on December 02, 2007, 07:52:44 PM
Quote from: Kingoftherings on December 02, 2007, 07:34:26 PM
Lulz at all the Mac Pros   pseudo;

Mac Pros suck, especially for their price.   burned;

And you won't be gaming on one them, due to lack of GPU power, and they have way too much CPU power for any user, unless you actually need a workstation to run CUDA or something.

And its not future proof really, by the time you need that CPU power, those Xeons will be obsolete because everything will use SSE4 or SSE5 or whatever.
Most new Mac users don't know how to quit apps. READ: They'll need those eight cores.

Also, not everyone plays shitty games like Crysis.
Title: Re: If you had the money to buy any Computer you wanted?
Post by: LCK on December 02, 2007, 08:10:57 PM
Why the hell would you want to run Vista on a Macbook? psyduck;
Title: Re: If you had the money to buy any Computer you wanted?
Post by: Samus Aran on December 02, 2007, 09:29:27 PM
Quote from: Trevor on December 02, 2007, 08:10:57 PM
Why the hell would you want to run Vista on a Macbook? psyduck;


PC gaming porpoises, I suppose.
Title: Re: If you had the money to buy any Computer you wanted?
Post by: ncba93ivyase on December 02, 2007, 09:30:10 PM
Quote from: Speedykaz on December 02, 2007, 09:29:27 PM
PC gaming porpoises, I suppose.
You wouldn't be running Vista, then.
Title: Re: If you had the money to buy any Computer you wanted?
Post by: Daddy on December 02, 2007, 09:33:58 PM
Quote from: Kingoftherings on December 02, 2007, 07:34:26 PM
Lulz at all the Mac Pros   pseudo;

Mac Pros suck, especially for their price.   burned;

And you won't be gaming on one them, due to lack of GPU power, and they have way too much CPU power for any user, unless you actually need a workstation to run CUDA or something.

And its not future proof really, by the time you need that CPU power, those Xeons will be obsolete because everything will use SSE4 or SSE5 or whatever.
What? They suck for their price, but they have too much CPU power?

cool logic
Title: Re: If you had the money to buy any Computer you wanted?
Post by: Zeta on December 02, 2007, 10:24:02 PM
Quote from: Lawlz on December 02, 2007, 09:30:10 PM
You wouldn't be running Vista, then.


Why not? It's usable, most problems can now be blamed on AMD and/or Creative.
Title: Re: If you had the money to buy any Computer you wanted?
Post by: The artist formally known on December 04, 2007, 12:27:57 AM
600gb or so
2+gbs of ram
8800 or so gfx card with dual dvi outputs
way more usbs than i'll ever need
5.1 sound card
blah blah blah
processor able to run mac os just in case i wanted to

it'll cost about $1000 but after x-mas I'm going to save up for it, getting a job the day I turn 18
Title: Re: If you had the money to buy any Computer you wanted?
Post by: Kingoftherings on December 04, 2007, 02:52:05 PM
Quote from: JMV290 on December 02, 2007, 09:33:58 PM
What? They suck for their price, but they have too much CPU power?

cool logic
They have too much CPU power for any normal user.   psyduck;

And if you're buying a workstation, a Mac Pro is way too expensive, especially for the bare minimum specs.
7300 and 1gb of RAM?  On a Workstation?  For $2500?
And on top of that, upgrading to a Quadro GPU on a Mac Pro is twice the normal price, and the same with more RAM.
Title: Re: If you had the money to buy any Computer you wanted?
Post by: Blaze-Senpai on December 04, 2007, 03:35:01 PM
Probably something I won't use past 33% of its full power.
Title: Re: If you had the money to buy any Computer you wanted?
Post by: Title27GT on December 04, 2007, 06:01:54 PM
Quote from: JMV290 on December 02, 2007, 09:33:58 PM
What? They suck for their price, but they have too much CPU power?

cool logic
and since when the fuck did mac pros lack GPU power
Title: Re: If you had the money to buy any Computer you wanted?
Post by: Title27GT on December 04, 2007, 06:02:19 PM
Quote from: JMV290 on December 02, 2007, 06:36:19 PM
I thought your dad bought your macbook for you.
He was going to, but then he said he would only buy me an Inspiron so I said forget it spam;
Title: Re: If you had the money to buy any Computer you wanted?
Post by: ncba93ivyase on December 04, 2007, 06:12:50 PM
Quote from: Title on December 04, 2007, 06:01:54 PM
and since when the fuck did mac pros lack GPU power
The GPU isn't comparable to other stuff you can buy on the market, but unless you're running shit like Crysis, it'll be good for at least a few years.
Title: Re: If you had the money to buy any Computer you wanted?
Post by: Kingoftherings on December 04, 2007, 07:49:17 PM
Quote from: Lawlz on December 04, 2007, 06:12:50 PM
The GPU isn't comparable to other stuff you can buy on the market, but unless you're running shit like Crysis, it'll be good for at least a few years.
Or if you're using it as a workstation, like most people with a Mac Pro would, the GPU isn't enough.
Title: Re: If you had the money to buy any Computer you wanted?
Post by: Zeta on December 04, 2007, 08:39:42 PM
Quote from: Kingoftherings on December 04, 2007, 07:49:17 PM
Or if you're using it as a workstation, like most people with a Mac Pro would, the GPU isn't enough.


Apparently not, since Photo, Audio, and Video editing works fine. Differences in DirectX and OpenGL, methinks? Like Lawlz said, you aren't going to be running Crysis on it.
Title: Re: If you had the money to buy any Computer you wanted?
Post by: Title27GT on December 05, 2007, 03:35:05 PM
Quote from: Lawlz on December 04, 2007, 06:12:50 PM
The GPU isn't comparable to other stuff you can buy on the market, but unless you're running shit like Crysis, it'll be good for at least a few years.
Very, very computers come with good GPUs. You have to upgrade it, dumb shits. There are plenty of options from apple and it's upgradeable
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Title: Re: If you had the money to buy any Computer you wanted?
Post by: Title27GT on December 05, 2007, 03:35:57 PM
Quote from: Kingoftherings on December 04, 2007, 07:49:17 PM
Or if you're using it as a workstation, like most people with a Mac Pro would, the GPU isn't enough.
This is coming from the idiot who brags about running OS X on his PC then insults it and says all macs have GMA 950s
Title: Re: If you had the money to buy any Computer you wanted?
Post by: ncba93ivyase on December 05, 2007, 04:15:59 PM
Quote from: Title on December 05, 2007, 03:35:05 PM
Very, very computers come with good GPUs. You have to upgrade it, dumb shits. There are plenty of options from apple and it's upgradeable
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yes it's upgradeable

But there are better things on the market than what even Apple lists there.
Title: Re: If you had the money to buy any Computer you wanted?
Post by: Kingoftherings on December 06, 2007, 07:27:29 PM
Quote from: Title on December 05, 2007, 03:35:05 PM
Very, very computers come with good GPUs. You have to upgrade it, dumb shits. There are plenty of options from apple and it's upgradeable
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1.  7300GTs are worth $60, not $150.
2.  X1950s aren't worth $400 ($150 for the 7300 included in price +$250

And having 2x 7300s doesn't make SLi, Apple uses Intel chipsets, and only Nvidia Nforce chipsets support SLi.  So having multiple 7300s is only good for multi monitor set ups.
Title: Re: If you had the money to buy any Computer you wanted?
Post by: Title27GT on December 06, 2007, 07:31:20 PM
Quote from: Kingoftherings on December 06, 2007, 07:27:29 PM
1.  7300GTs are worth $60, not $150.
2.  X1950s aren't worth $400 ($150 for the 7300 included in price +$250

And having 2x 7300s doesn't make SLi, Apple uses Intel chipsets, and only Nvidia Nforce chipsets support SLi.  So having multiple 7300s is only good for multi monitor set ups.
SLI doesn't really make that much of a difference
Title: Re: If you had the money to buy any Computer you wanted?
Post by: Kingoftherings on December 06, 2007, 07:38:53 PM
Quote from: Title on December 06, 2007, 07:31:20 PM
SLI doesn't really make that much of a difference
I'll agree with that.  Especially on a Mac when you aren't playing games anyway.  SLi isn't going to render your desktop any better.
Title: Re: If you had the money to buy any Computer you wanted?
Post by: Title27GT on December 06, 2007, 07:52:31 PM
Quote from: Kingoftherings on December 06, 2007, 07:38:53 PM
I'll agree with that.  Especially on a Mac when you aren't playing games anyway.  SLi isn't going to render your desktop any better.
No, it doesn't make a huge difference in gaming on Windows, either.
Title: Re: If you had the money to buy any Computer you wanted?
Post by: Kingoftherings on December 07, 2007, 02:15:05 PM
Quote from: Title on December 06, 2007, 07:52:31 PM
No, it doesn't make a huge difference in gaming on Windows, either.
It does a little, but it doesn't double performance.

I think 1.5x performance is still almost unheard of for SLi.
Title: Re: If you had the money to buy any Computer you wanted?
Post by: Reverse Psychology on December 08, 2007, 04:17:20 PM
Mac pro.