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> On Dec 9, 2019, at 1:26 PM, Stephen van Vuuren <AE-List@media-motion.tv> wrote: > >> Who’s getting one? > > I'm really curious in the answer to this question as I honestly can't think of a rational reason for anyone to buy a model below there top end. The chassis and mobo is so overengineered, it's a supercar, that unless you put a supercar engine in it and it's around $15k, you're just literally throwing money away. > > Supercar's are bought by people to burn money for fun, status, pride of ownership - nothing that really falls into the why to buy a computer discussion. Well, using the same car analogy… Some people to have no problems buying new $40k+ European cars that drop $10k in value in a few years, just to drive to and from work most of the time a few hours out of the week, when they could easily spend half on a decent domestic or Japanese import - some of which perform nearly the same. Meanwhile many of us work and stare at our computers for 8+ hours a day. (Even some hours on weekends). Yet spending $10k+ on a computer seems almost outrageous. So really depends on how one looks at things. > > Here's to hoping the increase the options, reduce the prices and introduce a smaller, mid-range chassis soon so a $3 to $5k model exists that is actually fast. > Same here, as I don’t really work from home anymore, my (gasp) 2008 8proc finally wasn’t cutting it (or able to cut 4k home videos ;)) so I bought a 2012 12 proc with a new graphics card with hopes that it’ll get me by until the new cheese graters have been out long enough for fixed/updates/ refurbs and possible price reductions have hit the market, since I def don’t need bleeding edge at home. But if I was working from home or office, I might actually consider a hackintosh as well if the price were right to justify all the quirks about them. |
