“I have a confession to make. I have not adopted the post-PC mindset. Sure I have smartphones and more tablets than any rational human should need. But when I do real work, I rely on desktop computers with tons of RAM and really fast storage,” David Gewirtz reports for ZDNet. “And for the past decade or more, every 18 months or so, I’ve needed to upgrade to a new machine.”
“It’s been like clockwork. I buy (or configure and build) the fastest, most robust machine I can find, spending far more money than I like, go through all the hassle of moving all my work, storage, configurations, applications, and love to the new machine,” Gewirtz reports. “Then, right about month 15, I come to the realization that I’ve used up that once new machine and need more power. By month 18, I’m swearing up a blue moon, and decide once again to cause damage to my wallet and upgrade once again. Many of you might not understand the need for so much power, but the sort of work I do (which ranges from programming to giant PowerPoints to simulating entire networks of computers with up to sixteen live, active VMs) eats horsepower for breakfast.”
“I fully expected to be an early Mac Pro buyer, but… the iMac proved to be the better purchase decision for my needs. I decided that since the Mac could run Windows software (either in a VM or a dual-boot variance), I’d replace my 18-month old trusty Wintel box with a Mac,” Gewirtz reports. “Now two years and two months old… It’s rock solid. I have no expectation of needing to replace the machine, possibly for at least another year (if not longer).”
Read more in the full article here.
MacDailyNews Take: Welcome to the light, David! (Posted via a 27-inch Mid 2011 iMac that works even better that the day it arrived, thanks to OS X 10.11.2.)
Your 18-month upgrade cycle problem was, of course, due to Microsoft’s Windows and the dreck produced by race-to-the-bottom PC assemblers.
TCO, baby, TCO!
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