Re: AnandTech likes the Mac Pro

Alan Baker wrote:
And they're not exactly an Apple fan site, are they?

"The Dell is clearly more expensive, although you can knock off $100 - $200 thanks to the bundled LCD (unfortunately Dell gives you $0 credit if you remove the monitor from your order). We're able to come close with our own configuration by shopping at Newegg and other vendors through our shopping partner, but note that the $2390 total does not include an OS, case or power supply.

If you're in the market for a dual socket dual core Xeon workstation, Apple's Mac Pro is definitely a bargain."

<URL:http://www.anandtech.com/mac/showdoc.aspx?i=2816&p=1>

Look at that, cheaper than home built.

Sort of. It assumes that you:
A) Need every feature provided by the Mac Pro.
B) Aren't willing to settle for a 'good enough' case/PSU.
C) Will run Windows instead of GNU/Linux, which seems like a bad choice for a 'quad core' workstation (given that Windows doesn't scale well even to dual cores, let alone quad cores).
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