Hi, I'm just curious about what your particular reason for wanting to go away from Mac is? I'm not trying to troll or bait anyone in to going off about the lack of update, just really curious about what specific reasons people are thinking about switching for?
Is your current Mac underpowered for what you do? Would the latest available Mac still be underpowered?
Is it just because your confidence in Apple is shaken a bit and you're wondering about the not to distant future? (for future software, warranty, available replacement hardware?)
Is there software that only runs exclusively on newer Xeons that your competition will get and hurt your income?
Having come from a Hackintosh to a MP myself and seeing people who are doing that jump in reverse, I think once ML comes out you'll be reeling a bit on your choice. I'm sure there will be hacks for your hardware at some point, IMO there's a lot more of a question mark about the future with a Hack and than older MP.
Is it really about expansion? Would an eSata HDD storage solution lag that much behind a Tbolt one? (I'm just thinking if the current popular workflow is to keep your current projects on an SSD, then bring it to a backup or external RAID, does it make much of a difference? - especially given that you can use Sata3 internally with an add-on card?)
The GPU seems to be a big issue, is that the reason you want to switch? Does it matter that you can add a 2nd Nvidia (non-Apple) card to your MP and use that for it's power, or is that not an acceptable solution?
I feel like I'm missing the point somewhere, I'm not trying to piss anyone off, but is the latest model really that bad? Part of this comes from me personally where I just bought what I consider an awesome workstation and it's helping me out a lot, it's been my best tech purchase probably in the last 5 years. (both professionally and personally)
Is your current Mac underpowered for what you do? Would the latest available Mac still be underpowered?
Is it just because your confidence in Apple is shaken a bit and you're wondering about the not to distant future? (for future software, warranty, available replacement hardware?)
Is there software that only runs exclusively on newer Xeons that your competition will get and hurt your income?
Having come from a Hackintosh to a MP myself and seeing people who are doing that jump in reverse, I think once ML comes out you'll be reeling a bit on your choice. I'm sure there will be hacks for your hardware at some point, IMO there's a lot more of a question mark about the future with a Hack and than older MP.
Is it really about expansion? Would an eSata HDD storage solution lag that much behind a Tbolt one? (I'm just thinking if the current popular workflow is to keep your current projects on an SSD, then bring it to a backup or external RAID, does it make much of a difference? - especially given that you can use Sata3 internally with an add-on card?)
The GPU seems to be a big issue, is that the reason you want to switch? Does it matter that you can add a 2nd Nvidia (non-Apple) card to your MP and use that for it's power, or is that not an acceptable solution?
I feel like I'm missing the point somewhere, I'm not trying to piss anyone off, but is the latest model really that bad? Part of this comes from me personally where I just bought what I consider an awesome workstation and it's helping me out a lot, it's been my best tech purchase probably in the last 5 years. (both professionally and personally)