Look at the
Dell Precision T1650 for example.
Yes, I'm aware of the alternatives - you don't even need to look at a manufacturer's site, the CPU and chipset determine the performance and features (people hoping for usb3 and 6gbs sata etc are wearing their keyboards out for no reason), we know what's available.
Apple have a really fantastic supply chain with so much sway, I'm convinced they could knock out nice workstations for very little cash.
The vast majority of people don't need xeons, and I feel anyone buying a single socket Xeon board from apple needs a head examination.
My idea of innovation from apple in the future is to drop the profit margin and push many more machine - cue 'race to the bottom' comments.
Then again, I love good technology and couldn't care less about the brand, I appreciate what apple have done with regards to their buying/building power more than anything else. The only thing they'd lose is some of the marketed exclusivity/perceived quality that the computer illiterates (majority of customers?) rave about?
I want decent machines at dirt cheap prices, and to be honest I think apple are more capable than anyone at providing this. There's a fair few apple fans that argue against simple comments like mine, but why? I'm not interested in their margins, marketing, cannibalisation, stock prices blablabla They should be building machines for me, not for themselves
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A lot of the points goes hand-in-hand, but if apple can't beat dell etc in selling extremely cheap machines while at the same time making loads of cash, I'm not impressed
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