Thread: What computer should I buy?

Originally Posted by harrybarracuda

If you think OSX is secure, you're *almost* a bigger idiot than buttplug.

Never said it was secure, even though it is, actually, pretty secure. Its just that most of the computer viruses are built for Windows. They have a few out there for OS X, but generally speaking, OS X is a hell of a lot more secure than a PC. And most of the viruses are Trojans & require someone to be dumb enough to actually install them (email phishing).

Fact remains, no computer is *secure* but OS X is a fuckload more secure than a PC. This is an undeniable fact.

Agree with Slick... (about Mac being a more streamlined, smooth experience)... only weakness being lacking in graphics power for gaming..

That is all set to change...

iMac Pro, the most powerful Mac ever, arrives this December

Featuring up to 18-Core Processors, 22 Teraflops of GPU Performance, Fast Storage and Advanced I/O









iMac Pro is the most powerful Mac ever.
San Jose, California — Apple today gave a sneak peek of iMac Pro, an entirely new workstation-class product line designed for pro users with the most demanding workflows. The all-new iMac Pro, with its gorgeous 27-inch Retina 5K display, up to 18-core Xeon processors and up to 22 Teraflops of graphics computation, is the most powerful Mac ever made. Featuring a stunning new space gray enclosure, iMac Pro packs incredible performance for advanced graphics editing, virtual reality content creation and real-time 3D rendering. iMac Pro is scheduled to ship in December starting at $4,999 (US).








iMac Pro — with stunning 27-inch Retina 5K display and workstation-class performance — comes in a new space gray design.
In addition to the new iMac Pro, Apple is working on a completely redesigned, next-generation Mac Pro architected for pro customers who need the highest-end, high-throughput system in a modular design, as well as a new high-end pro display.
“We’re thrilled to give developers and customers a sneak peek at iMac Pro. This will be our fastest and most powerful Mac ever, which brings workstation-class computing to iMac for the first time,” said John Ternus, Apple’s vice president of Hardware Engineering. “We reengineered the whole system and designed an entirely new thermal architecture to pack extraordinary performance into the elegant, quiet iMac enclosure our customers love — iMac Pro is a huge step forward and there’s never been anything like it.”


Workstation-Class Performance in an iMac Design







Innovative thermal architecture gives iMac Pro 80 percent more cooling capacity — allowing for extreme performance in the same thin and seamless iMac design.
Featuring next-generation Intel Xeon processors up to 18 cores, iMac Pro is designed to handle the most demanding pro workflows. With an all-flash architecture and all-new thermal design, iMac Pro delivers up to 80 percent more cooling capacity in the same thin and seamless iMac design. And with a new space gray enclosure and gorgeous 27-inch Retina 5K display with support for 1 billion colors, iMac Pro is as stunning as it is powerful.


The Most Advanced Graphics Ever in a Mac



iMac Pro comes with the new Vega GPU, the most advanced graphics ever in a Mac.
iMac Pro comes with the new Radeon Pro Vega GPU, the most advanced graphics ever in a Mac. Featuring a new next-generation compute core and up to 16GB of on-package high-bandwidth memory (HBM2), iMac Pro with the Vega GPU delivers up to an amazing 11 Teraflops of single-precision compute power for real-time 3D rendering and immersive, high frame rate VR. And for half-precision computation, ideal for machine learning, iMac Pro delivers up to an incredible 22 Teraflops of performance.


Fast Storage and Advanced I/O



With four Thunderbolt 3 ports, iMac Pro can connect to up to two high-performance RAID arrays and two 5K displays at the same time.
iMac Pro also supports up to 4TB of SSD and up to 128GB of ECC memory, and with four Thunderbolt 3 ports can connect to up to two high-performance RAID arrays and two 5K displays at the same time. For the first time ever on a Mac, iMac Pro features 10Gb Ethernet for up to 10 times faster networking.

** If I could wait, I would buy it... just a bit too long for me to be without a desktop PC... this will play any game on the market, smooth as silk and negate the need to buy a Windows gaming PC...

Originally Posted by baldrick

the 2 lane M.2 PCI-E was the older x99 northbridge chipset , while the 170 came with 4 lanes , and now the 270 same and so on

my laptop has a half size miniPCIE - I purchased a 128gig to install in it ( OS's ) - I could never find the speeds associated with the port

I believe it was more intended to take a radio card

yes intended mainly for wifi or mobile broadband cards.

I've finally picked the new laptop, was hard since the model I really wanted carried very high price (100.000 ++ baht) and the cheaper one I first went for was no longer available from MSI Thailand.
In the end I ordered a MSI ge72mvr-7rg-029xth-apache-pro
and a Samsung 500GB M.2 SSD 960 Evo NVMe which I will use as boot drive for Windows + a couple of linux distros.
The 1TB mechanical SATA harddrive will be replaced by a WD 1TB SSD SATA from the old dying laptop.
8GB RAM ought to be enough or what do you think Butterfly?

Originally Posted by lom

8GB RAM ought to be enough or what do you think Butterfly?

I assume you will be wanking over YouPorn HD with that much RAM

I hope you are using Google Tensorflow and do serious work with that much power,

otherwise you would just be another clueless Indian like Harry

Originally Posted by Dragonfly

8GB RAM ought to be enough

Not sure if this is serious or not, but thats pocket-change.

Fail IMO.

Originally Posted by Slick

Originally Posted by Dragonfly

8GB RAM ought to be enough

Not sure if this is serious or not, but thats pocket-change.

Fail IMO.

Well that's how that model is sold.
There are models with more RAM but with previous generation cpu or graphics card, upgrading the RAM (if needed) is much easier than upgrading the cpu or graphics chipset.
I can expand to 2x8GB or 2x16GB whenever I want.

Windows loves RAM and it's an easy win. Put in as much as you can, it's cheap as chips.

Anyone buying a gaming rig (Windows) should hold off until AMD Vega is released end of next month... it's a great time to be in the market for a PC...

Anyone have a Ryzen PC yet? Intel is getting a run for their money (finally) by AMD... they've been so far ahead - but that's all changed now Ryzen is the new King... (or at least, bang for buck champ)...

Originally Posted by Slick

Originally Posted by Dragonfly

8GB RAM ought to be enough

Not sure if this is serious or not, but thats pocket-change.

Fail IMO.

slick as a master wanker, why would you need more ?

of course you don't, you American fatty, like everything, you need to cover your insecurity with more RAM and bigger Hard Drive

like it's going to compensate for your micro penis, ask Harry, he should know

Originally Posted by harrybarracuda

Windows loves RAM and it's an easy win. Put in as much as you can, it's cheap as chips.

First I gotta see how it performs on 8GB and more important how the 8GB is configured, they don't mention it but I guess 2x4GB.
If it is 1x8GB then I'll buy another 8GB module immediately.

Originally Posted by NZdick1983

Anyone buying a gaming rig (Windows) should hold off until AMD Vega is released end of next month... it's a great time to be in the market for a PC...

I'm not into gaming, just need a powerful laptop with big display (or a powerful laptop with normal display + a lasic surgery).
Powerful laptop = gaming laptop

Originally Posted by Dragonfly

slick as a master wanker, why would you need more ?

LOL Because:

Originally Posted by Dragonfly

you need to cover your insecurity with more RAM and bigger Hard Drive

How the fuck will I stalk Bsnub?



Im running 3 displays from my laptop right now:



With SSD fer deh speedz:



Plus all my other apps running in the background all the time

Originally Posted by Slick

Im running 3 displays from my laptop right now:

for wanking only and posting on TD ?

Originally Posted by Slick

How the fuck will I stalk Bsnub?

didn't realize you were a Mac fag like him

Originally Posted by Dragonfly

Originally Posted by Slick

Originally Posted by Dragonfly

8GB RAM ought to be enough

Not sure if this is serious or not, but thats pocket-change.

Fail IMO.

slick as a master wanker, why would you need more ?

of course you don't, you American fatty, like everything, you need to cover your insecurity with more RAM and bigger Hard Drive

like it's going to compensate for your micro penis, ask Harry, he should know

I'm fairly certain even slick knows that your expertise on computers is limited to asking people what registry entries to edit to install a modem.

at least I can run my PC with 1GB of RAM, you wanker

Originally Posted by Dragonfly

at least I can run my PC with 1GB of RAM, you wanker

Of course you can, you fucking retard.

some photos of how I used double sided tape to use a EVO960 and MSI Z170I - a M2280 SSD in the M2260 sized port

the photos should be self explanatory about what a bodge job I performed

Did you get a Blue Peter badge for that? You should have.

Originally Posted by harrybarracuda

Originally Posted by Dragonfly

at least I can run my PC with 1GB of RAM, you wanker

Of course you can, you fucking retard.

no, for that one you only needed 128MB of RAM

but for small dick wankers like you, it was probably 512Mb RAM

Windows love wankers with small dicks that requires a lot of RAM to compensate for their incompetence in optimizing Windows,

I can run WinXP on 1GB RAM, no problem

even wanking on YouPorn HD with that much

and I have a big massive cock !!!

You *are* a massive cock, and your Windows XP probably has nearly as many diseases as you do.

Originally Posted by Dragonfly

I can run WinXP on 1GB RAM, no problem

i can run Linux on 500gb.

Originally Posted by fred flintstone

Originally Posted by Dragonfly

I can run WinXP on 1GB RAM, no problem

i can run Linux on 500gb.

confusing RAM and disk size, classic

I can run Linux on 32MB RAM

Originally Posted by Dragonfly

Originally Posted by fred flintstone

Originally Posted by Dragonfly

I can run WinXP on 1GB RAM, no problem

i can run Linux on 500gb.

confusing RAM and disk size, classic

I can run Linux on 32MB RAM

That's because you're too stupid to run it in 11Mb, dickhead.