PC sales see 'longest decline' in history

[doodab]

Desktop PC is a bit of a misnomer. I have three and none of them have ever lived on top of a desk.

I don't imagine ever not having one TBH. I'm already looking forwards to the next generation i7 so I can get 8 cores on the go.

[KaiserWilly]

I am generating bitcoins with my PCs, so no probs on this shore.

[IR35 Avoider]

BBC News - PC sales see 'longest decline' in history

People are still buying these metal boxes that go under your desk? Thought that was something you did in the 90's?

If you want a decent size screen (22" in portrait mode is the minimum for me) you are tethered to a desk anyway, and a floor-standing box effectively takes up less space than anything on the desk would. Plus for £300 you get more power than £600 spent on portable devices would buy you. (Edit: £300 being the cost of upgrading main components rather than whole PC cost.)

For those who are unfortunate enough not to do all their computing in the comfort of their home office, I agree a portable option might be preferable.

[DimPrawn]

I am generating bitcoins with my PCs, so no probs on this shore.

Using the CPU or the GPU?

If with the CPU you are spending more now on leccy than you are making with bitcoins....

[Bunk]

I know I'm opening myself up to all sorts of abuse here but I really want one of the new Mac Pros. God knows how much they'll cost and I have absolutely no need for it but I still want one .

On a slightly more serious note, Apple are clearly putting their faith in the future of the desktop being based off of Thunderbolt rather than being able to add expansion cards. It raises some interesting possibilities with breakout boxes and racks hooked up to a blindingly fast connection rather than crappy USB. And the Mac Pro has 6 of them . I wonder if you can hook up 6 Thunderbolt displays to that. That would be eyewateringly expensive though, even for a contractor

[scooterscot]

I know I'm opening myself up to all sorts of abuse here but I really want one of the new Mac Pros. God knows how much they'll cost and I have absolutely no need for it but I still want one .

Go for it!

Maxed my rMBP with 750GB SSD and 16gig of memory. I can now open MS word without a rainbow wheel, awesome.

Bye-bye €3500 or whatever it was.

[eek]

Go for it!

Maxed my rMBP with 750GB SSD and 16gig of memory. I can now open MS word without a rainbow wheel, awesome.

Bye-bye €3500 or whatever it was.

You can with the 8gb 256 gb ssd version as well. You don't need memory if you can page to an ssd. The 15 inch version wS £1200 after discount and vat back

[BoredBloke]

Using the CPU or the GPU?

If with the CPU you are spending more now on leccy than you are making with bitcoins....

How much can you reasonably expect to make doing bitcoin mining?

[d000hg]

I know I'm opening myself up to all sorts of abuse here but I really want one of the new Mac Pros. God knows how much they'll cost and I have absolutely no need for it but I still want one .

These remind me a LOT of whichever box it was Jobs worked on that ended up powerful but unaffordable, maybe in his first time at Apple?

They've taken stick for a power machine you can't upgrade/expand but it seems a lot more "Mac" than the old Pro to me. Whether that's a good thing who knows... I'd be happy with a top-end iMac if I had money to burn.

[AtW]

How much can you reasonably expect to make doing bitcoin mining?

Not a lot considering that top miners now use custom ASICs