Reply to: PC sales see 'longest decline' in history

[AtW]

Tablets, smartphones are PCs also... just not IBM PCs!

[sbakoola]

It looks like a bit of a mess, did they really get rid of the Start menu from Windows 8 ?

[OwlHoot]

I thought every alternate version of Windows was a pup: 95, Vista, and now 8.0 (and possibly 8.1?)

So if that pattern continues, perhaps we can look forward to a half-decent Windows 9

[DimPrawn]

One good reason why PC sales are dying

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K9Qo_2I0NvQ

[DimPrawn]

Not a lot considering that top miners now use custom ASICs

WHS

[scooterscot]

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

aye. But since the machine was widely spouted that it could not easily be upgraded, I thought get the maximum spec. Should last me 4 years.

Incidentally my 2006 white iMac is still my main machine used daily. Put a SSD in a couple of years ago. Still going strong.

[original PM]

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

grrrr

[IR35 Avoider]

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?

Lisa?

[AtW]

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

Not a lot considering that top miners now use custom ASICs

[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.

[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?

[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

[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.

[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

[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....