Mac hardware (topic split)

[Marder]

Mac/PC is all pseudo-religion, but if I were a believer I'd say the average Mac user has a brain and if he can afford a new Mac lol, then maybe this brings a few players to the scene, can't be a bad thing.

I heard the latest Macs have no moving parts at all, whatever that means.

[Aidan]

I heard the latest Macs have no moving parts at all, whatever that means.

The only moving parts in a computer are the optical drive, and HDD.

The new mac lineup will have neither of those.

-No Optical Drives
-No HDD's (SSD's will replace them)

Hard Drives have moving pin headers and platters, and are usually the fist thing to die on a computer. Solid State Drives are just a small brick of flash memory. It's smaller, much MUCH quicker, and lasts a very long time (as long as they don't have sandforce chips in them).

*I actually have a OCZ Vertex 2 Solid State Drive as my boot drive, I haven't had one issue with it, and have had it for almost a year now. My drive has a sandforce chip in it too.

Being that CD's are rarely used anymore, I don't see a reason to keep the optical drive. For any rare reason, one can always use an external ODD.

The HDD to SSD transition is what I've been waiting for the longest. Every mac will maintain the exact same price point, BUT now have good SSD's inside of them to replace the HDD's. This is a bold move on Apple's part, and I think it's for the better. Competitors will feel pressure, and begin to manufacture THEIR PC's with SSD's in place. To add, the competitive pressure, will force SSD prices to skyrocket down.

To break it down:
-Same price point
-Slimmer Mac's
-Much MUCH faster
-OSX Mountain Lion
-Get a cheap external ODD for the rare occasion you need it.


I've been holding off on buying a macbook JUST for these reasons alone.

[Tantalus]

The only moving parts in a computer are the optical drive, and HDD.

Think you're forgetting one vital thing here - computers mostly have fans.

Macs are probably cooled by natural air flow now.

[Aidan]

The only moving parts in a computer are the optical drive, and HDD.

Think you're forgetting one vital thing here - computers mostly have fans.

Macs are probably cooled by natural air flow now.

Fans aren't usually counted in 'moving part' speculations.

[Alex]

The only moving parts in a computer are the optical drive, and HDD.

Think you're forgetting one vital thing here - computers mostly have fans.

Macs are probably cooled by natural air flow now.

Fans aren't usually counted in 'moving part' speculations.

It is actually, when you're looking for the ultimate silent PC.

[Aidan]

The only moving parts in a computer are the optical drive, and HDD.

Think you're forgetting one vital thing here - computers mostly have fans.

Macs are probably cooled by natural air flow now.

Fans aren't usually counted in 'moving part' speculations.

It is actually, when you're looking for the ultimate silent PC.

Mac's are always silent


EXCEPT MAC PRO's.

[Alex]

The only moving parts in a computer are the optical drive, and HDD.

Think you're forgetting one vital thing here - computers mostly have fans.

Macs are probably cooled by natural air flow now.

Fans aren't usually counted in 'moving part' speculations.

It is actually, when you're looking for the ultimate silent PC.

Mac's are always silent


EXCEPT MAC PRO's.

A PC is not fully silent when it still has a fan. You would need a passive PSU and a big ass cooler for your CPU, which should also have a low TDP.

[Psychotic]

Walked into this thread. Saw the misuse of the term "PC". Am now going to nerdragequit.

[Alex]

Walked into this thread. Saw the misuse of the term "PC". Am now going to nerdragequit.

Sorry, what? Did I misuse it in any way?

[Psychotic]

Walked into this thread. Saw the misuse of the term "PC". Am now going to nerdragequit.

Sorry, what? Did I misuse it in any way?

You didn't, no. And I was exaggerating, it's just one of those weird pet peeves of mine.

[Dae]

EXCEPT MAC PRO's.

Are you kidding?