Such Thing as a “High-End” Workstation?
Hey guys, Icarus here once again. Today I’m gonna tell you the answer to this question: Is there such thing as a “High-End” Work-station?
Well, sure there is. It’s like asking a car maniac if there’s a high-end car. He’ll list down names: Ferrari, Corvette, Mercedes, BMW, Cadillac, Lexus, and others that I’m not very familiar with. Well, there’s one critical difference between a high-end car and a high-end machine: the PHYSICAL difference on a computer won’t show as much as a high-end car.
Now, what I mean by physical difference, is namely speed and stability. If you have a stable machine, it’s stable. Should be pretty fast, gives you the power to multitask, and all that good stuff. Well, let’s say you put in the most expensive computer hardware possible, and you boot the computer? Will you see a large physical performance? Maybe, in numbers. If you run a benchmark on a high-end machine and compare the score to that of a mid or low budget machine, you’ll definitely see a difference, ONLY IN NUMBERS. If you actually compare a high-end work-station machine w/ a mid range, you won’t see much physical performance difference. Now, will that small physical performance increase justify the difference in the budget($1000 compared to 1700 and above)? No, it won’t be justified. Maybe you can put in 2 more gigs of RAM, a 64-bit Operating System(OS), get larger monitors, get speakers if you need it, a better keyboard w/ multi-function keys. But you can do all that on a mid-range computer, maybe even on a low-range work-station. So there’s my point: there isn’t really a point in going “high-end” on a workstation.
For my next post: Actual reviews of the computer hardware I use, and where you can save money. See ya later!
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