New Shop Macs-Need Advice

[David]

thinking about one of these, might need a new monitor to go with...






LOL

[Joe]

thinking about one of these, might need a new monitor to go with...






LOL

Definitely need the Pro Display XDR ($4,999.00 to $5,999.00) to go with that beast.

...and a quantum mouse!

[Foozball]

I have NO IDEA what that picture is ... looks like some kind of Holy Grail, cue Indiana Jones ...

[Joe]

IBM Quantum Computer.

[David]

saw it on TV the other day, thought it would be perfect for editing all those pdf files in Illustrator with 2 pixel images placed.

[Tracy]

Looks like a chandelier you see on cruise ships
they sway with the ship

[scottrsimons]

Reminds me of the 2020 show 'Devs' quantum computer, even though that was just a prop. Cool show though.

[Foozball]

So would the cards all bounce faster with that computer, when I beat solitaire??

[Joe]

Yes...plus you can watch a 2 hour movie in 17 seconds.

[Foozball]

New MAC got here on Friday ... apparently when I pointed out our BEST operators all had a Mac, then  talked about and a sizable budget saving we've been tracking for the past 1.5 years ... someone was listening!

Are Thunderbolt 4 ports much (any?) different from USB 3?
I need a dock for my headset, cat6 cable, 2nd screen, etc ... they're pretty expensive, and massive overkill for the mundane things I'm plugging in to it. Also thinking about just getting a conversion cable to step down and use the old Hub.


For those who may want to say go with the new thing/s ... I have a reputation for stability, I plug my shit IN (old school), and it works so well, I'm not going to mess with it!!

[Tracy]

I need a new Mac soon, starting to see some glitchies

[Joe]

I need want a new Mac. Hard to justify without a job though.

[madbugger]

We needed new Macs about 4 yrs ago, currently have 27" late 2012 3.4 GHz Intel Core i7 with 32 gb of ram.

The solution 12 months ago was to upgrade ram from 8 to 32 Gb, didn't notice a difference.

Currently they are very seriously looking at replacing with PC's in 2025, that might be my cue to retire

[Joe]

We needed new Macs about 4 yrs ago, currently have 27" late 2012 3.4 GHz Intel Core i7 with 32 gb or ram.

The solution 12 months ago was to upgrade ram from 8 to 32 Gb, didn't notice a difference.

Currently they are very seriously looking at replacing with PC's in 2025, that might be my cue to retire

Valid reason!

[Tracy]

Ugh! PC