keltoi Posted July 29, 2011 Share Posted July 29, 2011 my work pc's are due for an upgrade... got to be fast, powerful, capable of handling greedy 3-D graphics tasks, minimum screen size 23 inches, not bothered about touch screen, and if possible well built & stylish with decent longevity. hard drive space not important as they will be linked to network. any recommendations are most welcome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
schlucharski Posted July 29, 2011 Share Posted July 29, 2011 work pc, from work ? One you don't have to pay for? get a Mac if they pay for it, otherwise get a Mac Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keltoi Posted July 29, 2011 Author Share Posted July 29, 2011 well i don't have to pay for them but 'we' have a budget (probably under £1K per pc cos we need 5) pc not mac. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pylonbitch Posted July 29, 2011 Share Posted July 29, 2011 get a custom build kel. if you can't put it together yourself you'll find a wee pc shop that will for a nominal fee, and it'll be better than a ready build, and also won't come with all the extraneous bundled crap that you always get. it would probably wind up cheaper for the spec too. that's if you're planning a desktop. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blir Posted July 29, 2011 Share Posted July 29, 2011 Do you not have an IT department to help out with stuff like this? If so they would presumably be against the custom PC route. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keltoi Posted July 29, 2011 Author Share Posted July 29, 2011 (don't you visual people all work with mac ideally?) not us. Mac and AutoCAD(my industry standard software) have never been best buddies, although i think they've just released a mac version. get a custom build kel. if you can't put it together yourself you'll find a wee pc shop that will for a nominal fee, and it'll be better than a ready build, and also won't come with all the extraneous bundled crap that you always get. it would probably wind up cheaper for the spec too. that's if you're planning a desktop. can you get a custom built all-in-one? that would be cool actually. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
schlucharski Posted July 29, 2011 Share Posted July 29, 2011 If I had to sit 6+ hours every day in front of a computer (wait I have to) I would want a system thats stinks less, mac does stink less imho, but is not all sunshine, if you have a pc landscape it might be problematic to be the only one with mac (software volume licence etc). I would go for a bigger pc manufacturer, so you make sure that components work proberly together and they provide a customized windows (7?) so you don't have to install drivers n shit. If you get a custom build: there so many hardware manufacturers, even if you go with the bigger ones, you may run into compatibilty problems, I had a custom build many years ago, cost a lot of money, and I had hardware issues en masse Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keltoi Posted July 29, 2011 Author Share Posted July 29, 2011 Do you not have an IT department to help out with stuff like this? If so they would presumably be against the custom PC route. no IT dept. our IT is outsourced but this is a little side deal we're doing with a client so we're not involving them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keltoi Posted July 29, 2011 Author Share Posted July 29, 2011 If I had to sit 6+ hours every day in front of a computer (wait I have to) I would want a system thats stinks less, mac does stink less imho, but is not all sunshine, if you have a pc landscape it might be problematic to be the only one with mac (software volume licence etc). I would go for a bigger pc manufacturer, so you make sure that components work proberly together and they provide a customized windows (7?) so you don't have to install drivers n shit. yeah i don't know the ins and outs of running macs linked to a pc based server and network. seems like it would be problematic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ego Posted July 29, 2011 Share Posted July 29, 2011 It's fine. OSX can mount smb shares. The AutoCAD for OSX isn't as good as on Windows though. I recommend going with a custom build as well. The shop that will assemble the system should do compatibility checking and you'll get a system perfectly tailored to your needs. Get a SSD! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blir Posted July 29, 2011 Share Posted July 29, 2011 Do you not have an IT department to help out with stuff like this? If so they would presumably be against the custom PC route. no IT dept. our IT is outsourced but this is a little side deal we're doing with a client so we're not involving them. Hmm, I'll see if I can't scrub up a rough idea for a PC on overclockers.co.uk. Budget of £1000 per pc? I'm not sure if they will put the box together but if not are you able to? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keltoi Posted July 29, 2011 Author Share Posted July 29, 2011 Do you not have an IT department to help out with stuff like this? If so they would presumably be against the custom PC route. no IT dept. our IT is outsourced but this is a little side deal we're doing with a client so we're not involving them. Hmm, I'll see if I can't scrub up a rough idea for a PC on overclockers.co.uk. Budget of £1000 per pc? I'm not sure if they will put the box together but if not are you able to? see the reason we're looking at something off-the-shelf is that our client is a big supplier of computers and office equipment and he works with all the major names/suppliers. in order to drive us down on a job we're doing for him, he offered us the 5 pc's. so maybe custom is not feasable, i will check. but the above offer would be cool of you for reference if you can be arsed. preferably under 1K per pc inc. vat if possible. i'd rather not have to build myself tbh. i don't want to be held responsible for anything. remember it's got to be all-in-one? my boss wants everything tidy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
schlucharski Posted July 29, 2011 Share Posted July 29, 2011 I recommend going with a custom build as well. The shop that will assemble the system should do compatibility checking and you'll get a system perfectly tailored to your needs. Get a SSD! compatibilty checking, with compicheck shareware for win7, cool, sure this can hold up well against Dells area 51 testing facility Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kaen Posted July 29, 2011 Share Posted July 29, 2011 custom build Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keltoi Posted July 29, 2011 Author Share Posted July 29, 2011 as far as my googling skills go, it seems you can't get a custom built all-in-one. no pc tower, no leads. like... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest disparaissant Posted July 29, 2011 Share Posted July 29, 2011 i don't really know that you're going to be able to get one of those with decent gfx processing power anyways, really. i did find this thing though. http://www.avadirect.com/desktop-pc-configurator.asp?PRID=20308 looks shitty though. and i think its us only but am not sure. this might be okay! http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16883220054 but its over yr budget and once again, not sure where newegg ships? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 29, 2011 Share Posted July 29, 2011 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boot_Camp_(software) ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pylonbitch Posted July 29, 2011 Share Posted July 29, 2011 as far as my googling skills go, it seems you can't get a custom built all-in-one. no pc tower, no leads. like... i'll put money on it that runs really hot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keltoi Posted July 29, 2011 Author Share Posted July 29, 2011 as far as my googling skills go, it seems you can't get a custom built all-in-one. no pc tower, no leads. like... i'll put money on it that runs really hot. we've got an acer one the admin girl uses and it seems ok so far, but it's not up to the job i need it for. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest MortstoX Posted July 29, 2011 Share Posted July 29, 2011 If I had to sit 6+ hours every day in front of a computer (wait I have to) I would want a system thats stinks less, mac does stink less imho, but is not all sunshine, if you have a pc landscape it might be problematic to be the only one with mac (software volume licence etc). I'm using a pc at work and mac at home, and I think W7 is just as smooth and good as OSX SL. If your co-workers use PC, and the software you use is better on a PC, then go for a PC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest theSun Posted July 29, 2011 Share Posted July 29, 2011 why does it have to be all in one? srsly if you need a nice all in one get an imac and run bootcamp. but you can save a lot of money going with traditional desktop pc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keltoi Posted July 29, 2011 Author Share Posted July 29, 2011 why does it have to be all in one? srsly if you need a nice all in one get an imac and run bootcamp. but you can save a lot of money going with traditional desktop pc. boss wants things tidied up round here. mac's are no go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest theSun Posted July 29, 2011 Share Posted July 29, 2011 well tell your boss he's stupid and should wait until there are better quality all in ones for reasonable prices. just put the tower in a flower-laden decorative box with some soil and tell them it's a free gift that hooks up to their new "PC" and that the flower box grabs optimum pH and watering cycles from the internets. it's really high tech. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest KY Posted July 29, 2011 Share Posted July 29, 2011 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boot_Camp_(software) ? dude...i'm very much a mac fanatic. did you read the thread though? £1k budget + all-pc office standard + AutoCAD's lack of native support for mac = spending EXTRA money on mac computers AND windows install discs = mac's are no go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baph Posted July 29, 2011 Share Posted July 29, 2011 You should tell your boss to shove it and steal some fucking books. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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