Hewlett Packard bash nMP on a web-campaign

[antonis]

The Dell Xeon workstation that I'm typing on right now is using about 36 watts total...and it's not a crippled cylinder.

Power management is an important feature for most systems - Apple isn't the only one minimizing power consumption.

Well, the "crippled cylinder" is a very unfair word. It is already being said that there are various different factors for each one potential buyer of a workstation computer. Power consumption, internal upgradability, Operating system, size factor are just some of the criteria that weight differently for each one.

For someone who doesn't want to leave the OS X ecosystem nMP is the only realistic option for a workstation.
As I said, Apple may have a false logic behind nMP, or may not. Just keep an open mind and we'll see how it goes.

 

[scottsjack]

http://www8.hp.com/us/en/campaigns/workstations/mac-to-z.html?jumpid=sc_r10048_mac_to_z_march2019


With the same 12 Core CPU E5, same amount of registred RAM, same SSD size and two Fire Pro W7000 (9000 are unavailable), the Z820 cost 3000$ more than the equivalent nMP.

It stay an irrevelant compare as the nMP has a unique form-factor, legal OS X support, 6Gb special Fire Pro and... silence, when Z820 fully charged are not specially.

I'm not sure that HP will convince anyone with such childish advertising, except some uninformed IT financials.

In movie post-production HP stay the main choice for almost every software editor or hardware manufacturer when they have to certify PC workstation, due to their great hardware quality and support.

So admit that "pro are using mac" as a default choice ("Moving to") is a stupide auto-goal statement like doing such fallacious compare, as PC workstation stay the only choice for some niche domain.

Give it up. HP is advertizing their products. That's all. Apple pokes fun at other manufacturers in an effort to sell their products.

 

[SnoFlo]

I own the HP Z820 (got it a week ago). I previously owned a 2010 Mac Pro and a Dell Precision mobile workstation. I'm one of those people who switched my software to Windows from OS X; initially expensive, but not too bad. I do still run an instance of Mavericks for DevonThink Pro. The Z820 runs OS X perfectly fine, btw.

For my uses, I couldn't be happier. The HP ad campaign was helpful to me as I wouldn't have even been aware of the system otherwise: I don't really keep up with what's out there. Onsite service is a dream after having suffered the indignity of hauling a Mac Pro around town for service 2 years ago.

Thus far, the HP's performance has been fantastic (I have the base 6-core which I upgraded to 12): well worth a serious look for power users.