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705
10-20-2009, 04:58 PM
it has a huge screen, 1 tera hd, proper graphic card, cost 2k usd.

i think the price is competitive enough this time, what dyou think?
olson
10-20-2009, 05:18 PM
No, I wouldn't buy one. The reason I would never buy one is its not upgradeable, by that I mean you can't put in a different GPU or motherboard, and it won't allow for a RAID array unless its external. Plus when you buy another system later (because you can't upgrade) the monitor will be useless because its all one unit. Though there's nothing stopping you from buying one if you like. Cheers!
skortch
10-21-2009, 02:14 PM
... Plus when you buy another system later (because you can't upgrade) the monitor will be useless because its all one unit. Though there's nothing stopping you from buying one if you like. Cheers!

I agree with most of your points except this one. The new versions have external inputs, so you can use it as a computer monitor or TV if you want. Since it's not much bigger than a regular monitor that's not a bad idea.

Thinking about getting one of the i7 models as a family computer/part-time render machine...
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