pic: Team 228's Stack 'O Macs

[Alan Anderson]

Originally Posted by Borisdamole

i wouldn't think it would make the CAD team very happy... considering how much more performance per dollar you could get off a PC....

Not every FRC team has the resources to support a network of Windows computers. Performance per dollar up front has to be weighed against the ongoing cost of maintaining it.

Besides, doesn't the CAD team just care about performance? The cost part shouldn't enter into their happiness. I know I would be very happy to be doing my work on such beautiful and powerful systems.

[XaulZan11]

I'm not sure this is the place to question a team's decision on how they spend their money or the place to start a Mac vs PC debate.

[Trent B]

Those the Core i5/i7 models? If so I can see them being really helpful.

Also with Maya this year as autodesk provided software the necessity for windows goes down (unless im mistaken and for some odd reason you can't use it for the awards)

Running a 15" Macbook Pro myself, the new iMacs are incredible if not for just the 2560x1440 screen in the 27"er (I am looking at a 24" 1920x1200 for my own laptop) I just can't see myself getting one incase it were to keel over since I would have spent so much on a unusable screen, the ability to "displayport" into the screen may change that in the future.