Best Australian Company for High End Office-Orientated PCs

Ldracothraxus on 14/05/2022 - 18:17

There are a few computer companies for good value pre-built gaming machines that regularly appear on OzBargain, both low and higher-end.

What's the best equivalent source for high end (video production, photo editing, possibly machine learning) orientated machines, if there is one? They would tend towards better multi-core CPUs, better & larger SSD / HD offerings, more RAM, and (with the exception of ML) somewhat less highly specced GPUs.

Obviously there are Dells, or you can try to modify a gaming machine offering (although pre-builts have pretty limited modification options usually).

Or are you better off paying for a custom build through UMART, MSY, computer alliance etc… using one of the build recommendation websites / forums?

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  • websterp on 14/05/2022 - 19:11

    What's the best equivalent source for high end (video production, photo editing, possibly machine learning) orientated machines, if there is one?

    What about a Mac Pro instead?

  • AndyC1 on 14/05/2022 - 19:17
    +3

    Normal office PC's don't run any of the apps required to do the work in the post.

    Office PC's normally run an office suite and email and some custom apps or web apps to do the work required.

    Normal Office PC's are not used in design, engineering, graphics or sound departments due to their specific requirements of hardware in order to run the apps needed to do the work.

  • AustriaBargain on 14/05/2022 - 19:29
    +3

    Apparently IBM uses Macs internally because they are cheaper in the long run. When you are running a business then someone needs to be paid for every second spent troubleshooting and repairing, so Macs work out to be hundreds of dollars cheaper after a few years. You mention video production, photo editing, and machine learning which Macs excel at. Plus they look a lot better in a high end office environment than anything Techfast will sell ya.

    • [Deactivated] on 14/05/2022 - 22:58
      +1

      they're also a lot more idiot proof than windows

    • Zephyrus on 15/05/2022 - 10:53

      I somehow doubt this is true. It's very hard to do some kinds of software development on a Mac plus it's extra time to teach people something they may have never used before.

      Honestly, if they were going to go that route, and they're IBM sized, a custom Linux distro would be much much more likely to be the way to go

      • AustriaBargain on 15/05/2022 - 12:20
        +1

        At IBM, one of the largest Apple-using companies with 290,000 Apple devices, a 2016 study found that the company was saving up to $543 per Mac compared to PCs over a 4-year lifespan. Forrester Research came up with an even higher number, showing that Macs cost $628 less over a 3-year lifespan. https://mbsdirect.com/mbs-blog/article-forrester-research-an…

        Maybe you should apply for a job at IBM and help them start a transition from Mac to custom Linux computers? Sounds like a great opportunity for them and for you.

      • Indomietable on 15/05/2022 - 23:06

        It's very hard to do some kinds of software development on a Mac

        On the contrary, most software developers working in big Internet /tech companies use Mac since its closer to Linux.

        Most popular type of developers are full stack developers and full stack most likely use Linux and as a result they more likely to use Mac.

        Mac have good headstart before Windows catching up with WSL. Same story with other tools like dockers/git.

        • Zephyrus on 16/05/2022 - 10:57

          This shows you don't know what you're talking about.

          If you need a repeatable development enivronement, you use Linux. Everything actually works and no-one is running OS X build servers so your build servers are the same.

          • Indomietable on 16/05/2022 - 12:48

            @Zephyrus: Maybe I dont know what I'm talking about - but based on personal experience I see lots of people using Mac on hackathon / BootCamp / tech conferences.

            Quick google search also says the same thing :
            https://www.techworm.net/2016/11/computerlaptop-big-tech-com…

            Google :

            Wiesen says that most Googlers choose lightweight laptops like MacBooks

            Facebook :

            Facebook front-end engineer, Daniel Baulig says that when you join Facebook you are provisioned with a laptop and a phone.
            The choices usually are Mac Book (15″, 13″ or Air)

            Adobe :

            For engineers, the standards are a choice of top-spec 15" MacBook Pro

            Twitter :

            At Twitter, all engineers are given Retina Macbook Pros. Almost everyone has the 13″ version but the 15″ version is used in some cases where the developer needs a bit more power.

  • Poppin on 14/05/2022 - 19:57
    +1

    https://www.aftershockpc.com.au/ does workstation PC. I've not used them but their prices don't seem too unreasonable if you want after sales support.

  • 7ekn00 on 14/05/2022 - 21:42
    +3

    Typically those machine are referred to as WorkStations, plenty of places sell them :P

  • solidfruit on 14/05/2022 - 23:27
    +1

    “Pre-builts have pretty limited modification options usually”

    Most prebuild sites I've seen offer a huge selection in terms of parts, CPU go from 6-64 cores, RAM from 8-128GB, as many SSD as you can fit, and I don't know a single site that wouldn't let you select "somewhat less highly specced GPUs"

    "Are you better off paying for a custom build"

    If you are good with part selection yeah

    • Cheapshots on 15/05/2022 - 17:34
      +1

      Yep OP needs to look up HP workstations and configure to their hearts content.

      Or dell or Lenovo etc

  • Rako on 16/05/2022 - 07:48
    +1

    Q Flow Technology in Eastwood, NSW, 2122

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