what's the most powerful computer out today that you can buy???
2007-07-03 12:46:02 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Other - Hardware
well depends on your budget.. servers =)
they are doing x4 and x8 core machines.. mainframes etc..
but rendering farms , you can have buy em as rackmounts and share the cpu..depends on what application you want them for.
2007-07-03 12:49:36 · answer #1 · answered by junglejungle 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Laptop? Oh no. The Apollo era computers weren´t even as powerful as modern pocket calculators... The computers didn´t do the job all by themselves. There were people piloting the crafts. And damn good pilots they were. If left entirely to the computers, that routinely crashed, the Eagle wouldn´t have landed. It would have slammed into the lunar surface. There were many near disasters and good piloting is the only reason there weren´t casualties. Sure it would be a piece of cake to go to the moon today. We certainly know how but the only reason America went there in the first place was to prove a point. Going back now would be to just prove the same point. And who would pay 100 billion or so just to do what has already been done?
2016-04-01 06:21:49 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
"The Dell Xl.....something." ROFL! That is the least accurate statement I have ever heard in my entire life. If the majority of society wasn't so computer illiterate, Dell would go out of business in an instant.
This is a very difficult question to answer. The fastest 'computer' is over 350 teraFLOPS, buit by IBM. This, however, is not a 'computer, rather it is a SuperComputer. It is a combination of hundreds of computers all "hook up" together to become ONE SuperComputer to RULE THEM ALL!!
On a serious not however, personal computers are measured differently. If you are refurring strictly to processor speed. It is difficult to say which proccesor is fastest because different ones excel at different tasks. AMD's Athlon 64is arguable the fastest gaming CPU on the market. However, Intel's Pentium 4 is the fastest on the market for different tasks, notably Media Encoding.
Getting multi-core processors, Like the Apple-Intel Xenon 8-Core Mac Pro, will boost performance above and beyond any computer. Then you might say "Well if it's 8 core, isn't it the fastest". My answer would be not, at least not necessarily. Like I said earlyer, different CPUs run different tasks better or worse. The MacPro is built specificaly for running OS X and working with Pro Applications like Final Cut, Motion, and Apateure as well as Adobe's Creative Suit. Since about 80% of computer users run Windows XP, the Mac Pro isn't considered the fastest.
2007-07-03 13:01:41 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It'd be some sort of extremely powerful server. Maybe multiple x8 core processors etc.
But it'd cost a mint.
Are you talking about standard desktops or what?
And Apples are expensive - but not necessarily that powerful.
2007-07-03 12:57:47 · answer #4 · answered by Jawapro 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
A MacPro better, faster, easy to use. The MAC is a true computer, not a game playing machine. If you want to play games get a playstation or an xBox.
2007-07-03 14:55:42 · answer #5 · answered by Linda S 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Mac Pro with 2 intel xeon quad core processors @ 3.00 ghz. 4 gb. of memory, and a high end card. ( i wish u could get the 8800 as an option)
2007-07-03 12:51:52 · answer #6 · answered by Jake 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Alienwares. Quardcore + Dual Graphics Chips + OC proccessors. You can also get blu-ray burner / reader on them
2007-07-03 14:09:28 · answer #7 · answered by Pablo A 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
An apple computer, it is expensive but by far the best
2007-07-03 12:49:58 · answer #8 · answered by tomcatjak 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
powerful as in the amount of work done or energy transferred per unit of time ?
http://www.pcsforeveryone.com/
2007-07-03 12:58:11 · answer #9 · answered by 987654321abc 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
mac pro or dell xps 710
2007-07-03 12:49:02 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋