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[raddevus]

Maximilien wrote:

If it's a real color calibrated screen (for photo or video) , it can add up quickly.

Thanks for mentioning that. I was curious where the cost was coming from.:thumbsup:

[David ONeil]

If you get a 2 TB hard drive, instead of 1 TB, the price drops to $2949!

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[Jon McKee]

Aside from the parts, a big part of that price is probably this: Delta E<1, Pantone Validated. That means the color differential between pixels/colors is imperceptible to the human eye (perfect color is dE=0; the minimum perceptible differential is 1). Pantone Validated means it has exceptional color accuracy according to the Pantone Matching System of colors. I'm not super informed on the details of all this but in general any high-end displays for artists are super expensive from what I've seen.

[Richard Andrew x64]

That's got to be a mistake, because if you choose the 4 TB hard drive, the price goes down to $4,999.

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[den2k88]

I still mourn my beloved EeePC 701. It still runs, but by today standards it's more crawling than running.

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[Duke Carey]

But doing that also changes the processor. Probably changes other options as well, but I didn't look too closely

[Lost User]

The price comes from the screen and GPU. The Nvidia Quadro series of GPU's are specifically designed for video rendering, both real-time and post. The CPU and memory speed and amount of memory contribute, but it's primarily the GPU, screen, and availability. NVIDIA QUADRO RTX 6000 (Desktop Version)[^] [EDIT] For spelling, or my lack there of. :-\

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[dandy72]

> $3,870.11 Shipping & Import Fees The shipping/import fees alone on that thing are more expensive than any computer I've ever bought.

[den2k88]

For me any two, possibly three. My dad spent a comparable amount, 30 years ago though.

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[JohaViss61]

Select the 4TB hard-disk and the display goes back to 17" FHD 15.6" 4K UHD is only possible with 1TB

[Slow Eddie]

Unh? I don't think so. Is this the way things are going?

Puzzled and dismayed.

[dandy72]

Well, in hindsight, I've probably spent $2500 on my most expensive PC ever...which has to be back 25+ years ago. With inflation, I'm not sure if that exceeds that $3.8K figure.

[raddevus]

Slow Eddie wrote:

Is this the way things are going?

I really hope not, because I'm super cheap & I'm accustomed to hardware prices always going down, not up. Plus, I would never need that kind of graphics solution.

[charlieg]

Anything > 500 from asus I'd be suspect. I'm looking at my wife's lightly used laptop. The entire touchpad has delaminated from the top part of the laptop. The original install of the OS was so bad, well... but 10k? Insanity. Oh, don't buy Samsung appliances or laptops either.

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