I don't know about gas in the US in particular, but if you look at the subsidies that nuclear gets or the cost (to the government and individuals) or coal based electricity production then yes, solar has much lower subsidies.
I did some research and the D700 is not the same as the W9000. It is slower, having only about 75% of the single precision compute performance. You can't compare them.
Are the D700 and W9000 identical though? It seems unlikely given the power and thermal requirements of W9000 cards, and the power supply and thermal capacity of the Mac case. I know, it's a very clever design, but you can't cheat the laws of physics.
I knew someone who worked at an Apple store for a while, as a 'genius'. He said that when there were software/driver bugs there was basically nothing they could do (obviously) so they were told to just say that Apple were going to fix it in the next software update. Pretend like they know about it and Apple is on the case.
I really don't think Apple tech support is going to be much help in the scenarios you describe. Worse still if your business is a monoculture based on Macs they may all have the same problem, where as at least with a variety of PCs the chances are greatly diminished.
So what you are saying is that for most people a BMW is a waste of money or a fashion accessory.
Except they are not equivalent at all. The GPU is similar but not the same. The motherboard choice is ridiculous, it doesn't support the required amount of RAM and is incredibly expensive. Despite that he started with a really, really, really expensive case and PSU so claimed he had "no choice". Either this is a deliberate attempt to get a particular answer or the guy just grabbed the first thing he found on Amazon and called it a day.
It doesn't take much, by design. Intel optimized its mobile CPUs to idle at very low power levels and thus not need much cooling, allowing for quiet and thin laptops. When there is some work to be done though they very quickly need extra cooling and you hear those fans come on. The manufacturer can actually customize the CPU's cooling/clocking strategy for each model.
I have noticed that Apple always picks parts carefully to make comparisons difficult or favour itself. If you relax the requirements slightly and just pick similar but not identical parts you can make huge savings.
The D700 GPUs are a good example. They are similar to the W9000s you can buy but not identical. Comparing prices directly is therefore not possible, because we don't know in what way the D700 is different. Considering the cooling and power requirements of W9000 cards it seems unlikely that what the Mac has is identical.
TFA is also making stupid choices. $50-75 for Bluetooth and wifi dongles? For about $30 you can have a BT4 dongle and 802.11ac card/dongle with top notch chipset and antennas. The motherboard he picked is stupid as well, not supporting the required 64GB RAM and being way overpriced.
This comes down to the issue of universal service. The electric company could argue that some houses are too expensive to bother maintaining infrastructure for because they are out in the sticks. Storm took the pole down? Not worth putting back up.
Do want!
Good advice, but can ask what your goal is? Clearly it isn't saving money or your valuable time, so are you doing it just for enjoyment? Doesn't it affect your home insurance?
What they need is a very large sodium sulphur battery, say a few hundred megawatts or more. Of course this is America so there is no way the government could build it, meaning you need to find a way of forcing the power company to invest. They will need it for their own renewables anyway, assuming the plan is to move away form fossil fuel.
As I said, I'm glad someone had the guts and foresight to stop it happening. Private worship is fine, but it was inappropriate to broadcast it.
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