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I don't know that "consumer hardware" is a useful distinction anymore, it's just "what's your budget and what's your speed requirement".

• kridsdale1 23d ago
  Consumer hardware means: - 120v input plug - not rack-mounted - has a video out port
  • iAMkenough 23d ago
    Ah, a MacBook Professional is Consumer /s
    • kridsdale1 23d ago
      Yes?
      • iAMkenough 23d ago
        Pro?
        • oblio 23d ago
          Want to bet that consumers with enough money buy it?
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    • kllrnohj 22d ago
      Apple's use of "Professional" is just a fancy alias for high end or premium, it in no way indicates anything about being "for professionals" (most extreme example: "professional" iPhone models) Hence why they had to make up the "Studio" brand for the workstation market, because they'd already fully removed any meaning from "Professional"
    • nl 22d ago
      In computing "Pro" is not the opposite of "Consumer". Putting aside the fact it is a marketing label, "Pro" usually means "designed for work" while "Consumer" (in this context) means "doesn't need a special environment". In computing the distinction is primarily noise, power and cooling requirements. If a computer is designed to use home power and is quiet enough to use without annoying people and doesn't require specialist cooling then it is a consumer device, even if it is used for work.
  • mrheosuper 22d ago
    To me, "consumer item" is when i don't have to contact sale people for price.