Investing in Workstations vs. Consumer PCs

摘要

All professional workstations are computers, but not all computers are professional workstations. If you are only running MS Office applications, you can use just about any computer. But engineers running CAD, CAE or rendering software, you really should not be using just any computer. You need a workstation certified to run your software. Yet many companies provide their engineering professionals with standard consumer-grade personal computers.