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MacPro said: Mike Wuerthele said: Dial it back a bit. Take a minute to review the commenting guidelines. Hey Mike, perhaps there should be guidelines on Article headings too, you know, maybe not designed to attract trolls wanting to j…
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melgross said: madan said: melgross said: madan said: dewme said: madan said: Unfortunately, the Mac Pro has a distinct issue on its value curve. It's a horrible value system at its base price, that quickly…
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MacPro said: madan said: https://www.apple.com/shop/buy-mac/imac/27-inch-3.7ghz-6-core-processor-with-turbo-boost-up-to-4.6ghz-2tb# 2019 iMac Core i9 @ 3.7 (50% faster than the Mac Pro in single-dual thread performance, slower in mult…
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tht said: MacPro said: madan said: MacPro said: madan said: Unfortunately, the Mac Pro has a distinct issue on its value curve. It's a horrible value system at its base price, that quickly ramps in value as the pr…
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https://www.apple.com/shop/buy-mac/imac/27-inch-3.7ghz-6-core-processor-with-turbo-boost-up-to-4.6ghz-2tb# 2019 iMac Core i9 @ 3.7 (50% faster than the Mac Pro in single-dual thread performance, slower in multi by only about 15%). 32 GB of RAM. Veg…
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dysamoria said: Soli said: madan said: Remember that it's 5999 PLUS TAX and Apple Care. With those additions, that computer almost hits 7000. If you upgrade the RAM yourself and the storage (the measly 256 GB) yourself, you're…
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MacPro said: madan said: melgross said: madan said: I'm not trying to make it hard on anyone. But I am trying to clear things up so people know what they're getting into. Buyers remorse sucks. It would be a shame to s…
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StrangeDays said: melgross said: The interesting thing about this is when inflation is accounted for, this isn’t exceptionally expensive. My Quadra 950 from late 1992 had a base price of about $6,000. No video card, no CD player, no …
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MacPro said: melgross said: madan said: I'm not trying to make it hard on anyone. But I am trying to clear things up so people know what they're getting into. Buyers remorse sucks. It would be a shame to spend 8k on a comput…
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Soli said: madan said: Remember that it's 5999 PLUS TAX and Apple Care. With those additions, that computer almost hits 7000. If you upgrade the RAM yourself and the storage (the measly 256 GB) yourself, you're looking at another 500…
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StrangeDays said: madan said: Luckily I live in a free country and I'm going to give advice anyways. Judging from the replies from several posters in this thread, they may have the money to spend on this device but they certainly don'…
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StrangeDays said: madan said: At its 6000 USD base price tag, the computer is a joke. [...] You could build a DIY computer with pretty much identical performance for less than 1500 dollars. No, I'm not kidding. . Not kidding, j…
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melgross said: madan said: I'm not trying to make it hard on anyone. But I am trying to clear things up so people know what they're getting into. Buyers remorse sucks. It would be a shame to spend 8k on a computer and find out that…
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melgross said: madan said: dewme said: madan said: Unfortunately, the Mac Pro has a distinct issue on its value curve. It's a horrible value system at its base price, that quickly ramps in value as the price becomes astr…
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Maurizio said: madan said: You know, come to think of it. You could get an iMac Pro, with 64 GB of RAM, a base Xeon, more storage and a Vega 56, stone the base Mac Pro over the head and it STILL COMES WITH A 5K LG MONITOR BUILT IN. H…
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foregoneconclusion said: madan said: I think the camp that benefits from the Mac Pro is probably smaller than the camps positively and negatively affected by it. That's the reality of personal computing today vs. ten years ago. In 200…
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Luckily I live in a free country and I'm going to give advice anyways. Judging from the replies from several posters in this thread, they may have the money to spend on this device but they certainly don't know what they're getting by buying it.
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I'm not trying to make it hard on anyone. But I am trying to clear things up so people know what they're getting into. Buyers remorse sucks. It would be a shame to spend 8k on a computer and find out that it competes unfavorably with a 5k iMac Pr…
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MacPro said: madan said: You know, come to think of it. You could get an iMac Pro, with 64 GB of RAM, a base Xeon, more storage and a Vega 56, stone the base Mac Pro over the head and it STILL COMES WITH A 5K LG MONITOR BUILT IN. How…
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dewme said: madan said: Unfortunately, the Mac Pro has a distinct issue on its value curve. It's a horrible value system at its base price, that quickly ramps in value as the price becomes astronomical. At its 6000 USD base price tag…