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  • Editorial: The new Mac Pro is overkill for nearly everybody, and it hit Apple's own target...

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    Metriacanthosaurus said:
    Great computer.

    My only complaint is the high starting price. This is meant to be a modular and upgradeable system (and it is). But the baseline is too expensive. They should have tried for a $2999 entry level price so that more customers could get in on the ground floor, and upgrade it themselves over the next 10 years or so.

    The pricing on this machine is absolutely fine for what it includes and the market it hits. I just wish they had sought to make the same machine just a little more accessible to another class of pros.
    This is the general sentiment of the masses. 
    They did this with the G3, G4, G5, Mac Pro’s up until 2013. Then Greedy Tim took over. 
    Apple is saying “give us insane monies now or we’ll keep you in throw-away computers and get our monies eventually”. 
    dysamoriazoooooooooom

  • Apple debuts new $5999 Mac Pro with up to 28-core Xeon processors

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    techaccident said:
    bitmod said:
    Apple missed the mark completely on this... completely. They custom designed a Mac Pro for Pixar... what about the rest of us? FFS...
    I believe that is the iMac Pro.
    A throw-away computer is our alternative to a $20,000 system. 
    Middle finger noted Apple... noted. 
    icodewelldysamoria

  • Apple debuts new $5999 Mac Pro with up to 28-core Xeon processors

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    So in Canadian funds, to get into a basic model and the usual upgrades, the new display and stand with a mouse, keyboard, and AppleCare, Taxes... $20,000!
    Thats right... $20,000 

    This is exactly what Pro's have been screaming for...
    mike54dysamoria

  • Apple debuts new $5999 Mac Pro with up to 28-core Xeon processors

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    sflocal said:
    icodewell said:
    It's called a debate. It's a place where people share conflicting ideas and opinions. It's OK not to agree without resorting to name calling. That's usually an indication of immaturity or a bad counter-argument. Let's keep it classy and listen to each other.
    You can call it a "debate" if you want.  People try to pass off their opinions as fact, or they're under the false belief that their needs is what the market should be.  Wrong in every way.

    I didn't insult anyone in particular.  It's more or less a general opinion of many people are nowadays.  If you find something in my general post that offends you, grow some thicker skin.  
    Yah... "people"... hundreds of thousands of them... trying to pass off their opinions and false beliefs about their needs... wrong in every way...
    You did it!! you exposed the masses for what they are... *clap clap clap*
    icodewellchemengin1

  • Apple debuts new $5999 Mac Pro with up to 28-core Xeon processors

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    tenthousandthings said:
    KidGloves said:
    Looks amazing though I would like to see how the likely crippled $5999 version compares to similar PC workstations. I can't help thinking that the Apple Tax is back with a bang. The stuff looks like it's fantastically engineered (probably over the top for 90%). Anyone want to guess how much RAM the $5999 version will ship with?
    We're talking a base version that's DOUBLE the price of the current base. That's a big jump in anyone's book.
    An HP Z4 with the last-generation (=Skylake) 8 Core Xeon-W (i.e., W-2145) with 1000W chassis, 2x10Gb Ethernet, 32 GB (4x8) of RAM, 256 GB NVMe SSD, and AMD Radeon Pro WX 7100 with 8 GB is $6965.

    So that thinking is wrong. 
    Yah, but HP has a line all the way down and not tied to just 1 video card. 
    avon b7