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 jump in and bash anyone who wants to buy a new Mac Pro such as "Will Apple's $6k+ Mac Pro require brainwash marketing to sell?"  I mean come on guys didn't you expect sparks to fly?

madan said:

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 looking at another 500 dollars MORE.  And that's BEFORE you even look at a real graphics card.  The Mac Pro's 580 is only 30% faster than the AMD APUs in higher level 3400Gs.  30% over integrated graphics isn't "powerful".  So by the time you sink another 1000+ in a Vega 2 card, you're looking at least 8500 dollars (probably closer to 9000).

And even then, you could build a Mac with 90% that performance for a quarter of the price.

What a weird statement within a thread of your weird statements. It's bad enough that you state "PLUS TAX" at all but then you put it in all caps as if this is some hidden Apple Tax that no other vendor has to apply to a purchases.

People forget to consider taxes all the time. Are you seriously taking issue with this person reminding people that taxes are something to consider?

Would you also complain about someone pointing out that $5999 is just marketing speak for $6000? It’s a known fact that this is a manipulation of perception.

Forgetting the sales tax is a trap, too, even if it’s not a marketing decision (due to variable sales tax rates).

They think I'm an Apple hater because I pointed out that the top end Mac Pro is awesome but the low end is a very poor buy and that it's targeted at high compute entities not prosumers.  The prosumer product is the iMac Pro.
I'm sitting on: 3 iMacs, my FrankenMac, 4 ipads, 2 iPhones, 2 ipods and my venerable Apple IIC (which still works) and Macbook Pro. But I've had my "Apple geek cred" pulled because I dared to compare hardware/price skus throughout Apple's lineup, or something.

gatorguy said:

robin huber said:

gatorguy said:

robin huber said:

Everything I might lose (iPhone, AirPods, iPad) are already covered. It’s my glasses that are always getting lost. If only it was small enough for that! Or thin enough not to make a giant bulging disc in my minimalist wallet. 

Yeah tried the wallet thing too thinking that would be a great way to find it around the house or maybe even recover it from a thief. Ummm, not really.... 

when I first got Tile they had non-replaceable batteries which made them pretty worthless long term. Hear they have changed that. Lost my bag in Spain during a transfer from one carrier to another. Would have killed to have had a tracker in it!

Oh, never considered that use case and no doubt I've overlooked others too. Perhaps I will replace the batteries in the four Tiles I have that allow it. Suppose it wouldn't hurt to give 'em one more go. Maybe.

gatorguy said:

I've bought several Tiles over the past few years.

While initially impressed I ended up disenchanted with the original ones for two reasons: Had to replace them roughly once a year, and I didn't find I needed them as often as I would have thought. That still didn't prevent me from buying four of the Pro version with replaceable batteries when they came out. Don't know why I thought I'd be any more impressed because I still didn't put them to use more than a handful of times. In fact I accidently activated them and sent a finder signal to my phone more often than I needed to find a misplaced Tile'd item. 

Time to replace the batteries now but not sure I'll bother. They're smallish but not small enough, kinda get in the way on the keyring, and too large to play well on a remote or earbud charging case. Great idea but.... 

lkrupp said:

Just another way of saying only stupid people buy Apple products. Casting spells but he could see right through them because a wizard too? My ass.