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$23,397 Mac Pro

I believe this is a troll, but...

If you feel 'blessed' to be able to afford it, why buy something you couldn't use to it's fullest even if you tried (you literally could not eke out even 1% benefit for anything you are probably doing with the machine) and instead make a difference in others lives by 'blessing' them.

Buy a $5,000 Mac Pro, and change the lives of hundreds of ultra-poor around the world with the rest of the money.

Check out this website to see where how lucky you actually are: http://www.globalrichlist.com/
 
I just realized that this is the approximate cost of the 2008 Dodge Avenger I bought last year, and I'll keep it forever as the warranty will never end.
 
Insulin Junkie said:
Holy s*it. According to this program "You're in the TOP 0.57%
richest people in the world!" It's a good reminder of how damn fortunate I am.
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Darn, I'm high up there, too. Apparently, I'm one the world's richest 5%. Never knew we have it that good. Weird to see it flashed in your face like that. Depressing, really. Not because we're high up there, but because there are so many people below us. But this is only measured in absolute numbers, of course. If prices are low and the inflation is low, a low but fair income will probably be more than enough to get around. So this calculator is interesting, but highly inaccurate to really tell how (relatively) rich you are.
 
Bengt77 said:
Depressing, really. Not because we're high up there, but because there are so many people below us. But this is only measured in absolute numbers, of course. If prices are low and the inflation is low, a low but fair income will probably be more than enough to get around. So this calculator is interesting, but highly inaccurate to really tell how (relatively) rich you are.
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Agreed. Though there are preciously few examples of low prices and a low inflation. Also where prices are low, average incomes are usually sufficiently low to match it. It's kind of a slap in the face though to realize I've recently bought a computer that cost more than most people's annual income.

@OP: Give me 23K and I'll fly over to where you are and build you a real boat :eek:
 
akm3 said:
Buy a $5,000 Mac Pro, and change the lives of hundreds of ultra-poor around the world with the rest of the money.
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What a stupid comment to make. :rolleyes:

Price is relative. The exact same thing could be said about each and every one of you who's purchased a $2000 Macbook Pro or even a $1000 iMac. "Who needs such an expensive computer? Why don't you buy a $299 peecee from Wall-Mart and change the lives of hundreds of ultra-poor around the world with the rest of the money".

Think about it: Mac's are premium-priced "designer" personal computers. Priced well above all the "mainstream" peecee's out there. A bit of the 'ole "Pot calling the Kettle black" for one Mac owner to criticize another Mac owner for spending too much on his machine, yes?

Relativity is lost on you people. -sigh- it appears Einstein has died in vein.
 
Dinny give the money to charity, well at least not a charity that helps humans as the population is already 5 billion to many for such a small rock to sustain.
 
Insulin Junkie said:
@OP: Give me 23K and I'll fly over to where you are and build you a real boat :eek:
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You can't build a real boat for $23k.

If you're talking about boats that are self-propelled, you can't hardly build a real boat engine for $23k.

There's a reason the $100 bill is called a "boat buck". It's because everything has several zero's at the end when you're talking pricing of boat stuff.
 
Umbongo said:
There are certainly people who buy things like this. I think the problem here is the original poster doesn't really know what hardware he needs for the task and has seen that he can afford the top Mac Pro, but has gone about using this community to his advantage the wrong way.
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A person who doesn't really know what hardware he needs for the tasks that he has also doesn't know how to join a forum and create a thread. If you're making computers with dual HD monitors and 300GB SAS Drives you either know what you're doing or you're lying. If you don't know what you're doing, you don't go online to macrumors and make up a thread asking people if this is right, you call apple and ask. Just what I think.
 
I think it's a waste of money. Buy one for $5000 and give me the rest for a down payment on a house.

But if you do buy it, don't forget to buy Applecare for $299CAD.
 
conclusion

Thank you all again for advice and discussion.

I went ahead and chose to order a custom configured Mac Pro with a few modifications from what I initially described. Final configuration: two 3.2GHz Quad-Core Intel Xeon, 16GB, two 1TB drives, NVIDIA Quadro FX 5600, and two optical drives. I also chose the wireless mouse and keyboard, and a pair of HD Cinema displays.

I realized I'd never use 32GB, and that SAS drives aren't appropriate for my personal needs. I do, however, have more storage space in this configuration.
 
Wotan31 said:
You can't build a real boat for $23k.

If you're talking about boats that are self-propelled, you can't hardly build a real boat engine for $23k.

There's a reason the $100 bill is called a "boat buck". It's because everything has several zero's at the end when you're talking pricing of boat stuff.
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Consider it a bad joke. Well, I suppose he'd have to settle for a smallish rowing boat.
 
Losenrout,

You may want to check with Navis, but you'll need to test out the copy-protection USB key if you're using anything like PowerStow on your rig.

From my experience, Navis is particularly picky when it comes to reading that USB key, however you can PM me if you get stuck with it....

If it doesn't work on Bootcamp, I can confirm that Navis software works under VMware's Fusion. I managed to get it working without too much hassle.



Cheers
 
Losenrout said:
Thank you all again for advice and discussion.

I went ahead and chose to order a custom configured Mac Pro with a few modifications from what I initially described. Final configuration: two 3.2GHz Quad-Core Intel Xeon, 16GB, two 1TB drives, NVIDIA Quadro FX 5600, and two optical drives. I also chose the wireless mouse and keyboard, and a pair of HD Cinema displays.

I realized I'd never use 32GB, and that SAS drives aren't appropriate for my personal needs. I do, however, have more storage space in this configuration.
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Good choice, you probably could've gone down to 8GB though and not notice any speed decrease, but hey, your money your choice, remember to post pictures in here once you get it, especially the "About this Mac" screen, just to prove you got the 16GB, and you know, for bragging rights.
 
Losenrout said:
Thank you all again for advice and discussion.

I went ahead and chose to order a custom configured Mac Pro with a few modifications from what I initially described. Final configuration: two 3.2GHz Quad-Core Intel Xeon, 16GB, two 1TB drives, NVIDIA Quadro FX 5600, and two optical drives. I also chose the wireless mouse and keyboard, and a pair of HD Cinema displays.

I realized I'd never use 32GB, and that SAS drives aren't appropriate for my personal needs. I do, however, have more storage space in this configuration.
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Applecare?
 
If you are going to do everything in windows, what is wrong with a similar Dell Workstation?

Should save you at least $50 on the machine and get the 2 displays for the cost of a single Apple display.

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And looking at the current state of Windows control for the Apple displays, might make you look at the Dell displays with the panel mounted controls.
 
Losenrout said:
Is it possible for me to maintain this machine myself, with good computer proficiency, but no special skills?
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Yes, it's possible. The Mac Pro *should* just work. And if it doesn't, that's why you buy AppleCare! And, in the unlikely even that you can't maintain it, you can certainly afford to pay a Mac tech to come out and troubleshoot it for you.

Since money is no issue, I'm not going to waste my breath like the others have done by telling you to save some of your money.

Buy what you want and enjoy it!
 
My MacPro is of a similar caliber to the one that the OP is hoping to buy, so I'm sending him a private message. This thread seems to have gotten a little out of hand......
 
This 12 year old is a Harry Potter fan!

Losenrout said:
Besides what's relevant to the thread, you don't know the particulars of my situation. Perhaps I contribute to "the greater good", perhaps I don't. Who's to judge? But in any case, it's simply not relevant to the question at hand.
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haha "the greater good" nice reference to HP7 The Deathly Hallows. Dumbledore would be proud.
 
Why not buy an iMac and give the extra money to someone who could use it?

Or if you really want the best and biggest why buy from Apple? Sun Microsystems will sell you a machine that will run circles around the maxed out Mac Pro. And yes it can run many copies of MS Windows all at once inside virtual machines.

http://www.sun.com/servers/netra/x4450/specs.xml

If you need more disk space Sun's got you covered there too. This is one of the nicest systems on the market.
http://www.sun.com/storagetek/disk_systems/midrange/6540/?intcmp=1208

Yes, the "technical upkeep" may be more than you can handle but Sun will sell you an on-site contract. They can have an engineer come out to your location and help you with any problem. Apple makes you go to one of their stores. Sun makes it easier on you.

OK, now seriously. Don't worry about "technical upkeep" on your maxed out Mac Pro. Anyone who can spend that much surely can afford to hire a consultent

YOu configuration is missing a few important parts. What about a backup system. You will need both on-site (local) backup and some kind of off-site system too. Likely a portable RAID box or a set of such boxes. Look into buying three or four Drobo units so they can be rotated to a secure off site location. Cutting the RAM down in half would pay for this and you have more utility at the same price.
 
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