$23,397 Mac Pro

[arepadetrigo]

Spend or invest

Spend your money as you see best. But I would like to suggest that you would get more happiness in the long run by buying a stock Mac and then giving the leftover $18000 or so to people who really need it. I could personally introduce you to some Chinese, Indian, African, or South American kids who could certainly use $100 or even $10. I could even introduce you to a few right here in the good ole' US of A. To them it might make the difference between a full and an empty belly or a warm coat this winter. You have been blessed. You could also bless others.

It's your money and I am not your Big Brother; but it's something to think about.

 

[SHADO]

I would wait until the new Mac Pro's come out (announced in January at Macworld), then get one of those.

 

[Heb1228]

If he buys this machine, this guy could really help out the MR folding team.

 

[BornAgainMac]

I wonder what $23,397 will get with a Mac Pro in 2009. Will it have solid state drives? Will it do Blu-Ray? Will it support multiple video cards at the same time for combined processing power? Will Snow Leopard really rock on it? Additional ports as standard? Have more than 8 Intel cores? Support more than 32 GB of memory?

Finally, will it be the last computer you will ever want?

From the last question will you still want to pay $23,397 for it now?

 

[mondp]

wow I cant believe this thread is still alive! it's been weeks since I first saw it!
anyway, if one did have 23K to spend on a computer,
I'd get a top of the line macpro ($6K), and hook it up to this little monster:

NVIDIA Tesla Personal Supercomputer
The NVIDIA® Tesla™ Personal Supercomputer is based on the revolutionary NVIDIA® CUDA™ parallel computing architecture and powered by up to 960 parallel processing cores.
http://www.nvidia.com/object/personal_supercomputing.html

 

[NoSmokingBandit]

I recently talked with an apple representative who actually tried to convince me to acquire a somewhat lower-end "suggested configuration" Mac Pro.

An Apple employee trying to save the customer some money? Now i know he is lying!

 

[paduck]

I don't think there is any evidence that the thread starter is in any way interested in spending this kinda money on a computer. I think he is just a prankster or troll...

 

[GoCubsGo]

(insert irony here)
And it took a newbie to revive an otherwise silly thread so that we're further reminded of the OPs trolling.

 

[groovdudeyo]

I'm a private individual interested in buying a custom top-of-the-line Mac Pro, mostly as a toy since I'm blessed enough to be able to afford it. The machine I'm interested in would be 3.2GHz Quad-Core Intel Xeon, 32GB, four 300GB SAS drives, NVIDIAQuadro FX 5600, and a couple Cinema HD Displays. With accessories, it runs about $23,397.

I recently talked with an apple representative who actually tried to convince me to acquire a somewhat lower-end "suggested configuration" Mac Pro. He told me that the technical upkeep for such a high-end mac is more demanding than I could handle. Is this accurate? He also told me that he wasn't aware of any use a private individual could have for that amount of processing power, but I enjoy knowing the power is available, so this doesn't concern me.

The only high-end software I run is some naval architecture CAD programs (Maxsurf, ShipConstructor and Navisworks) -- I'm a ship-building hobbyist. These programs would run in Windows under bootcamp. I would also use the machine for mostly mundane tasks -- internet, email, record-keeping, and my large music library.

Any thoughts about the upkeep of this machine would be greatly appreciated. Is it possible for me to maintain this machine myself, with good computer proficiency, but no special skills?

dude i hate you

 

[Schtumple]

dude i hate you

Seriously, the troll, stop feeding it...

 

[wizzracer]

I would just buy Three MP's, and setup each one for your needs. Run Windows with CAD on one. The OSX mail on the other. Then use the last one as you see fit. I would setup OSX Server and run a Forum on it.

As for your good fortune be thankfull. Hollywod spends 200 Million to make a Movie and half are crap. I would like to see there Carbon Foot Print, They leave behind.

Damn Al Gore, looks like he ate 400 Twinkes everday for year. Those poor Twinkes could have been saved.

 

[macJC50640]

Wow. I guess if you really want it, but like someone said earlier it will become obsolete before you know it. For that money, what about a car?! lol.
I have so many feelings about this thread...

 

[YahonMaizosz]

I'm a private individual interested in buying a custom top-of-the-line Mac Pro, mostly as a toy since I'm blessed enough to be able to afford it. The machine I'm interested in would be 3.2GHz Quad-Core Intel Xeon, 32GB, four 300GB SAS drives, NVIDIAQuadro FX 5600, and a couple Cinema HD Displays. With accessories, it runs about $23,397.

I recently talked with an apple representative who actually tried to convince me to acquire a somewhat lower-end "suggested configuration" Mac Pro. He told me that the technical upkeep for such a high-end mac is more demanding than I could handle. Is this accurate? He also told me that he wasn't aware of any use a private individual could have for that amount of processing power, but I enjoy knowing the power is available, so this doesn't concern me.

The only high-end software I run is some naval architecture CAD programs (Maxsurf, ShipConstructor and Navisworks) -- I'm a ship-building hobbyist. These programs would run in Windows under bootcamp. I would also use the machine for mostly mundane tasks -- internet, email, record-keeping, and my large music library.

Any thoughts about the upkeep of this machine would be greatly appreciated. Is it possible for me to maintain this machine myself, with good computer proficiency, but no special skills?

If you are REALLY as wealthy and blessed as you said you are, you will not be writing here asking about such a trivial question regarding a "toy" that is less than $24K.. You would have bought it and figure out your dumb questions yourself...

This thread is clearly a fake.. When I bought my IWC Da Vinci Perpetual Calender, I don't go around asking people in various luxury watch forums about whether I should really buy it and whether I really need the Perpetual Calender function... I just bought it and be happy with it...

So, if you are indeed as you said you are, please buy that ridiculous system and let us "envy" it...

 

[QuantumLo0p]

No kidding. Seriously, does ANYONE need a machine that costs about $20k?

If you have to ask...