Apple Offering $700 Kit to Add Wheels to the Mac Pro

[allapple]

Not one person here crying about the price can afford the Macpro in any meaningful manner. Thus the wheel kit is not targeted for your pocket. A lot of people can barely afford an iPhone if it wasn't sold in attractive plans split up in monthly payments spread through 1-2 years.

Same argument works this way;
Why buy LV when Target sells cheap clothes?

Many of you guys don't understand positioning, luxury and branding.

Oh I understand it's all illusion......a Cadillac is just an overpriced Chevy, and Lexus is still a Toyota etc... ...some people need the illusion....
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i would imagine those that buy the wheels don’t consider it a waste - they might consider it expensive, but if it does what they need (eg make the Mac pro more mobile in a lab setting) it’s about whether they can justify the cost for the benefit.

I would question any company that spends that much on wheels for their computer, when a $20.00 dolly would do the same job. Tells me the could have saved me some money if they were more frugal.

 

[Spicy Viking]

That’s actually cheap. I Denmark they cost just under $1.000.

 

[ucfgrad93]

I love Apple, but this is beyond self-parody.

Agreed. This is totally absurd.

 

[mi7chy]

You can build a pretty decent hackintosh for $700.

These are nicer if you're going to pay premium for casters while Apple ones look like they came off of grandma's walker.

https://casterior.com/free1.php?lang_id=en

 

[rylim]

Good News or Bad News here! You name it

Spotted the wheel kit in a Chinese forum, and those $700 tires are made in China.

Source

 

[jarman92]

You can build a pretty decent hackintosh for $700.

These are nicer if you're going to pay premium for casters while Apple ones look like they came off of grandma's walker.

https://casterior.com/free1.php?lang_id=en

If you bought 4 of those you'd be spending well over $1,000. So maybe Apple's price isn't actually so outrageous...

 

[UBS28]

These will look good on my rollerblades.

 

[IT Troll]

 

[oilers780]

This has to be the stupidest Apple product ever released. Plus the price tag is even worse lol

 

[WilliamDu]

Sounds like the DoD $6000 toilet seat

 

[UBS28]

These are professional wheels and not meant for people like you and me. Or something along those lines Apple fanboys will justify the price of these wheels.