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

[ruka.snow]

$699 wheels without any lock are definitely more innovative than a $399 2nd-gen iPhone SE.

It's not a SE its a 8

 

[ELman]

Makes the $300 Magic Keyboard sound like a deal.

 

[M.PaulCezanne]

I’m sorry but this is ludicrous.

 

[Quu]

Impossible to defend this really it's just ridiculous.

 

[TheWatchfulOne]

If it wasn't for COVID-19 we'd be watching a live press event from Cupertino this morning titlted "Apple reinvents the wheel".

They "reinvented the wheel" years ago.

 

[gsurf123]

So the wheels cost more than the tires for my car. I drive a Mercedes.

4 new tires for my AWD car or 4 new wheels for a Mac? Its really going to be a hard decision fellas and gals

Your car being a Mercedes is irrelevant. Anyone driving an SUV knows a decent set of tires is well over $1000 and that's even for the SUV's that will never leave the pavement.

 

[Doctor Q]

If hope Find My can locate the wheels if you misplace them. They are too valuable to lose.

 

[fabian9]

Will these also fit the monitor stand? I don’t have a Mac Pro as it’s too expensive, but was hoping to just wheel the stand around on these?

 

[BGarza]

Perfect opportunity for a 3rd party to make compatible wheels w/brakes for $100 and turn a $90 profit. Hmmm...

 

[rk-apple]

Has anyone seen any rationale from Apple attempting to justify this price?

 

[Stromos]

Has anyone seen any rationale from Apple attempting to justify this price?

As much as this is getting attention being in Information Technology I'm not surprised in the least bit. This isn't meant to be a residential device. Take a look how much Ram, Spinning Disks, and SD Cards cost when you slap HP, Dell, or Cisco on them. It's no different than any other business technology.

 

[smorrissey]

Show me more money!

 

[NickName99]

How much do wheels for my MacBook Pro cost?

 

[ChromeCrescendo]

Waiting for the Wheels SE

 

[juanm]

"BUt iF yoU're A reAl Pro yOu cAn AfForD it!"

 

[bobob]

A product that 0.00001% of Aple customers will buy - - this article is pure troll bait from MacRumors to generate click$.

 

[Reason077]

Coming soon: Mac Pro drag racing.

 

[GermanSuplex]

I get that Mac Pros are high end machines, but do the wheels really need be expensive too? It’s like paying $5000 for a pine cone car freshener just because you have an expensive car.

 

[jkdsteve]

Anyone who doesn't think this is beyond ridiculous?

 

[Jimmy James]

Excellent! Not much more than the last set I bought for my car.

 

[L-Viz]

...

 

[MvdM]

Picture on front page says $799.

 

[Stephen.R]

So the wheels cost more than the tires for my car. I drive a Mercedes.

I'm not sure what purpose the second part has other than maybe trying to brag?

It's not like you're buying Mercedes tires. For all we know, you're buying re-tread tires from a guy in an alley.

I'm also not sure of the relevance of comparing to wheels or tires on a car at all. Our current family car is probably valued at less than the Mac Pro config I would buy (when you include stuff like after market memory, PCIe M2 cards etc).

Guess what? My family car also doesn't pay the ****ing bills.



The ridiculous analogies people try to use to compare things is getting tired.

We get it: you think the Mac Pro, and by retention the accessories for it, are expensive. Build a ****ing bridge and get over it already.

 

[jonnyb098]

Has anyone seen any rationale from Apple attempting to justify this price?

If you have to ask that question then you have ZERO understanding of the high end professional tech market.

Go look up the accessory prices on a RED camera and get back to us

 

[Hodar1]

You need these wheels, to go with your $1,000 monitor stand.