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I remember spending $35,000 in 1992 for an SGI Indigo machine. When that baby arrived on the wood crate everything else got dropped. It was a game changer! Forced things like spending $2k for a 1 Gigabyte external drive... Don't see this $35,000 machine (in 2019 dollars) being in that same category.

The BIG difference is that SGI developed their own hardware from the ground up, including the GPUs and CPUs. Macs are modified PCs (and Hackintoshes are modified macOS)

It's a very bad idea for anyone to compare the Mac Pro to an SGI workstation anyway. It was cheaper faster PCs that led to the demise of SGI and it is also cheaper faster PCS that can outperform these Macs. Because Macs are after all...modified PCs but with slower drivers and sometimes slower apps.

Would be better if Apple stopped controlling the drivers and let users update them regularly from hardware vendors.
 
There's a lot of cheap old housing stock, some in good shape, most not, in between the coasts. Search for them on Zillow, it's fun. However, you would be unlikely to find any Macs, let alone Mac Pros, in those towns.

lol so pretty much "I can buy a shack in the middle of no where for the price for an iphone"
 
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