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Apple's Redesigned Mac Pro Now Available for Online Orders
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Smart man for just upgrading the 4-core and not getting suckered into the base 6-core because you were buying RAM separately anyways.
US shows December for stock. Canada shows January for stock and custom
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Smart man for just upgrading the 4-core and not getting suckered into the base 6-core because you were buying RAM separately anyways.
Thanks. I did very careful calcs of all the possibilities. Also saved $400 through the educational store.
Cheapest option is 3 grand, minimum I'd want is 4: safe to say I can't afford either. Even if I sold my iMac I'd be cleaning out all my accounts to reach $4000.
I guess just get to hope that the post studio I work at decides to pick one up so I can play around with the new powerhouses. I doubt that will be for awhile though.
I guess just get to hope that the post studio I work at decides to pick one up so I can play around with the new powerhouses. I doubt that will be for awhile though.
Here you go:
http://news.idealo.co.uk/news/13008/uk-apple-store-offers-worst-prices-in-western-europe.html
(Don't hate the messenger!)
That was quick -- it now ships sometime in January. If you want to pick it up at an Apple Store, that won't happen till February 4. So I assume it won't ship till the end of January at the earliest.
In Brazil the maxed high-end model costs around USD 14,500 with student discount and paying without financing. Comparing to the USD 8,739 student's price in USA, it's a very good deal. Usually imported products are sold here for twice the original retail price in US.
actually thats exactly what it means , non upgradable cpu , same goes with almost all other mac laptops / desktops.
Although it's not the primary purpose of the Mac Pro, I'll still be interested to see gaming specs. I'll be interested to see how Boot Camp works on this architecture, and what drivers are available under Windows.
Dear lord... Please tell me you are not getting this as your gaming PC.
Nobody even has one yet! How can you call it a lemon?
Give me an instant where I defended Apple at all costs? I'll wait
I don't know he's not alive so know one really knows.
It's obvious this machine is not for you.
You switch to a high end rMbp last year and you say that it "could be better". I think you answered your own question.
For what it is worth, the educational pricing is $2799 and $3699, and the options are reduced by about 10%. If you configure the quad core to the hex core with options, it costs exactly the same. My lowest possible config would be about $3350, and my preferred config is just under $5000. I can afford either, cannot justify either, but will probably buy the $5000 when I see some benchmarks and reviews.
My current MacPro 6-core has 24GB memory, 8TB storage, DVD and BR drives, and is only used to about 10% of its capability.
I expect a major reason for the disparity in pricing between the US and the rest of the world is to provide enough of a buffer to cover fluctuations in things like exchange rates, shipping rates, import duties and other ancillaries so as to be able to keep the price the same during the entire year.
Unfortunately there is.
$2999 at $1.60 = £1.00 becomes £1874.38 plus VAT = £2249
If they are to allow for a static price with reasonable exchange fluctuations, then :
$2999 at $1.45 = £1.00 becomes £2068.28 plus VAT = £2481.94
Exchange :-
1 Wife 3 Children 1 Dog for
1 full spec NEW Mac Pro
Are you quoting what you are willing to give up or willing to take on
Well, let me elaborate a little bit. CPU-wise the rMBP (2.7ghz quad) is fine, my software is hardly threaded and the amount of multithreaded rendering we do is limited. Graphics wise it could be better though, as I'm using 2 external TB displays + the built in one with it.
Pricing difference in a real life example.
So let's take the 6 core Mac Pro as an example of what it would really cost:
USA: $3999.00 before tax or $4353.91 after New York tax.
GERMANY: 3999.00 including 639.00 German tax which un US dollars is $5471.83
Now if you remove the GERMAN VAT (639 = $874.34) the cost of the Mac Pro in Germany after the governments cut would be: $4597.00 and that's the amount that pretty much goes to Apple before shipping costs.
Now to make it even more clear, if I was to buy the same Mac Pro in New York the tax would put the final price at: $4353.91
So all things considered that makes a $243.09 difference which could easily be accounted by the fact that these babies are assembled in USA and have to be shipped to Europe.
Are things more expensive in other countries? Hell yeah, just ask Brazil, they even get the iPhones assembled there and still they have the highest prices of Apple products in the world.
I do believe the price differences go to taxes and shipping and not to Apples pockets as largely claimed.
So let's take the 6 core Mac Pro as an example of what it would really cost:
USA: $3999.00 before tax or $4353.91 after New York tax.
GERMANY: 3999.00 including 639.00 German tax which un US dollars is $5471.83
Now if you remove the GERMAN VAT (639 = $874.34) the cost of the Mac Pro in Germany after the governments cut would be: $4597.00 and that's the amount that pretty much goes to Apple before shipping costs.
Now to make it even more clear, if I was to buy the same Mac Pro in New York the tax would put the final price at: $4353.91
So all things considered that makes a $243.09 difference which could easily be accounted by the fact that these babies are assembled in USA and have to be shipped to Europe.
Are things more expensive in other countries? Hell yeah, just ask Brazil, they even get the iPhones assembled there and still they have the highest prices of Apple products in the world.
I do believe the price differences go to taxes and shipping and not to Apples pockets as largely claimed.
Odd option selection....
I noticed two rather bizarre option selection groupings that just don't make a whole lot of sense to me...
While I appreciate Apple including a 4k display, its a little weird that they force monitor one to be only an Apple Cinema Display and option two to be only the 4k Sharp display. There's no option for both being the Apple Cinema Display or both being the 4k Sharp Display?!? That's very, very odd...since I'm sure a lot of people like me still use dual cinema displays even though its lacking the 4k resolution.... Just weird...
Also, I noticed when I configure iMacs, I have the option for purchasing a Magic Mouse AND an Magic Trackpad together but don't have that option on a MacPro., its either one or the other.....and that's a litle Weird... Its just something I noticed....
I noticed two rather bizarre option selection groupings that just don't make a whole lot of sense to me...
While I appreciate Apple including a 4k display, its a little weird that they force monitor one to be only an Apple Cinema Display and option two to be only the 4k Sharp display. There's no option for both being the Apple Cinema Display or both being the 4k Sharp Display?!? That's very, very odd...since I'm sure a lot of people like me still use dual cinema displays even though its lacking the 4k resolution.... Just weird...
Also, I noticed when I configure iMacs, I have the option for purchasing a Magic Mouse AND an Magic Trackpad together but don't have that option on a MacPro., its either one or the other.....and that's a litle Weird... Its just something I noticed....