Funny
This is good, very funny!
This is good, very funny!
That is a pretty cool doormat though. Better than mine anyway
That is a pretty cool doormat though. Better than mine anyway
And in many cases knowing the right people and/ or being lucky. Hard work is obviously the best way to getting rich but not a guarantee.
Lady: Do you smoke?
Man: Yes
Lady: How many packs a day?
Man: 3 packs
Lady: How much per pack?
Man: $10
Lady: And how long have you been smoking?
Man: 15 years
Lady: So 1 pack costs $10 and you have 3 packs a day which puts your spending each month at $900. In one year it would be $10,800, correct?
Man: Correct
Lady: If in 1 year you spend $10,800 not accounting for inflation, the past 15 years puts your spending at $162,000, correct?
Man: Correct
Lady: Do you know that if you hadn't smoked, that money could have been put in a step-up interest savings account and after accounting for compound interest for the past 15 years, you could have now bought a Ferrari?
Man: Do you smoke?
Lady: No
Man: Where's your Ferrari then?
Mac Pro -
Mac Pro ships without a keyboard or mouse, allowing you to use ones you already own or buy any you choose.
Wow apple is going to allow me to use a keyboard and mouse of my own & all for $3,000.00 and up.
Stupid
How did this go from 1st Mac Pro's showing up to a pissing match about being rich.
that's the real reason I purtchased a new mac pro.It comes with black apple stickers!
Riiiight.![]()
So you can have a $14,300 piece of junk? That is still not the same thing.
Man: Do you smoke?
Lady: No
Man: Where's your Ferrari then?
you can configure them with mouse and keyboard at time of purchase if you like.Mac Pro -
Mac Pro ships without a keyboard or mouse, allowing you to use ones you already own or buy any you choose.
Wow apple is going to allow me to use a keyboard and mouse of my own & all for $3,000.00 and up.
Stupid
Mac Pro = Overpriced overkill in the form of a black trash can from Bed Bath and Beyond.
People keep posting this kind of junk are looking dumber and dumber. If you want to make a point that something is "over pried" you have to find and eagle of the same thing selling elsewhere for less.
As for the shape. In 1984 (or was in 82?) IBM sold their first "PC" and it set the standard for location o disk drives, power supply and card slots. A few years later some one stood one on end and called it a "tower". It used the same exact power supply, card slots and so on, it was just standing on one end. Next they rotated the disk drives 90 degrees and thus ended innovation for 20+ years.
Some people forget, or aren't old enough to remember is that before that first IBM PC small and large computers all have different shapes and more interreestig designs and did not all look alike. Then after IBM showed their very low-cost design, that was all that mattered, cost. And we have decides for ugly square boxes. But maybe we are free of that now.
The old silver Mac Pro chassis was basically an 80's vintage IBM chassis ending up on one end, with small changes in details
Also those 1984 PCs sold for about $3,000 each But this was before computers became entrainment centers so people were able to justify the price. Today, yes $3K is over prices for most people who are just looking for a media player and web browsers. iPads are perfect for that.
If you're paying > $5k on your State and Federal Income Taxes then I suggest you either make twice the average median income and/or need a new tax accountant/software app.
Mac Pro is over-priced yea, and guess what, so is Apple Mac's
And ya, most Apple users either don't care/ or choose not to have an open mind, but with the Mac Pro, are you really going to have top quality hardware, for only $2,000 ?
There is no way in the world this would even happen in the Apple universe.... And for all those who wanna backlash, rather than complain, get a PC instead and save your comments.
The Mac Pro is designed to enterprises, not for the average consumer (although consumers may also want it)
TV production companies will not get top quality hardware for only $2,000, since they KNOW, you get what you pay for....
You pay more money, you get better quality.....
Otherwise, we'd all be driving crappy 1992 cars in 2013![]()
psssh- Not to brag but I pay 4k per QUARTER in Fed taxes alone. And I deduct everything I can think of, including my mortgage interest. I'd love to hear how someone could (legally) pay less than $5k total unless they have a really low income.
Save the story about that "Apple tax".... Its not only Apple with high prices here.
Read my the rest of my post about TV production companies, then do this again..
How does one define "high prices"? What would not be a high price?
Does xcode and the ios simulator even take advantage of all of those cores? The SSD might help but you could get that anywhere. IMO a new iMac would make for an excellent machine just for strictly iOS development.
The issue is with saying all an iOS developer uses is Xcode.. Yes it is in no way capable of using that power, but using a combination of tools can use a lot more of it. (and yes, the GPU's will be mostly useless.) Either way, its his money/machine, so it doesn't matter to us, eh?