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Has anyone actually bought a maxed-out $24,000 Mac Pro?

maclover001

maclover001

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I went to Apple's site to see how much a Mac Pro would be configured with the most expensive components. It's over $24,000!!!
Just curious if anyone actually spent this much on their Mac Pro.
 
I can imagine that there are some people out there who are dumb enough to buy RAM, HDDs, and optical drives from Apple.

So maybe.
 
NO!

Anyone with that kind of money would be smart enough to upgrade ram and hd's after the purchase. Apple charges way too much for that stuff! 😀
 
Corporates often buy 'maxed out' systems from Apple without a thought about it's cost, but generally the user or the department won't be paying for them. I'm sure for those kinda of companies a $24,000 system would only be a tip of their toe in their huge pond! Get my drift?

I've seen and read of users right on those pages who've paid a small fortune for a semi upgraded out system as a BTO.
I'll keep my comments to myself.. though a supermodel has more grey matter! 😀
 
Got my 3.2 wiht the 2nd optical bay, Airport, Upgraded the ram & Hd's Myself for massive savings. Still only have 8GB ram...
 
Thanks for the link. I was wondering about that conclusion.

Consumers aren't gonna buy this configuration. It's better for companies that can depreciate it over 5 years.
 
I have 2 mac pros, one for my home use and on which I have at my work. The work on was bought in July and has a spec as followed

Processer: 2x 3.2ghz quad
Ram: 16gb (although not bought from apple)
Raid: Standard Mac Pro Raid card
Hard Drive: 4x 300gb SAS Drives
Graphics: nVidia Quadro FX 1.56gb
DVD: 2x Superdrive
Display: 1x 23ins Apple Display for viewing
desktop and osirix and 2x apple 30ins
display for viewing dicom images
Fibre Channel: Quad 4gb
Mouse & Keyboard: Apple Wireless
The computer was bought In the uk, but the
equivelant item without moniters in the us is
Around $14,000
 
MAC-PRO-DEMON said:
I have 2 mac pros, one for my home use and on which I have at my work. The work on was bought in July and has a spec as followed

Processer: 2x 3.2ghz quad
Ram: 16gb (although not bought from apple)
Raid: Standard Mac Pro Raid card
Hard Drive: 4x 300gb SAS Drives
Graphics: nVidia Quadro FX 1.56gb
DVD: 2x Superdrive
Display: 1x 23ins Apple Display for viewing
desktop and osirix and 2x apple 30ins
display for viewing dicom images
Fibre Channel: Quad 4gb
Mouse & Keyboard: Apple Wireless
The computer was bought In the uk, but the
equivelant item without moniters in the us is
Around $14,000
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Picture of monitor setup?
 
synth3tik said:
24,000 is nothing. Check this out.
Also for some real "who could afford it" fun try SGI or Sun
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That's insane (I mean the price tag).

Although, for a (post)production studio that could be perfectly justified.

Therefor, that's not insane (I mean the price tag).
 
Yep, Losenrout bought one of those uber-expensive BTO Mac Pros a few weeks back because he was "blessed" to be able to afford one. And from everything I can tell from his thread, he's mostly a casual user who dabbles in high-end programs from time to time.

But he's also one of those guys who can probably buy a Bentley Arnage without blinking...

24,000 is nothing. Check this out.
Also for some real "who could afford it" fun try SGI or Sun
Click to expand...

Or a full-blown Avid workstation. 😉
 
Sweet!! I wanted to ask this myself...

OK, I know, I know...as a 20-year-old out of high school I should be SAVING MY MONEY. And be content with the 1-month old aluminum iMac that I've got. 🙄 I know it sounds crazy but, if I had $25,000, I'd configure a Mac Pro for $19,000 and buy a car with the rest. 😀 Why? Well, maybe I'm just showing my ignorance but upgrading a basic system with third-party HDs, RAM and graphics cards sounds like such a huge pain in the ass...having to cajole with hunting them down and finding reputable sources...and then who knows...after all that trouble, what if the new components decide to take a humongous s!@# on me anyway? I know upgrading the Mac Pro is pretty easy but I really just wouldn't want to mess with it. So I guess what I'm saying is, IF I had the money, ordering an almost-maxed-out Mac Pro would be simply a matter of extremely pricey convenience. (And let's face it, by the time I have $25,000, the Mac Pro will ship with 8 10.5GHz processors and twelve trillion terabytes of RAM standard!) 😀
 
If my daddy owns an oil company, I'd get a couple plus a couple of the best Eizo monitors available. It'd get great for facebook 🙄
 
I don't think I would ever spend over $4000 for a computer. 😱 $4000 is my very, very, very maximum.

I spent $1,999 on my Mac Pro, and I love it to death. Just don't buy any hardware components from Apple (other than the video card, of course). I upgraded the RAM an extra 2GB, and added a 500GB HD. Both of these would've cost me at least $400-500 from Apple, I managed to do it for under $200 from NewEgg.com 😀
 
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