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iMac Pro is a good value
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Sure! Just count how much 5 IT staff costs per year to maintain & upgrade those 200 computers. And 5 is conservative. You can pay a specialised company a *lot* and it'll still be cheaper. That's why the DIY mentality is gone. Not because Apple builds AIOs. That's the consequence, not the reason.
I'm going with $5,000, because it's going to be a better machine than the iMac Pro, but without the screen. It wouldn't surprise me if it were $6-7K though.
Well, if Tim Cook, sitting in his volcanic lair, really did have a diabolical plan to destroy the Mac, that would be a good start to do it.
Apple doesn't make Crays, they make Final Cut Pro machines.
Folks, allow me to offer some real-world observations. I am a full-time, assignment based photographer and video producer. I am not famous, but the work I produce has resulted in 204 days on the road during 2017, of which 153 of those days were paid work. I have developed a lot of friendships in my little slice of the creative world and I've observed and collaborated with lots of other people that do this full-time as well.
Sure, a few are really into computers, but I know dozens of full-timers that spend the majority of their time shooting and editing, and they couldn't care one bit if an iMac Pro was upgradeable. All they care about is that their Mac is fast and if it saves them time, they are very quick to pull out their wallet and put one of these machines on their editing desk. You also have to keep in mind that one singular camera lens for the crowd I hang out with can easily run over $10,000. And some of them shoot with camera bodies that cost in the tens of thousands of dollars.
None of this is meant as bragging. I'm just trying to illustrate that there are people out there that do not blink an eye to spend $7,000-$10,000 on a computer because the hour or two it saves them each day is that valuable. And they don't care at all if they can't upgrade the processor in 4 years. That thought doesn't even enter their mind because their mind is completely focused on the creative projects they are working so hard on.
Sure, a few are really into computers, but I know dozens of full-timers that spend the majority of their time shooting and editing, and they couldn't care one bit if an iMac Pro was upgradeable. All they care about is that their Mac is fast and if it saves them time, they are very quick to pull out their wallet and put one of these machines on their editing desk. You also have to keep in mind that one singular camera lens for the crowd I hang out with can easily run over $10,000. And some of them shoot with camera bodies that cost in the tens of thousands of dollars.
None of this is meant as bragging. I'm just trying to illustrate that there are people out there that do not blink an eye to spend $7,000-$10,000 on a computer because the hour or two it saves them each day is that valuable. And they don't care at all if they can't upgrade the processor in 4 years. That thought doesn't even enter their mind because their mind is completely focused on the creative projects they are working so hard on.
+ 1 And, Bryan is not even including video.
+ 2 for Bryan. I have a small business, which I have only just set up in the last two years or so, but on the journey to opening my business, since 2014, I have spent over £40K on the business: from advertising to equipment costs, including an iMac Pro.
The upgraded iMac Pro is by far and away my most expensive purchase, but I spend 6 out of 7 days using my Mac for 14-16 hours a day editing and performing other business tasks from emails to research to training etc. I'll shoot between 30 to 35 weddings next year, but I would have never considered taking on 35 if I wasn't going to have an iMac Pro sitting on the table when I get in - I'd have capped my weddings at 30 bookings.
By having the iMac Pro, I know that my workflow will increase at an incredible rate, and provide me with the potential of getting more throughput from my small company. In doing so, I look to make the cost of an iMac Pro by taking on those 5 extra weddings next year alone, and if I can do 35 the year after, then I'll make the cost of an iMac Pro from that purchase - and the year after that, and after that etc. Not to mention that I can also offer a 4K upgrade and charge the client an extra £200-250.
I think the iMac Pro will be good enough for my company for at least six years. When you think of the extra weddings I can do in six years, multiplied by the increase in the amount I charge, then I'm looking at making an extra year's salary due to the investment in a fast, professional computer.
When you put it like that... is there really a question as to whether or not it's good value?
The upgraded iMac Pro is by far and away my most expensive purchase, but I spend 6 out of 7 days using my Mac for 14-16 hours a day editing and performing other business tasks from emails to research to training etc. I'll shoot between 30 to 35 weddings next year, but I would have never considered taking on 35 if I wasn't going to have an iMac Pro sitting on the table when I get in - I'd have capped my weddings at 30 bookings.
By having the iMac Pro, I know that my workflow will increase at an incredible rate, and provide me with the potential of getting more throughput from my small company. In doing so, I look to make the cost of an iMac Pro by taking on those 5 extra weddings next year alone, and if I can do 35 the year after, then I'll make the cost of an iMac Pro from that purchase - and the year after that, and after that etc. Not to mention that I can also offer a 4K upgrade and charge the client an extra £200-250.
I think the iMac Pro will be good enough for my company for at least six years. When you think of the extra weddings I can do in six years, multiplied by the increase in the amount I charge, then I'm looking at making an extra year's salary due to the investment in a fast, professional computer.
When you put it like that... is there really a question as to whether or not it's good value?
The last 2 posts are great as that is the point I've been trying to put across for a while. That is how people will look at it from a business sense.
However I did just have a thought, there are those who will want this machine and don't need it. There are those who will want this machine and do need it..... but...... they may not be getting a substantial income or income at all from it. Or there are those who need but are in a salary position where buying it will allow them more productivity but not actually add to their income.
However I did just have a thought, there are those who will want this machine and don't need it. There are those who will want this machine and do need it..... but...... they may not be getting a substantial income or income at all from it. Or there are those who need but are in a salary position where buying it will allow them more productivity but not actually add to their income.
as long can have return on investment why not..
For apple product for business is good for long term compare to normal computer which you everyday thinking about virus..Slowness not much. Osx on my opinion do have lack compare to other operating system i used.. But the main point , used the right tool for the right job..Some real sense spoken in the last few posts. At the end of the day it's just another business expense and in the scheme of things it's not that much spread over a few years. It doesn't need to be over analysed. The running costs for my small design business are minimal (2 Macs) in comparison to other trades. I don't necessarily need a Pro and a standard iMac would suit my needs, but a Pro isn't going to make me any more money.