For example, in my wife's office of 200+ Dell does all of that work now and her IT dep't concentrates on software and VPN issues.
Yeah it's difficult to say what the modular MP will be like. I think most people will be happy as long as it has standard PCIe slots and RAM slots etc. My guess is that the base configuration will be $3,999.
it will be modularised in the price range that reaches 70K ... I promise you that, the new 2019 Mac Pro will be out of range for many many people on the price end.
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.
as long can have return on investment why not..+ 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?