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Just customised the new Mac Pro: $36,976.04

match311 said:
Is that the price with everything max out?
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Yep - extraordinary price, isn't it? A few quid more and you'd buy my house :eek:

PS I should point out that's the price on the Irish Apple site (converted from Euros to Dollars) - it's probably $20,000 cheaper on the U.S. site.....but don't start me :mad:

Hello.there said:
PS I should point out that's the price on the Irish Apple site (converted from Euros to Dollars) - it's probably $20,000 cheaper on the U.S. site.....but don't start me :mad:
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I was almost right - the maxed out price on the US site (with a couple of extras, eg printer and .mac subscription) = $27,340.90....about $10,000 cheaper!!

Holy smoley.
 
Hello.there said:
I was almost right - the maxed out price on the US site (with a couple of extras, eg printer and .mac subscription) = $27,340.90....about $10,000 cheaper!!

Holy smoley.
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That is bordering on obscene. $10000!!! I'd take a first class flight over there and bring it back myself and still have change left over for a MBP!
 
fluidedge said:
That is bordering on obscene. $10000!!! I'd take a first class flight over there and bring it back myself and still have change left over for a MBP!
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I couldn't believe that price difference so double-checked. Okay, this time I left out the second display, software, wireless mouse and keyboard, all the other specs are identical (ie as chosen on the Irish and US stores).

Irish price: $33,075 (22,490 in Euros)

US price: $24,446

Incredible! The second display and software would bring the difference to over $10,000.

Okay, if you were rich enough to afford this machine it probably wouldn't bother you too much :))) but that gap seems extraordinary to me. I know, I know, Apple products are always cheaper in the US than Europe....but by this much?!?!

PS Wonder is the gap as big if you bought on the UK site?
 
Do you have to add sales tax to the US price? The Irish price (and the UK one) will include VAT.
 
UK Price.

Price: £14,731.90
VAT: £2,578.08
Subtotal: £17,309.98

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Specifications

Two 3.2GHz Quad-Core Intel Xeon
32GB (8x4GB)
NVIDIA Quadro FX 5600 1.5GB GDDR3
300GB 15,000-rpm SAS 3Gb/s
300GB 15,000-rpm SAS 3Gb/s
300GB 15,000-rpm SAS 3Gb/s
300GB 15,000-rpm SAS 3Gb/s
Two 16x SuperDrives
AirPort Extreme Card (Wi-Fi)
Quad Channel 4GB Fibre Channel PCI Express Card
Mac Pro RAID Card
iWork '08
Logic Express 8
Final Cut Express HD
Aperture 1.5
Apple Wireless Mighty Mouse
Apple Wireless Keyboard & Mac OS
Mac OS X Server (Unlimited Client)
Apple Cinema HD Display (30" flat panel)
Apple Cinema HD Display (30" LCD)
AppleCare Protection Plan for Mac Pro - Auto-enroll
Five USB ports
Two FireWire 400 ports
Two FireWire 800 ports

So every one get ripped off apart from the US. Nothing new here then.
 
Just means it's time to visit relatives or friends in the US and book yourself a nice flight over here :) hehe.
 
ktbubster said:
Just means it's time to visit relatives or friends in the US and book yourself a nice flight over here :) hehe.
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Aaaaaah, THANK YOU for the invitation! Really generous. Okay, I'll be there on Friday - make sure you're on time to collect me at the airport. And make sure there are 100% cotton sheets on my bed, I don't do polyester. I like tea (no offence, I'll bring my own tea-bags), toast and boiled eggs for breakfast (boil them right - not too hard, not too runny). Make sure you take the day off work so you can drive me to the Apple Store and get me back to the airport on time. Excellent. See you Friday.

PS How's the weather? What should I wear?
 
My faecbook status as of a few hours ago: Jason needs R187,983.40 to buy a Fully Maxed out Mac Pro, donations welcome!

Thast converted to South African Currency...
 
Ish said:
Do you have to add sales tax to the US price? The Irish price (and the UK one) will include VAT.
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Yeah, sales tax has to be added to that US price alright, but I saw another thread that mentioned a configuration worth $26,190 where the tax was only $1,570....still criminally cheaper than Europe.

If you were in India the maxed out version would cost you 1,294,720.890 Rupees. Crikey, you wouldn't want to be paying in cash. "One, two, three, four.........".

Jasonbot said:
My faecbook status as of a few hours ago: Jason needs R187,983.40 to buy a Fully Maxed out Mac Pro, donations welcome!

Thast converted to South African Currency...
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I could PayPal you the .40 just to get you started?
 
So Europe, still chuckling about the weak dollar now? :D

10 grand is a simply scandalous difference...that begins to make it worth the risk of smuggling one from the states.
 
It costs 32,245 dollars here in Mexico.

Ouch:eek:

The good thing is that we do can bring one from the USA.:p
 
You could actually go a lot higher than that -- the MacPro can support up to 8 displays -- that's $14K right there, plus about $21K for the computer (with four *downgraded* video cards), for $35K U.S.

But you might have a little trouble with the customs agents when you tried to cross the border with nine very LARGE boxes.
 
They should be selling these in boutiques in Moscow, with the main sales pitch being that this is the most expensive personal computer. I guarantee there will be lines of people waiting to buy those... :eek:
 
Lord Blackadder said:
So Europe, still chuckling about the weak dollar now? :D

10 grand is a simply scandalous difference...that begins to make it worth the risk of smuggling one from the states.
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Yeah the weak dollar means its better to buy direct from the US, not buy US products over here.

As for your second point, anyone got a boat? :D
 
I wonder how many people will actually buy 32GB RAM from Apple with this. I guess somewhere under 20, its a ridiculous system they have going with memory, and it catches so many people who want just 1GB more, and can't be bothered to do it themselves. Shame on you Apple*.

*I take it back, I love you really. Ok, lets just be friends. With extras.
 
If your house doesn't cost much more, I would hate to see where you live.
 
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