Mac Pro and Xserve Xeon upgrade pricing

[adamfilip]

I was just looking at the Xserve configurator
it seems like apple is charging more for xserve upgrades then it does for Mac Pro ones. for the same part

To upgrade from 2.6 to 3.0 Xeons
Mac pro - $799
Xserve - $1000

To upgrade from 2.0 to 3.0 Xeons
Mac pro - $1098
Xserve - $1799

to upgrade from 2.0 to 2.6 xeons
Mac pro - $299
Xserve - $799

Thats some odd pricing

 

[Spanky Deluxe]

I was just looking at the Xserve configurator
it seems like apple is charging more for xserve upgrades then it does for Mac Pro ones. for the same part

To upgrade from 2.6 to 3.0 Xeons
Mac pro - $799
Xserve - $1000

To upgrade from 2.0 to 3.0 Xeons
Mac pro - $1098
Xserve - $1799

to upgrade from 2.0 to 2.6 xeons
Mac pro - $299
Xserve - $799

Thats some odd pricing

That's because they can get away with charging more. People who buy Xserves tend to have bigger budgets that don't usually come from their own money. Everyone knows servers cost **** loads, especially rack mount servers.
A smaller company that still wants an OS X Server would probably not require a rack mount solution as much os would get an upgraded Mac Pro with Mac OS X Server installed instead.