Mac Pro's $400 Wheels Have No Locks to Prevent Rolling

[PinkyMacGodess]

$400 for optional wheels!! WOW you got to be kidding me. A $6000 BASE Mac Pro that has the same power as the iMac Pro should get you some wheels!

in a day an age when people are losing their jobs to automation like the cashier FREE Amazon grocery store it is very very very risky to demand a premium on these types of things $399 Apple EarPods included

Not everyone makes the salary of APPLE CEO Tim Cook

I had a Mercedes. I hit a pothole, and the tire had to be replaced. There was a 'ding' in the edge of the rim. The dealer quoted me $1,200. For ONE RIM! One. Not all 4. Just one. And it's 'blackout aluminum'. They look like crap. I'd though of changing them several times, but the cost for 4 was in the $500 range for passable rims.

The 'All Weather Floor Mats' were $250. Why? They had the Mercedes logo.

The 'Mercedes' windshield wiper blades were over twice the price of Bosch Icon blades, which lasted longer.

Apparently Apple smells their own poop, and believes it smells like money.

How much were the stands for the monitors? $999 a piece? $400 wheels with no brakes seems like a deal.

The first thing I thought was someone needs to get the radius of the wheels, and machine a solid aluminum (titanium?) plate with the 4 wheel recesses, and sell that for $1,200. I'll bet it would sell too! And if it was somewhat customizable, and had some outrageous material on the bottom to stop scratching desks, like chinchilla, or Merino wool, it could even be upsold for more! And put threaded holes in the bottom, and sell risers for $450 for 4, and be able to lift it higher off the floor. Why someone could make a fortune off of $20.00 worth of aluminum.

 

[FelixDerKater]

Apple Care Super Plus Premium will cover roll-offs at $499 per incident.

 

[PinkyMacGodess]

I don't judge anyone. I flirt daily with the idea of divorcing Apple once and for all. I have built many insanely powerful and stable PCs (not to mention I had zero issues with them), yet I still come crawling back with my tail between my legs. There's just something about macOS. I am embarrassed to admit that I have very much succumbed to the "cult". The eco system and expert Apple psychologists have managed to get a firm grip on us that dared enter their world. I really do want to leave Apple behind for a lot of reasons. One main reason being principle alone. I think they do some really unethical things, and not only that, but knowingly do it and could care less. I have tried a number of PC laptops, don't laugh, but it's the dang MBP trackpad that keeps me hanging on. Why is it that no PC company can create a decent trackpad that can even touch the MBP?! Anyway, here I am with you all wanting to leave and bitching about Apple while holding out my wallet in the other hand. LOL

On the trackpad...

I have an HP EliteBook. It's got Win 10, but the trackpad SUCKS DEAD RHINO TOES!

I have to position my fingers exactly horizontal on it to scroll. It's so brain dead, that sometimes when I'm scrolling by clicking with one finger and dragging, it locks up, and I have to unclick and frantically move my finger to 'wake it up', and start all over again. GRRR!!! PeeCee's SUCK! It's a danged 'EliteBook'! It cost a lot, for the time it was purchased. And the trackpad sucks so hard.

 

[fuchsdh]

It's only a matter of time before one of Apple's support representatives gets the message: "um, my Mac rolled off of my desk..."

Especially with the fact that that USB-C ports and power are on the top of the machine, rather than the front, and that it's slightly larger than even the old tower Mac Pro, this is not a machine that was intended to primarily be on a desk.

 

[compwiz1202]

Since launch, Apple's Mac Pro has been the butt of jokes because of some of its expensive add-ons, such as the option to purchase wheels for an additional $400.

As pointed out by MKBHD in a review published this morning, those super pricy wheels have no locking mechanism, which could be major problem if a wheel-equipped Mac Pro is placed on a desk or a slick floor.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1232708514625310721

In a demonstration video, MKBHD shows the Mac Pro rolling freely on a slick floor because of the lack of wheel locks.

Those who want to secure their wheeled Mac Pro models will need to use some kind of stopper to prevent accidents, though no lock won't be an issue on many surfaces as long as the Mac Pro is on the floor.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1232741968851038208

Right now, wheels have to be purchased as a $400 add-on when ordering a Mac Pro for the first time, but in a recent technical overview of the Mac Pro, Apple confirmed plans to begin offering feet and wheels as a "customer installable kit" in the future.

Article Link: Mac Pro's $400 Wheels Have No Locks to Prevent Rolling

Same thing I thought except it would be some base that the wheels can click into for some absurd price

 

[RobbieTT]

Clearly aimed at theatre professionals, pursued by a bear.

 

[Lucifer666]

This is just the consumer model. You will need to wait for the Pro version which supports 'No-roll'.

But these are fully functional 'rolling' wheels, not just round shaped.

 

[jasonefmonk]

However, if the prices continue to increase exponentially, then the alternatives begin to look more attractive, despite the lack of coherency between the platforms.

Cook will price people away from Apple eventually, and then the currently smug shareholders won’t be so smug.
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They aren’t. We aren’t.

I would love to know what prices have been increasing exponentially. In my years watching the company they have been delivering more for the same money or less across almost all product lines.

Apple has made design mistakes like the wheels or implementing the 2015 MacBook keyboard across all their laptops. However as far as I can tell price has not been increasing.

 

[Gusjasso]

Just wait for the Wheels Pro

 

[WilliamG]

The Wedge Pro .

Love it !!!

Can you upgrade to the Wedge Pro Plus?

Of course. It’s just a two pack of wedges for $2,199. The packaging is hand crafted by artisan cardboard-folding experts which accounts for the inflated price.

 

[rgbrock1]

Apple take note. If you introduce iWheels Pro then you can sell them for an additional $100 premium.

 

[TETENAL]

It was a commercial flop and had the whole "cracked case" fiasco.

.... is what I'm talking about.

It might have been a commercial flop, but it was a very beautiful machine (by design and functionality).

The acrylic monitors and keyboard sucked though, because you could see dust and crumbs inside, with no way to clean them. Unlike the Cube itself which could be opened and cleaned very easily.

 

[cmaier]

It might have been a commercial flop, but it was a very beautiful machine (by design and functionality).

The acrylic monitors and keyboard sucked though, because you could see dust and crumbs inside, with no way to clean them. Unlike the Cube itself which could be opened and cleaned very easily.

"design and functionality" includes not cracking. If by design you mean "how it looks," then remember that's not design.

It was pretty, but not a good machine.

 

[ksnell]

shove an iPod Sock under one of the wheels and you'll be fine.

Yeah, I am going to go with a no on that for a $6k-$54k computer.

 

[cmaier]

Yeah, I am going to go with a no on that for a $6k-$54k computer.

They are really the finest socks you can buy for an mp3 player. Made of 100% corinthian sheep's wool, shorn from sheep fed only organic kale and unicorn tears.

You really shouldn't be such a snob.

 

[Peperino]

And these guys wanted to make a car, huh?

Yes, with the brand new feature that it will not have brakes...

 

[VARTV]

The "Wedge Pro..." LOL

 

[scott911]

the monitor stand, this wheel... you're making a joke of yourself Apple.

 

[Peperino]

I think this is evident that the very people criticising Apple for not “thinking different” are the ones incapable of thinking outside the box themselves.

The wheels are an accessory. Why would you install them if you didn’t want your Mac Pro to roll around or planned to use them on your desk?

It seems evident that the criticism of Apple is because of BAD DESIGN!
Thinking different DOES NOT Mean create bad functionality.
Especially if you are paying a ridiculous overpriced tag.

Not have a stopper for a wheel especially in a computer is design 101.
Whomever design the wheels should be fired.
Why would you want your computer moving around, if you are plugin and unpluging cables?

JUST THINK PATHETICLY!!

 

[kofman13]

if youre stupid enough to put a desktop with wheels ON A DESK, you deserve to have it roll off. hardware with wheels is made to be on the FLOOR where it wont roll and fall anywhere

 

[garrick2007]

I hear you guys but who would put a Mac Pro on a tables with wheels anyways? The wheels are for a special use case and definitely on the floor, like someone said connected to wires, the jokes are funny and all but who would really want to bend down and unlock wheels? thats the most annoying thing ever in general. Now for $400, wheels that could be locked and unlocked electronically via a button on top of the MP would be something.

 

[cmaier]

if youre stupid enough to put a desktop with wheels ON A DESK, you deserve to have it roll off. hardware with wheels is made to be on the FLOOR where it wont roll and fall anywhere

the video that started all this shows it rolling on its own on a floor, not a desk

 

[edolecki]

Wow.

What might have been cool is if you installed the wheels, you could push down on the top of the case, and they would recess into the bottom of the case - having the case sit flat on whatever surface it was on - wheels would be mostly hidden and couldn't turn. Push down on the case again and the wheels would pop out. Heavy duty springs I know. But then you could wheel it around as needed and then recess the wheels again when re-positioned.

This Mac is out of my price range and need, so I don't need to worry about it. And I would think having wheels at any price is a very specific use case that most people wouldn't have.

 

[TETENAL]

"design and functionality" includes not cracking. If by design you mean "how it looks," then remember that's not design.

Functionality of the Cube case was excellent.

Some cases might have had cracks, but that is "how it looks". It had no bearing on its functionality.

 

[macduke]

I mean, if it were actually plugged in it wouldn't just roll away because there would be more friction. But it's also kinda weird that it wouldn't have a locking mechanism. I think most people who want wheels are just going to buy something off the shelf for cheap. The few consumers who want a trophy computer aren't going to wheel it around.