Of course and why not. If such a machine actualy increases productivity, then it will pay off quickly. Those companies didn't get rich by wasting money, in contrary.
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Maxed Out 15-Inch MacBook Pro Priced at $6,699 for 2.9GHz Chip, 32GB RAM and 4TB SSD
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Def not 2k nice! I'm currently having a clear out of my photo library! I think lot of my stuff is multiple photos of same thing/person.. I'm also gonna read up on clearing final cut library.. I think thats added an extra 200 Gig of video.. plus I imagine tons of video of unusable footage can probably be trashed as well.
I put a post a way back asking why SSD hasn't dropped in price like traditional hard drives have?
I would of thought by now they'd be more reasonable.
I would, and I’d buy 100s of others and donate them to computer geeks like the users here.
GuruZac for president!
No. It's just that this is incredibly fast flash storage and this chips probably need to have pretty high storage density.. High tech is expensive. Has always been.
It's not just fast, it's over ****ing 3 Gbit/s fast. You don't find that in your $230 2 TB Flash drive, not even your $1000 one.
The 6core i7 CPU 15”, the way I configured one, is $140 cheaper than the nearest equivalent 2017 model with 4core i7 CPU.
I chose the same RAM, same SSD capacity, and same GPU as I did for the 2017, expecting it to come out to more than the $3,699 CAD it did before. It did not. It settled at $3,559 CAD.
I chose the same RAM, same SSD capacity, and same GPU as I did for the 2017, expecting it to come out to more than the $3,699 CAD it did before. It did not. It settled at $3,559 CAD.
Ignoring the fully maxed out spectacle, I don't see $2,400 worth of value in the base 15" model for my personal budget.
Looks like the Samsung 960 Pro 2TB is $1000. I'm sure there's some markup, but my guess is Apple could have that put together for $2500 or so.
3Gbit/s is fast? That's only 375MB/sec. I get that from my $400 1TB SSD.
Looks like the Samsung 960 Pro 2TB is $1000. I'm sure there's some markup, but my guess is Apple could have that put together for $2500 or so.
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Not one that is even half as fast as what Apple puts in the MacBooks.
For 4 tb of solid state memory Its a great deal.
That $2k is extra on the $1.2k you already spent getting the MacBook Pro to 2TB SSD. Not sure I'd call that a great deal. But what you provide is a handy reference point.
It took a long time for high capacity mechanical drives to be as affordable as they are today! I remember paying $200 for about 250GB back in ‘02. SSDs have gone down but NVMe are just more expensive. They will get cheaper but they’re still cutting edge. Huge difference between SATA SSD and NVMe.
Problem is, that's not a lot of power. They just want a lot of money for relatively standard specs for 2017/2018.
Yep. Those barely reach 1000 MB/s. Probably more around 500-600 MB/s. Fast but not 3 GB/s fast!
Oh, at a previous employer there was a standing rule.
No one, even the graphic designers, could have a better/faster computer than the boss.
Ever.
So, when upgrades were needed, even for the graphic designers, the boss got the most obnoxiously maxed out config we could buy, to allow for the upgrades (ram, storage, etc) other employees genuinely NEEDED.
Still have nightmares about those meetings. Sigh.
A hexacore i9, 32GB DDR4 RAM, 4GB dGPU, 4TB NVMe, 4 TB3 ports, 10-bit display are not standard specs. Especially not in a beautiful 4lb. aluminum package. The CPU alone is over $500.
Again a well specced hexacore, 32GB, 1TB config is in the mid $3000s. Not bad at all. Money can be saved going i7 instead of i9.
Its a great deal because Apple charges you £2,800 for an upgrade to 4tb, where as a comparable external ssd from LaCie would cost you £3,600.
Presumably the buyer for these options wouldn't need an iMac or two semesters of school so..
I'm seriously considering biting on a 1tb, 32gb mbp. 6 cores? Come to daddy. This machine will easy last me another 5 years. The keyboard scares me though. No way am I dropping that amount of cash on a keyboard that breaks that easily. I don't mind the reduced travel at all, but the scare stories have me worried. Was really hoping they'd be redesigned.
The only consumer machine that even comes close is the 17” Razer Blade Pro. It’s about $5k and is short by 2TB on the SSD and two cores on a 4.2GHz i7. And you get more weight for your money as its almost 8lbs.
But to be fair, the thing does have a Nvidia 1080 in it.
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Is it me or a hueiwei matebook x pro looks better?
I mean almost bezeless screen, TOUCH screen....
I mean almost bezeless screen, TOUCH screen....
The education pricing for the top model is 'only' $6109. That's quite a discount, really (not being sarcastic). Still way out of my price range but it would be a wonderful computer.