Most Expensive Mac Ever?

[benpatient]

Every time Apple does a new batch of upgrades for the top-end Macs (now the mac pro), I like to try to max-out the apple store's price for one.

The new Mac Pro can easily cost more than $25,000 dollars before software!

it's a snarling beast at that cost, with 4 SAS drives and Fibre and 2 30" ACDs, but it is possible to load up that much on a single screen...

I just thought I'd mention it because surely someone other than myself has done this before...

right?

...

 

[r.j.s]

I do it every once in a while, and I even consider thinking about buying it. Then out of no where, my wife appears and reminds me that it will never happen.

 

[Toups]

This was discussed before, and in the UK the price comes to over 32,000 USD!!!
Then again, RAM, HardDrives and Displays can all be purchased 3rd party for a fraction of the cost.

 

[yeroen]

I just maxed out an Xserve w/Xserve RAID at $83041.

 

[exspes]

Well, 32gb of RAM at $9100. Elsewhere same size is only $2800.
1tb hard drives cost ~$270, not the $550 Apple charges.

 

[benpatient]

oh i agree, but some companies actually pay those prices

if nobody paid those prices, they would be lower.

 

[newtech]

At is introduction the MAC IIfx fully tricked out ( max memory, max hard drives, 2 floppy, A/UX ) pushed $25000.00 in 1990 dollars. base machine was either $10000.00 or $12000.00 ( with parity bit RAM capability )

 

[exspes]

oh i agree, but some companies actually pay those prices

if nobody paid those prices, they would be lower.

If I were spending not-my-money I would load up all the features too