I wonder how many returns apple will see after the YouTubers return their unboxing/review purchases.
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Configuring now - Vega II card cost is brutal ($2,400) for a card I think is overpriced. Not sure when will be able to buy a different card and flash it.
why? this is around $12k and only 64gb sticks (imac pro I know but it still illustrates the point)
Those ram modules are expensive so $25k is not that crazy
https://eshop.macsales.com/shop/memory/imac-pro-2017
I don't get why the usual suspects (iJustine, MKBHD, Jonathan Morrison, etc) got this from Apple for free. This is for film and music studios, architecture and design companies, not for simple 10-minute YouTube videos. It really doesn't make sense to me.
Which is why the Radeon Pro 5700X is on the way...although I really think one should have been the standard GPU, but that’s just my opinion.
Didn’t you know that you tubers need 50k+ cinema cameras with cinema lenses to film themselves talking into the camera with some basic B Roll shots. Definitely need a 20k + computer to edit it as well. Lol.
Not doubting that. Most people talk about the "Apple tax", but most of their products are pretty well priced for what's inside them.
Just jarring to see a $25k BTO upgrade price on a single component. Then again, I'm not someone in the target market demo for this computer.
This is just an extension of their marketing.
It’s a limitation of the CPUs. Only the 24 and 28-core are available in the Xeon M-suffix models that support >1TB. (I thought I was living large when I added a 16K “language card” to my 48K Apple ][ for the 64K max config.)
I guess now we can start complaining about when the next Mac Pro update is coming again. 😂
I am still using a 2008 Mac Pro, it's about to turn 12. I'm waiting for the benchmarks before deciding on upgrading to one of the lower levels of these, or if I get a Mac Mini instead. I don't do as much high powered stuff anymore, but the longevity of my current computer is hard to argue with...it basically has cost me $20 per month (based on the purchase price), and still runs fine (though it's showing its age and a couple OS X versions behind). If the benchmarks are not too awful, I may go for the Mini instead though, and then see in a couple years what the Mac Pro has become, or if they introduce a Mac Pro lite that's cheaper. I think the new machine is pretty awesome though, hopefully they sell enough of them so they are driven to take pro computers seriously once again.
I am still using a 2008 Mac Pro, it's about to turn 12. I'm waiting for the benchmarks before deciding on upgrading to one of the lower levels of these, or if I get a Mac Mini instead. I don't do as much high powered stuff anymore, but the longevity of my current computer is hard to argue with...it basically has cost me $20 per month (based on the purchase price), and still runs fine (though it's showing its age and a couple OS X versions behind). If the benchmarks are not too awful, I may go for the Mini instead though, and then see in a couple years what the Mac Pro has become, or if they introduce a Mac Pro lite that's cheaper. I think the new machine is pretty awesome though, hopefully they sell enough of them so they are driven to take pro computers seriously once again.
It'd be too expensive anyway, lol. I'm guessing fully configured it will be ~80k + tax. lol.
Let me get this straight -- stick with your 2008 Mac Pro, get a Mac Mini, or spend a minimum of $6000 for a Mac Pro?
No need to wait for benchmarks...the new Mac Pro is magnitudes faster than your 2008 Mac Pro. BUY NOW!
