Subject: Savings on MP7,1 using 6% discount and buying 3rd party RAM
Yes, this new 2019 MP7,1 is pricey compared to all previous Mac Pro models. However, with a business discount and carefully shopping for 3rd party RAM the savings can be substantial.
I just calculated my savings buying with my business 6% discount and buying 3rd party RAM and was pleased with the savings.
Buying my MP7,1 without the 6% discount and buying the Apple's RAM vs. Buying with 6% discount and buying 3rd party RAM has saved me some $6,144. This includes sales tax savings.
The largest savings was of course buying the 3rd party RAM. My RAM requirement was for 384GB and Apple was charging $6,000 for this whereas buying this 384GB (12x 32GB R-DIMMs) from 3rd party was $1,620; so this alone saved some $4,380.
One might say the savings was enough to buy the 32" HDR Display (which I refrained from doing so).
As an aside.... Some years back I was charged with configuring and purchasing a very large SGI HPC system that required a huge amount of RAM. SGI was charging a great deal of money for the RAM and I was able to secure supported RAM for the system for millions of dollars less. From my experience, Apple is not alone in placing huge uplift cost for RAM; all vendors take the same approach for delivering turnkey systems to their customers. Careful shopping can indeed save a lot of brass.
Yes, this new 2019 MP7,1 is pricey compared to all previous Mac Pro models. However, with a business discount and carefully shopping for 3rd party RAM the savings can be substantial.
I just calculated my savings buying with my business 6% discount and buying 3rd party RAM and was pleased with the savings.
Buying my MP7,1 without the 6% discount and buying the Apple's RAM vs. Buying with 6% discount and buying 3rd party RAM has saved me some $6,144. This includes sales tax savings.
The largest savings was of course buying the 3rd party RAM. My RAM requirement was for 384GB and Apple was charging $6,000 for this whereas buying this 384GB (12x 32GB R-DIMMs) from 3rd party was $1,620; so this alone saved some $4,380.
One might say the savings was enough to buy the 32" HDR Display (which I refrained from doing so).
As an aside.... Some years back I was charged with configuring and purchasing a very large SGI HPC system that required a huge amount of RAM. SGI was charging a great deal of money for the RAM and I was able to secure supported RAM for the system for millions of dollars less. From my experience, Apple is not alone in placing huge uplift cost for RAM; all vendors take the same approach for delivering turnkey systems to their customers. Careful shopping can indeed save a lot of brass.
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