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Want Wheels on Your New Mac Pro? That'll Cost $400
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Your fixation on the price rather than the functionality proves this site exists mostly to stir discontent and angst, not edification of readers.
Pathetic.
Pathetic.
People who are never going to buy something, complaining about prices they can't afford. That's internet for you 
And no, I can't afford this either. But I'm not going to complain about it.
And no, I can't afford this either. But I'm not going to complain about it.
A fool and their money shall soon depart.
$400 wheels
$1000 monitor stand
Hard to believe. This is n the Ferrari options realm for $1000 carbon fiber tire stem caps.
$400 wheels
$1000 monitor stand
Hard to believe. This is n the Ferrari options realm for $1000 carbon fiber tire stem caps.
Nice, from one extreme to the other... Diamond wheels would cost hundreds of thousands of dollars.
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Four tires for my car is $1200. Wouldn't call that close...and that's just the rubber on the outside. Four complete wheels for my car is in the $20k range.
People who are never going to buy something, complaining about people complaining is the actual internet. 😉People who are never going to buy something, complaining about prices they can't afford. That's internet for you
And no, I can't afford this either. But I'm not going to complain about it.
Apple has been teetering over the edge of ridiculousness and now they’ve fully plunged into the abyss. $400 wheels for a desktop. LoL. Love the people trying to justify this.
So that's what they did with the old Mac Pros
People here are forgetting that these are PRO wheels. They're not for the unwashed masses that were looking for an inexpensive Mac Pro. Pro's will be making back the cost of these in the first 10 minutes of use.
y, lets buy a 50k workstation and then put on some 20-buck wheels from homedepot....
You misspelled "rolling".
These will sell to high-end studios who won't blink at the price (if they aren't just going rackmount in their edit bays). For others, there'll probably be a 3rd party version along soon, for half the price or less.
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I don't know, but I expect that Safari will be snappier.
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Nah, the fun part is getting a set of 4 without the Mac Pro.
Just to hang on the Christmas tree, or something.
Put 'em in the kids stockings.
Customers: “Apple has hit a new peak of ridiculous pricing with this $1,000 monitor stand.”
Apple: “Hold my beer...”
Apple: “Hold my beer...”
If that were your only use for them, it'd be a stupid purchase - you could just manhandle the machine into place. I mean, it's got sturdy feet and handles.
These are for the company that has a business need to roll it/them around a lot, moving equipment to different studios, say.
Apple can no longer surprise us with their products, but they always manage to surprise with their prices 👍
I think everyone knows what wheels do.
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Maybe so...but, I can't see anyone rolling a computer THAT far.
They are wheels dude. Not rocket science.
I would’ve loved to have seen a product video where Jony Ive is philosophizing about these wheels. 😄
Because the metal stand for $999 and a set of 4 tiny wheels for $399 are frankly a cash grab and people should rightly call that behaviour out before it spreads to other areas of the product line.
The rest of the pricing for the Mac Pro and the Display can be justified for professionals.
Apple is a fantastically successful company that will continue to make boat loads of cash. It doesn’t need your help defending the comedic pricing on the stand and wheels
That sound uncannily like a comedy Sketch from the BBC in 1980 (just substitute "Apple" for "BBC" whenever it comes up)...