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For years, Apple fans have always been notorious for their willingness to spend extra on a product that offers less than the competitors. I’m guilty of this with the iPhone and MacBook Air/Pro’s throughout the years but MY GOD will you never see me spending $52,000 on a computer that doesn’t even include a screen.
A person on Twitter pointed out that the fully-loaded Mac Pro will now cost $52,748 if you max out every upgrade available. Keep in mind this is JUST for the tower, not any expensive software or a badass screen. It’s only the computer.
What exactly do you get with the $52K+ Mac Pro? Let’s find out…
Fully loaded Mac Pro costs… $52,748. This is just maxed-out hardware. No software, no screen. pic.twitter.com/o3oXrALAPv
— Eli Blumenthal (@eliblumenthal) December 10, 2019
https://twitter.com/mikerugnetta/status/1204467950469537793
https://twitter.com/mikerugnetta/status/1204468672959414272
That’s $7,000 for the 2.5GHz 28-core Intel Xeon W processor, Turbo Boost up to 4.4GHz. And a measly $25,000 for the upgraded 1.5TB (12x128GB) of DDR4 ECC memory. Tack on another $10,800 for Two Radeon Pro Vega II Duo with 2x32GB of HBM2 memory each. And round it out with 4 terabytes of SSD storage for an additional $1,400 and you’ve jacked up the price considerably.
That isn’t an unfathomable price to add 4TB to your computer but the rest is just blowing my damn mind. I cannot fathom who in their right minds would ever pay for these upgrades in place of just building a computer from scratch.
This hurts my head:
A fully loaded #MacPro costs… FIFTY. THOUSAND. DOLLARS. 😳 pic.twitter.com/3mGeiuq88Q
— Justin Seeley (@justinseeley) December 10, 2019
Don’t forget the FREE Lightning cable!
Everyone joking about the price of the Mac Pro is missing one very important thing:
It comes with a *free* Lightning cable! pic.twitter.com/NWOxlW6u3Q
— Max Woolf (@minimaxir) December 10, 2019
Also, if you want wheels you’ll have to shell out another $400…For wheels. But still no screen.
The New Mac Pro is available NOW! Maxed out Configuration is $52,199! But the best add-on? Get those add-on wheels for an extra $400. THE. WHEELS. ARE. $400! 😂😂😂 pic.twitter.com/vONpjnyT0k
— Brian Tong (@briantong) December 10, 2019
Ordering my new Mac Pro with wheels, for obvious reasons pic.twitter.com/3egVchaC7U
— Erik Berlin (@sferik) December 10, 2019
if you want Wheels for your Mac Pro tower, it'll cost you an iPad pic.twitter.com/p2hnZIXoGX
— Dan Nguyen (@dancow) December 10, 2019
https://twitter.com/reneritchie/status/1204448632923136005
I’d love to speak with someone who would try and justify the $52,000+ price tag of this fully-loaded Mac Pro. I need to hear someone try and rationalize this for me because it simply defies logic that anyone would ever spend this much cash on a computer instead of building one themselves.