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$999 list price translates to $1100-$1150 retail price in countries where you have a GST style tax, then you factor in an expensive motherboard plus heat sink,
by dis-sys 9y ago
$999 list price translates to $1100-$1150 retail price in countries where you have a GST style tax, then you factor in an expensive motherboard plus heat sink, 64GB of RAM, the upgrade is like $2k.
the problem is with this confirmed return of competition between Intel vs AMD, I am no longer sure whether it is a good idea to upgrade now as it is basically the first iteration between those two. Are they going to release something even better in 6-12 months time?
- microcolonel 9y ago> Are they going to release something even better in 6-12 months time? In this segment? Almost certainly not. Intel doesn't even pretend to have a competitive product in this category ready for launch in the next 12 months. AMD is releasing one now, so will be delayed about that long.
- musha68k 9y agoWell, the new iMac Pro (8/10/18 core) will start at $5000 - I also feel ever slower development experiences on my MBP and it will be pretty much a solved problem on a 16 core Threadripper workstation. I feel like I can't wait for another iteration (actually don't need to) or the planned December release date for the new iMac Pro... https://www.macrumors.com/roundup/imac-pro/ https://www.macrumors.com/roundup/imac-pro/
- dis-sys 9y agoWow, that 18 core iMac Pro with 4T SSD and 128G ECC RAM could shot up to $15k. I can buy an army of Ryzen at that price.
- wmf 9y agoYes, I would expect new CPUs every year, specifically Cascade Lake-X and Threadripper 2 in 2018 then Cannonlake-X and maybe Threadripper 3 in 2019.