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$5000 is the base price. Fully specced it's north of $13,000. I can't imagine who would consider that a good deal, especially with the release of the new Mac Pr
by Veen 9y ago
$5000 is the base price. Fully specced it's north of $13,000. I can't imagine who would consider that a good deal, especially with the release of the new Mac Pro expected early next year.
- rbanffy 9y agoI'm willing to bet a low-end Mac Pro matched to a 5K 27" display will not start at 5K...
- wlesieutre 9y agoThe 2013 Mac Pro launched at $3000 (4 core) and $4000 (6 core), and the LG Ultrafine Display (closest thing to an official Apple 5K monitor) is $1300. $5000 is about the right ballpark.
- rbanffy 9y agoI think it'll either start at a slightly lower spec or a slightly larger price so not to cannibalize too much of the iMac Pro. I suspect it'd be a dual socket machine, so Xeon W is not an option, leaving E5 or E7 as possibilities. It'd be awesome if Apple pulled off the technically amazing feat of having a Xeon Phi as the only CPU, but I am not sure it could even be done (and with no virtualization support for it, if it's even desirable). Still would be cool to a level only Apple uses to do.
- Anechoic 9y ago> expected early next year. Those users are likely to be disappointed since Apple did not commit to shipping it in 2018. All they said was that the new Mac Pro would not ship in 2017.
- oneeyedpigeon 9y agoExactly. Early 2018 is insanely optimistic, since we've heard nothing about it since the pre-announcement. If I had to bet, I'd say 2nd-half 2018 at the absolute earliest.
- TimothyBJacobs 9y agoSource for early next year for the new Mac Pro? As far as I am aware, we aren't even 100% sure it will be released in 2018.