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Why did this take more than two years to design and produce?

• chihuahua 7y ago
  Finding the perfect placement for the 3.5mm audio jack took most of the time. The rest was easy.
• threeseed 7y ago
  It wasn't just the computer but the display and Afterburner card.
  • wmf 7y ago
    Which could have been delayed a year since they're super-niche.
    • threeseed 7y ago
      I think you will find that it isn't. Video editing is a very large and pretty core use case.
      • wmf 7y ago
        But only 1% of video editors will buy a $5,000 reference monitor.
        • rimliu 7y ago
          If there was a market for $43 000 one there probably is a market for $5000 one too.
    • freehunter 7y ago
      The Mac Pro is super niche. Inside of that incredibly small niche, I think the Afterburner card won't actually be that rare.
  • mcphage 7y ago
    Couldn't they have released it 2 years ago without the Afterburner card?
• amedvednikov 7y ago
  6 years actually.
• tlholaday 7y ago
  > Why did this take more than two years to design and produce? Measure twice, cut once.
  • FireBeyond 7y ago
    "After throwing the first one out because you ... didn't."
    • RantyDave 7y ago
      Exactly. I imagine they've measured and cut very many times.
• noir_lord 7y ago
  They pulled off their best hardware engineers to work on laptop keyboards.
• adolph 7y ago
  They didn't spend much time on the grill--its basically the 2007 MacBook packaging styrofoam. https://www.flickr.com/photos/chromedecay/568037457/ https://www.flickr.com/photos/chromedecay/568037457/