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How many Hollywood media makers are there? As an Apple shareholder should I be excited to learn that they made a specialty computer for this demographic?
by aczerepinski 7y ago
How many Hollywood media makers are there? As an Apple shareholder should I be excited to learn that they made a specialty computer for this demographic?
- joezydeco 7y agoHow many Corvette owners are there? As a GM shareholder should I be excited they made a car just for mid-life crises?
- aczerepinski 7y agoDepends. In this analogy is GM’s only other offering a golf cart that requires an external engine to perform like a car?
- beezle 7y ago2015 was a banner year, nearly 35,000 sold in the USA. Only about 19,000 last year. Estimates from a number of years ago were of about $10,000 profit on each sale
- joezydeco 7y agoSo you're saying the Corvette is a flagship model that loses money for the parent company (unless their entire R&D is less than $20 million) Perhaps that's what Apple sees in the Mac Pro as well.
- sorenjan 7y agoCorvettes are good value when compared to the competition.
- joezydeco 7y agoBecause they’re sold at a loss?
- threeseed 7y agoThere are a lot of Youtube stars who would jump at a Mac Pro if it meant they can turn around videos quicker. Time is definitely money in their industry as well. Point is that "professional" is a lot broader than just a few big enterprises.
- josteink 7y ago> Time is definitely money in their industry as well. Paying $6k for what’s roughly $2k’s worth of regular consumer hardware is also money.
- jxdxbx 7y agosupporting the highest of the high end is beneficial for the platform overall. almost no one who needs this machine will sweat spending $15,000 on a configuration.