> With a base tower configuration starting at $6k (about twice what I was expecting) Should part of the blame for the high price should go towards Intel? The 8

> With a base tower configuration starting at $6k (about twice what I was expecting) Should part of the blame for the high price should go towards Intel? The 8-core CPU in the base Mac Pro looks like it might be an Xeon Gold 6244 [1][2] which costs $2925. Obviously Apple will be paying less, but half the cost is the CPU alone. [1] https://ark.intel.com/content/www/us/en/ark/products/192442/intel-xeon-gold-6244-processor-24-75m-cache-3-60-ghz.html https://ark.intel.com/content/www/us/en/ark/products/192442/... [2] https://en.wikichip.org/wiki/intel/xeon_gold#5200.2F6200-Series_.28Cascade_Lake.29 https://en.wikichip.org/wiki/intel/xeon_gold#5200.2F6200-Ser...