$3K wouldn't buy an equivalent machine from any other vendor. For example, try configuring an equivalent workstation from Dell: https://www.dell.com/en-us/work/

$3K wouldn't buy an equivalent machine from any other vendor. For example, try configuring an equivalent workstation from Dell: https://www.dell.com/en-us/work/shop/workstations-isv-certified/precision-7920-tower-workstation/spd/precision-7920-workstation/xctopt7920us_4?view=configurations https://www.dell.com/en-us/work/shop/workstations-isv-certif... You'll usually find that the Mac is cheaper than an equivalent configuration from another vendor (at least if selecting Intel processors - that all changes if you switch to equivalent AMD compute cores). And the bigger/more powerful the configuration, the higher the price from an equivalent vendor. To exactly match the maxed-out configuration, you'd pay $75k to Dell (vs $50k for the Mac Pro).