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Apple Mac Pro Wheels Kit
- catchmeifyoucan 6y agoI wonder if they have locks. Seems like you can just pop em off, put em in a bag. Pretty expensive accessory.
- rvz 6y agoNo mention of locks. This first iteration is obsolete by design and will eventually be replaced with a new version with locks in another Apple line up. Who knows on what the price that would be. The lesson here is to not purchase the very first iteration of Apple products. Sometimes it can turn out to be an expensive sunken cost.
- wlesieutre 6y agoThere are no locks. It will roll away if your floor isn't flat, as demonstrated here: https://twitter.com/MKBHD/status/1232708514625310721 https://twitter.com/MKBHD/status/1232708514625310721 Next up, $500 machined aluminum wheel blocks.
- dmlittle 6y agoNo locks. https://twitter.com/MKBHD/status/1232708514625310721 https://twitter.com/MKBHD/status/1232708514625310721
- kylec 6y agoYou can't just pop them off, they're screwed on from inside the case.
- m463 6y agoMy first thought was... why not just wheel the computer out? My second thought was... comes back to find computer up on cinder blocks, wheels gone.
- microtherion 6y agoYeah, and if you buy the Mac on credit and fall behind, you may find the wheels in a wheel clamp…
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- TAForObvReasons 6y agoUS $699 https://www.apple.com/shop/product/MX572ZM/A/apple-mac-pro-wheels-kit https://www.apple.com/shop/product/MX572ZM/A/apple-mac-pro-w...
- andrewstuart 6y agoAll founders on HN when they see this no doubt have a twinge of envy. Imagine creating a brand so successful that you could do this.
- chipperyman573 6y agoThe craziest thing is they even charge $8 for non-ground shipping. I just bought from a website that did free 2 day shipping on all items over $50!
- TAForObvReasons 6y agoEven crazier, Nintendo charges $5 for "UPS Mail Innovations" ground shipping (which basically uses the post office)
- mbreese 6y agoAnd even with that — your package could sit at Fedex for five extra days because it wasn’t “scheduled” to be delivered until Wednesday! $8 well spent.
- wetpaws 6y agoI wonder if in a long run this actually injures the brand.
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- sdan 6y agoThis is AUD. In either case, I'm not entirely surprised. I'm repeating what many have said before: If you're a legit pro / enterprise, the value behind the Mac Pro is probably a lot more than the minuscule amount you'd pay. For comparison, I've made 10x from my MBP, so I'd say the value and quality was worth it. Edit: Ok, yes obviously you shouldn't be comparing the price of your work with your laptop of choice: but the experience and quality was definitely worth it more than the Dell XPS. I mostly ssh/use sublime into bigger servers, but the quality of Macs in general are so good that I don't put much focus on performance.
- shawnps 6y agoGenuine question -- how does adding wheels to the Mac Pro add value? I figured most people would just plop it on a desk.
- paulcole 6y agoI worked with a guy who had a DIY walking desk. Part of his setup involved leashing his tower like a dog and taking the whole mess around the block to work out tricky problems. Poor guy would’ve been bound to his desk without the wheels.
- RcouF1uZ4gsC 6y agoI doubt you would want to be dragging a $50k Mac Pro around the block.
- JustResign 6y agoThis comment is excellent.
- paulcole 6y agoThe guy was a 10x engineer. He was looking into medical tourism to have a feeding tube put in so he could fuel w/ Soylent. Management would consider a $1k set of wheels a bargain to keep him happy.
- mysterEFrank 6y agowow
- silverreads 6y agoStill no brakes?
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- drglitch 6y agoA new set of wheels for your average Honda or Toyota costs just about as much. I want these and I don’t even own a Mac Pro. ;)
- bfrog 6y agoSo this is why everyone in the valley needs mega pay checks. Likely Made in PRC made casters, $700 USD + shipping and tax. If there were ever a sign that Apple is charging too much for their products (as if the signs weren't already there over and over)...
- ertemplin 6y agoThe Mac Pro starts at $6,000. You can build a better PC for less than half that. In my opinion, the Mac Pro and its relevant accessories are targeting a luxury customer that doesn't really care how much it costs.
- vernie 6y agoUh huh...
- qzw 6y agoDon’t complain about the price. This isn’t for you. It’s for pros who need the best rolling performance to do their jobs. I mean, when the pros’ time costs $$$$/hr, are they really going to buy some knock off wheels for $500 and risk getting octagonal ones made in China instead? At least you know these will be perfect circles.
- bnj 6y agoTo me, the "feet kit" is the bigger eyebrow raiser. Even though the total cost is less, the wheels actually... you know, they turn. They're wheels. They perform a function that's somewhat greater than a brick sitting on the ground. The feet kit is half the cost, but they're feet. It's like they're designed for safe use in operating theaters or something.
- noodlesUK 6y agoSerious question - Who puts towers on wheels? If you need to move a computer don’t you normally use a cart that has eg a display and keyboard on it?
- cocoa19 6y agoI do. My desk is small and I don't want to put the tower on the ground/carpet. I have a cheap $20 stand with wheels. The wheels help me move it around in case I'm cleaning the area or need to disconnect/reconnect cables (which I do frequently).
- jimnotgym 6y ago...and they continued to pay it, despite it being an obvious rip-off. Until one day they didn't.
- pinacarlos90 6y agoThe price is a marketing move. Apple couldn't care less if they sold 12 units of these wheels-kits per year, as long as it gets people talking about Apple. "There is no such thing as bad publicity"
- mav3rick 6y agoYou think the world's biggest brand and cash cow needs negative publicity. You're delusional.
- pcmoney 6y agoBefore you mock it. This is not for YOU. Just like the monitor stand. It is way more about the form than the function. You go into a big time executive/creative head/hedge funder's office and it is baller, except for that ugly ass plasticy monitor stand on their desk (Dell Circa 2002). For a $1000 that eyesore turns into a piece of art, considering they likely have art pieces on the walls worth $50-100k it is a no brainer. Same thing for the wheels. I would say I would never buy one but if $1000 wheels were the equivalent of a latte to me... sure wtf not? People whined at Apple for not making a "pro" product for awhile, then they made one that was too "pro" apparently. By pro, I mean gets PAID not gets by. Now they will whine about definitions of pro. Apple has a pretty good idea of what "rich suckers" will buy.
- hindsightbias 6y ago10 years ago, who would have thought a $1000 phone would be ubiquitous? Such luxury, in our pockets.
- oliwarner 6y agoWhy shouldn't we mock that too? Why is there suddenly a limit on the number of fingers we're allowed to point at disgusting levels of excess? I'm not communist, I'm happy for people being fairly remunerated, but a world where $1k wheels make sense is a world that is dangerously close to not making any sense at all.
- 0x00000000 6y agoWhen Dell charges $200 for a $2 stamped metal server rail no one bats an eye
- amanzi 6y agoI'm sure that Apple is conducting a social experiment to see how much money people are willing to pay for their products.