The other person who replied to you probably paid half or a third of what you would pay for an equivalent Mac Pro. The profit margins on the Mac Pro are just i

The other person who replied to you probably paid half or a third of what you would pay for an equivalent Mac Pro. The profit margins on the Mac Pro are just incredible. (Yes, I'm sure that equivalent professional workstation brands also have huge profit margins... no, that doesn't make me want to pay those lofty prices more.) The only real value the Mac Pro provides is that it's the most powerful computer you're allowed to run macOS on legitimately. If you can do your work from Windows (with WSL) or Linux, you can save upwards of tens of thousands of dollars by building your own workstation, and that workstation can be significantly more powerful than any current Mac Pro at the same time. For video professionals who rely on FCPX or similar macOS-only software, they don't really have a choice, and they get the opportunity to essentially pay $10k to $20k just for a license of macOS, which is fun.