Considering how the M1 SOCs are, the possibility of a future "affordable Mac tower" looks more remote than ever. Apple seems to be aiming towards piling as much

Considering how the M1 SOCs are, the possibility of a future "affordable Mac tower" looks more remote than ever. Apple seems to be aiming towards piling as much into their dedicated SOCs as they can. I expect what "pro" capabilities they do build for it going to be in the vein of the cool stuff they were doing in the Mac Pro, like the FPGA "Afterburner" and will probably cost way more than any person with generally "consumer-level" use-cases would want to spend. As a technology enthusiast I'm excited to see what bonkers stuff they'll be announcing. But, since I am not doing climate models or rendering hollywood movies, I don't expect I will never work on any of them since I don't want to drop a new car's worth of money on one.