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I wouldn't say never. The age of the tower is quickly coming to a close, and I still maintain Apple is going to do away with the Mac Pro.
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I think it's time we put a stop to "The War on Very Specific Types of Professionals". Congress needs to hear our pleas.
BTW, looks like the prices will be about $3000, $3600, and $4600 http://9to5mac.com/2012/06/06/new-ma...ames-included/ ...into the light of a dark black night. |
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Current AUSD to USD is almost 1:1 (1.0009 AUS). The prices are the the same in that case and I don't see Apple changing prices based on currency fluctuations. They'll just set the price points based on current trends and leave it. How that will work with other western currencies that are more spread out I don't know but I suspect they adjust in that case. Canadian dollar is very close to 1:1 (1.02 CAN) also.
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Hrm so you're saying our prices would be:
$2500, $3000, and $3833? That would work for me but I can't see the uber model being less than $4000. They never are. Current ones are $5000. Prior to that they were like $4200 I think. But a price drop would be righteous. ...into the light of a dark black night. |
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How many of these people need 12-16 general purpose cores at their feet again? Isn't the idea to have PC -> high-speed external I/O -> high-density Tesla/Stream or other HPC box + storage arrays? Anyway I'm in no way hoping the Mac Pro goes away. I've always been in favor of Apple keeping it around 'because they can.'
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9to5 Mac puts the new prices at: A$ 2999 and A$ 4599, plus a server at A$ 3599.
By comparison, the current Australian prices for the Mac Pros are A$ 2999, A$ 4199, and A$ 5999, plus a server at A$ 3599. One model will be dropped, presumably in response to declining sales. The same machines in the US are $2499, $3499, $4999, and $2999 for the server. The same machines in the UK are £2041, £2859, £4083, and £2450 for the server. The same machines in France are 2399 €, 3399 €, 4899 €, and 2899 € for the server. So it looks like the entry-level Mac Pro and server model will stay roughly the same price, while the new high-end model will sit between the two existing high-end models, splitting the difference. Question: who buys these nowadays? Is it possible a significant portion of sales go to Apple geeks who must have "the best"? There's an ad agency not far from me, with scores of iMacs in a huge open-plan office facing the street. Peering in, I can't see any Mac Pros. I thought an ad agency would be natural territory for the Mac Pro, but apparently not. |
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'Twasn't a rhetorical question, clever-clogs Moogs.
Ryan has a likely scenario, though drewprops' is probably more common. I'd like a Mac Pro too, but I'd need my own wind turbine to power it. I have a problem using over 130 watts to surf AppleNova. |
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Sorry I couldn't resist. Seemed rhetorical.
The most simplified answer to who is people that: a) need 3rd party monitors to get accurate color b) need 3-4 HD in their machine (scratch disks, etc) c) need 10+GB of RAM (Photoshop, AE, 3D, etc) d) upgradable GPUs (Call of Duty! ) e) slots for PCI cards (video / audio processing most common) f) want to look down on the rest of you mortals. (I kid) ...into the light of a dark black night. |
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