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Originally Posted by ZachPruckowski
There are a lot of older threads on the Mac Pro. Based on the Woodcrest pricing, found at http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=29510 it seems likely that Apple can afford to put together a quad 2.0/2.33/2.66 set-up at the current prices. My only question is if 1 GB RAM will be standard in the low-end Mac Pro. I'm guessing on a 7800 as the video card, and upgrade to a 7900.
Here's how it could break down on the low-end:
$660 for 2 2.0 GHz Woodcrests + $300 for a video card + $100 for a 250 GB HDD + $150 for the RAM + $200 for the motherboard + $100 for the case + $50 for BT/wireless
That comes to $1560, for a $2000 computer. Seems reasonable. |
OEM price and Apple's costs are two very different things. Still, it's all we really have to go on. I doubt Apple's going to stick a $300 video card in there. The GeForce 6600 in the current Power Mac can be bought for, oh, $60. The 6600LE is maybe $50. The case, OTOH, probably is over $100, and you're forgetting the power supply (the Power Mac G5 has always used really powerful PSU) which would probably sell for around $50-$70 separately. Finally, RAM is around $100 per GB these days, so I doubt Apple's going to put $150 worth of it in there. I guess they might throw 2 GB in the highest end Power Mac, but the base model will probably only get 1 GB (possibly 512 MB, but Apple's been putting 1 GB in the higher end MacBook Pros).