Thread: Mac Pro Pricing
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2019-12-10, 16:02

One thing that's unusual is that they're already preannouncing a spec bump.

Not just the "coming soon" $500 more rack mount variant, but also:

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Coming soon:
Radeon Pro W5700X with 16GB of GDDR6 memory
Two Radeon Pro W5700X with 16GB of GDDR6 memory each

Coming soon:
8TB SSD storage
It makes sense because the Mac Pro as introduced today ships with the previous-generation Vega AMD graphics and up to 4 TB SSD, whereas 16-inch MacBook Pro already offers Navi graphics and up to 8 TB SSD.

I wouldn't be surprised if "soon" means February-ish, and:
  • that day, they just upgrade all graphics options as mentioned above, at the same pricing as before;
  • likewise, they just double each SSD option. That means it'll go from 512 to 8 rather than 256 to 4, and it also means it will no longer start at 256 (which is dumb);
  • aaaaaand maybe they'll also upgrade the iMac Pro that day. The iMac Pro could now get Xeon W-2200 chips, could also use nicer graphics, and of course the various additions to RAM and SSD.

(Wildcard: the Mac Pro now comes with a new silver/black keyboard/trackpad/mouse color scheme. Will they move the iMac Pro to this? Will they eventually get rid of one of these three colors, or will they eventually offer the Magic * in all three variants?)
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