Thread: The New Mac Pro
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Robo
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Join Date: Jul 2004
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2019-08-09, 17:45

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Originally Posted by kscherer View Post
We would probably sell 2-4 per month if the pricing started there. Even if base storage was 256GB and RAM was 16GB (Like the 15" MacBook Pro). The other things (RAM, GPU, cores, and storage) would be great up-sells. People would buy another 256GB of storage, or another 2 cores, or whatever, if they could get the entire thing inside of $4999. Otherwise, the dumb things really only make sense on YouTube reviews.
Apple could even spin it as "the most configurable iMac ever." Maybe even the most configurable Mac ever (direct from Apple)?

5 CPU options (10, 12, 14, 16, 18-core Intel Core i9 X-Series/Extreme)
5 SSD options (256 GB, 512 GB, 1 TB, 2 TB, 4 TB)
5 RAM options (16 GB, 32 GB, 64 GB, 128 GB, 256 GB)
New GPU options (although they'll probably still be Vegas...)

People who (think they) need the 18-core 4TB monster could still configure it, but people who didn't wouldn't be left in that gulf between iMac and iMac Pro. And a lot more people would be like "well, for $500 more, I could get the Pro..."

and i guess i've known it all along / the truth is, you have to be soft to be strong
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