91–99 of 99 posts
Earlier quoted context omitted.
They said all along that the Mac Pro would be for users that the iMac Pro isn't powerful enough. Since the iMac Pro maxes out pretty high, a 3K base Mac Pro would make absolutely not sense as thats not even iMac Pro entry pricing but rather typical pricing for a consumer iMac.
Not everyone is a fan of having to buy a new screen every time they get a new computer.
Earlier quoted context omitted.
there is nothing luxury avout the stand, it's essentially identical to any other stand, which is not the point of the cars in your analogy.
> there is nothing luxury avout the stand, it's essentially identical to any other stand Some of the features that make it "luxury" in my mind are: * Build materials / quality * Small footprint * Magnetic connector (no screws) * Ease of adjusting height / rotating (according to Apple) For a 32-inch, 16 lb monitor that may need to be moved around a lot and shared amongst multiple people, I can see how those qualities…
Earlier quoted context omitted.
Call it what you like. But I’m pretty sick of having to have the apple is stupid conversation at work. I get it, but it comes up far too often. It’s severely impacted my professional career due to prejudice from the wintel guys...who I also run circles around within Windows and Unix/Linux. But because apple released yet another expensive shiny I’ve got to take time out of my day to deal with this crap.
Why? Does their opinion of Apple (accurate or not) impact your work in any way?
I don’t understand why they announced the stand during the keynote at all. It’s not something to be proud of and it isn’t cutting-edge technology. They could have just put it for sale quietly and the outrage would have been far less.
I was somewhat surprised with their entire Mac Pro strategy. With a base tower configuration starting at $6k (about twice what I was expecting), they seemed to signal a shift in what they consider a “pro” user to be. They’re pretty clearly chasing after the commercial, high-end computing market, but they’ve kinda left the high-end consumer market behind in some ways. Still no definitive fix to the fly switch keyboard…
Should part of the blame for the high price should go towards Intel? The 8-core CPU in the base Mac Pro looks like it might be an Xeon Gold 6244 [1][2] which costs $2925. Obviously Apple will be paying less, but half the cost is the CPU alone.
[1] https://ark.intel.com/content/www/us/en/ark/products/192442/...
[2] https://en.wikichip.org/wiki/intel/xeon_gold#5200.2F6200-Ser...
Earlier quoted context omitted.
> it’s a textbook luxury branding and pricing strategy. The problem is that this 10x overpricing strategy doesn't apply to their entire lineup, but that's not made explicit. As a result, people might mistakenly generalise it to their other products such as iPhones, leading people to think that their phones are also 10x overpriced and are actually only worth $100, thus diminishing its value.
Haha, no. The average person does not think that deeply or use that much math.
Price is one thing that most people are quite sensitive about.
Might as well buy some Tellurium Q Silver Diamond Digital Streaming Ethernet Cables to go along with it. A snip at only £1200.00 per metre. https://telluriumq.com/silver-diamond-digital-streaming-cabl...
the HiFi world really is something else
Earlier quoted context omitted.
Not everyone is a fan of having to buy a new screen every time they get a new computer.
Then buy a Mac mini. I have about a dozen of them they're great.
It doesn't come close to an iMac or an iMac Pro.
Earlier quoted context omitted.
Then buy a Mac mini. I have about a dozen of them they're great.
A Mac Mini is a consumer level, medium powered at best device. It doesn't come close to an iMac or an iMac Pro.