TSR Tech: Whew! The days are here where our computers are beginning to cost more than our cars. Today, Apple dropped its new Mac Pro desktop computer and its just more proof that Apple can pretty much charge whatever they want these days for its products.
The new machine starts at about $6,000, and that starter package has specifications that some pros in the game might consider inadequate.
So, anyone looking for the more fully loaded version, well it will cost you more than $52,000, according to Bloomberg, and thats not including the optional $400 wheels for easily moving the computer around an office.
If yall want to know why it costs so much, well, well help break it down.
The base product includes 256 gigabytes of storage, low for professional computers in the same price range. A 4 terabyte option will run you an extra $1,400. An 8 terabyte upgrade is coming later, according to Apples website, but pricing for that hasnt been announced.
To increase the computers RAM memory from 32 gigabytes to 1.5 terabytes is $25,000 extra, the main reason the price can go past $52,000.
The new Mac Pro does not include a display. Apple put a new Pro Display XDR on sale Tuesday for about $5,000.
Its safe to say those who werent fazed by that price tag are in the minority because social media was shooketh today by that price.
Im loving all these Mac Pro configurations that cost more than a luxury car or a significant portion of a mortgage. I mean, seriously? one Twitter user said.
But people have been ragging on the pricing since summer when Apple announced that the stand to hold the new monitor would cost an extra $999.
The good news is, if youre serious about buying the new Mac Pro, Apple said on Tuesday that it is doubling the cash-back offer for the Apple Card on Apple hardware purchases to 6% until the end of the year.
Roommates, do you think youll be coppin the new Mac Pro? Let us know!
