Become a MacRumors Supporter for $50/year with no ads, ability to filter front page stories, and private forums.

akis-k

macrumors member
Feb 4, 2010
51
24
Greece
Jesus, thats one hell of a beast... Both in terms of performance and price...
config.jpg
 

abn5x

macrumors member
Jul 21, 2018
47
45
tbh the RAM is not expensive, searching a 128GB DDR4 ECC costs 1700 pounds = 2240$ x 12 = 26800$ vs 25000$ Apple
 

Reed Black12

macrumors newbie
Dec 7, 2019
22
54
Exciting!! Now, I just need for OWC to announce their ram prices for this and I'll be set to go!!! 10 year wait is almost over!
 

zzzachi

macrumors regular
Jun 16, 2012
231
111
the wheels are a must for $400 :)
everything else a bit as expected. i guess the processors and memory can get bought a lot cheaper and installed on your own. i'll wait for user reports on this.
things like 1.5tb of ram for 25k+ seem ridiculous, I cant imagine any use for that
if those special gpus are even used in normal software i dont know.

a threadripper 32 core system for 6-7k translates to Mac Pro of about 16-18k
with the threadripper being faster and it will be replaceable later on with the 64core version of q1/20
for the 9-10k of price difference i can buy an imac pro for all tasks not needing a lot of cores
and i still can take some nice holidays :)

as it was stated before i also think this pro is only good for video professionals.
 
Last edited:

Steve121178

macrumors 603
Apr 13, 2010
6,434
7,103
Bedfordshire, UK
Jaws of Life are also a very powerful tool.

They too exist purely to get people out of ****** situations.


Yeah ok, sure, if you say so. I dunno what your background is, but early in my career I managed windows PCs (some of them over ~64kbit ISDN lines I might add), and writing patches to set registry keys was absolutely a part of the job.


So... 18 months after the previous ones.. Not sure how you expect 12 month updates with CPUs that don't change that often, regardless of the CPU vendor.
[automerge]1575909139[/automerge]


That's interesting (I hadn't seen the slide of the rack mount version from the original announcement). I wonder how much it changes the layout of things. Clearly no top TB3 ports, and doesn't look like they're on the front either.
[automerge]1575909467[/automerge]


You're joking right? Even if you take the ridiculously hyperbolic estimate of $16K for a "usable" system, over a 5 year period that's $66 a week, allowing 4 non productive weeks a year and ignoring the residual value at the end of 5 years. If a business has a need for this kind of computing power but can't budget $66 a week for hardware, it's not "outside the top 1%", it's more likely on the verge of ****ing bankruptcy.
Here you go. Now, see if you can find a 2009 PC tower on sale. Oh and FYI... that's 200 pages worth that dates back to 2006 systems to current day systems. Now show me the PC equivalent.
https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_fr...RC2.A0.H0.XMac+Pro.TRS0&_nkw=Mac+Pro&_sacat=0

You are just showing me items for sale.

Still waiting for proof.

Hint: Show me data, reports, studies etc.
 
  • Like
Reactions: PC_tech

Reed Black12

macrumors newbie
Dec 7, 2019
22
54
You are just showing me items for sale.

Still waiting for proof.

Hint: Show me data, reports, studies etc.
Dude, what's your point? Just so I'm clear, are you suggesting that PC actually have more long term value than Macs? Clarify because I'm confused as to what point you're failing to make.
 

Steve121178

macrumors 603
Apr 13, 2010
6,434
7,103
Bedfordshire, UK
Dude, what's your point? Just so I'm clear, are you suggesting that PC actually have more long term value than Macs? Clarify because I'm confused as to what point you're failing to make.

You said Macs last at least three times longer than a PC.

I support 75,000 of each in my business and I know it’s not true so I’m curious as to why you think it is.
 
  • Like
Reactions: PC_tech

PickUrPoison

macrumors G3
Sep 12, 2017
8,131
10,720
Sunnyvale, CA
$20K seems a bit much for a ASIC accelerator card.
RED sold the RED Rocket for $7000, and that is RED, the company that out overprices Apple.
Yeah I was just guessing about twice the cost of the 4 GPU option, what that industry would be willing to pay to eliminate proxy workflows, and how few Apple would sell. (It’s an FPGA fwiw.)

Off by an order of magnitude ?
 

Digital Skunk

macrumors G3
Dec 23, 2006
8,099
930
In my imagination
It's up and the prices are INSANE!

$37,600 is otherworldly, but some of the midrange broadcast stations I've engineered for spend more than that on their play-to-air servers and they almost always buy two of them.
 

GrumpyCoder

macrumors 68020
Nov 15, 2016
2,072
2,650
Well here’s my prediction. 28-core with 1.5 TB RAM, 4TB SSD, 2 x dual Vega II: $60k. Same config but 384GB: $40k. Afterburner: +$20k. 2 x XBR: +$12k.

So $92k. With 8.5% sales tax, $99,820. So you’re way over with your crazy estimate. ?
Well, a Dell machine with 28c and 1.5TB and dual RTX5000 is close to $95k. Didn't bother to put in SSDs.
 
Register on MacRumors! This sidebar will go away, and you'll see fewer ads.