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Mac pro pricing
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[Christian Schumacher] “So, provided you know what you’re doing – or if you acknowledge what you can do with them – those could be virtually identical in a real world scenario. A lot of money can be saved and, at the other hand, a lot of money could be invested in a more wise manner. “
After my Power Mac died, I went to the completely maxed out late iMac 2009 when the redesign seemed significant at the time and there was no shortage of hyperbole on Apple’s webpages. I thought I had made a purchase good for five years but I was suspicious that the GPU would be lacking. Well, surprise, within a few months the early 2010 iMac was out with a much better GPU and I did feel somewhat burned that there was no option to upgrade for the 2009 ‘early adopters’. Then of course the 2010 iMac owners got a taste of the same medicine when the 2011 iMacs included Thunderbolt if memory serves me correctly. So I agree if you know what you need, a tricked out iMac can serve you well these days. Maybe the 2014 iMac will be another leap forward from the 2009 iMac and set a new bar for what can be done for years to come.
But that is part of my thinking in returning to the potentially upgradable Mac Pro in which conceivably most of the components may prove to be “user accessible.” I don’t think the CPU and motherboard will be replaceable though so you have a good point to get something like the 8-core option that will more likely retain its value for at least three years. Sure we would all love the D700 GPU option as future-proofing, but I need to wait on prices and relevant benchmarks (using video, please Barefeats!) as the D500 may suffice. I agree best to max it out if you can though so we’ll see what happens in a few months.
Rick Lang
iMac 27” 2.8GHz i7 16GB
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[Rick Lang] ” I don’t think the CPU and motherboard will be replaceable though so you have a good point to get something like the 8-core option that will more likely retain its value for at least three years. Sure we would all love the D700 GPU option as future-proofing, but I need to wait on prices and relevant benchmarks (using video, please Barefeats!) as the D500 may suffice. I agree best to max it out if you can though so we’ll see what happens in a few months.”
Yeah! More to the point:
Forget the 4 core, forget the 6 core and forget the D300s!
Unless you,
a. need lots of Macs,
b. are crazy for Macs,
c. placed a wrong order,
d. reached your CC limit,
e. work with Logic or any DAW (LOL) -
Aw, I was hoping that the posters here who said after the initial announcement that the base machine would be $6000 could regale us with more of their expert knowledge.
Lance
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[Steve Connor] “This might be good? https://www.macrumors.com/2013/10/25/graphics-cards-in-new-mac-pro-may-be-us...
“If it’s it’s true it’s gonna be expensive. “Mac” versions of regular video cards today are already much more expensive than their PC counter parts (even thought the difference is just firmware) and for the Tube you are looking at proprietary form factor.
I bet the cards are replaceable by a tech if something fries but I doubt it will be a user replaceable part.
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[Lance Moody] ” Aw, I was hoping that the posters here who said after the initial announcement that the base machine would be $6000 could regale us with more of their expert knowledge.”
If we consider the 4 and 6 core entry systems as far from optimal (for video) the 8 core and 12 core coupled with the highest VRAMs should take care of filling up that price tag quite fast. I dare to say even more than that. That’s an obvious marketing move from Apple, very smart to release only the entry systems price in advance. Marketing at its best. There’s nothing to see here, actually. They’re keeping the same price structure than before.
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[Christian Schumacher] “If we consider the 4 and 6 core entry systems as far from optimal (for video)”
I disagree, at the moment the top spec iMac is pretty good for video and these base level systems will be be even faster, unless you are planning on shooting 4K RAW and let’s face facts most people won’t.
Steve Connor
There’s nothing we can’t argue about on the FCPX COW Forum
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Lance, to be kind, the $6,000 level may be where many professionals end up not counting all the necessary accessories some may need like monitors and external storage etc. Certainly the entry-level machine is half that but few may buy it depending upon their individual requirements of course.
Rick Lang
iMac 27” 2.8GHz i7 16GB
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