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Re:The AMD Threadripper 2 Teaser: Pre-Orders Start Today, Up... by jeswin on Monday August 06, 2018 @01:18PM (#17699601)
Still heavily marked up. 32GB ECC isn't $800. Current nVidia GPUs will run circles around those Radeons - even more so with Turing.
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Re:The AMD Threadripper 2 Teaser: Pre-Orders Start Today, Up... by creddit on Tuesday August 07, 2018 @02:13AM (#17704213)
Yeah, it's like $500. Of course there's a markup on it. Apple doesn't make money by assembling parts at stock prices and then sending it to you.

It's the case that building a comparable computer (in terms of the specific iMac Pro hardware) is very similarly priced BUT requires labor, the purchase of an OS and additional peripherals: https://youtu.be/SONKIJd8xRM?t=187

That said, your point that Apple could've chosen better hardware at its price, is reasonable but off topic.

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