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Re:New Mac Pro by ken on Monday June 03, 2019 @06:07PM (#20089419)
They got even cheaper than that. In 2003, the Power Mac base price was $1499. In 2019 dollars, that's only $2082.

By 2012, the entry level Mac tower was up to $2499. Since 2013, the cheapest Mac Pro (no PCI/E slots) has been $2999.

The 2019 model is literally more than twice as expensive as the 2013, which in turn was already the previous most-expensive entry-level Mac workstation ever.

PowerMac/MacPro prices have always seemed steep, but this is a new ballgame even for Apple.

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Re:New Mac Pro by derefr on Monday June 03, 2019 @08:18PM (#20090480)
The difference is that the iMac Pro and Mac Mini didn’t exist to segment that market back then; all the tiers of professional hardware were rolled into just “the Mac Pro.” Roll those back in and the pricing tiers look more equivalent.
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Re:New Mac Pro by xienze on Monday June 03, 2019 @11:08PM (#20091425)
The Mac Mini has been around since 2005...
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Re:New Mac Pro by derefr on Monday June 03, 2019 @11:36PM (#20091616)
Yes, and the post I was replying to was citing 2003 prices.
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