> The monitor stand is like a $99 hamburger on the menu. For the people rich enough to never care about the cost of a restaurant meal it’s a purchase, and for everyone else it’s a cue that this brand is absolutely top end prestigious and expensive.

That might make sense of the Mac Pro was a toy for the wealthy. But IIUC it's target audience is commercial production.

I would expect that market to eschew spending money for prestigious tools that their customers will rarely see.