Re:Apple’s $1000 monitor stand is a massive and unnecessary ...
by arthurfm on Friday June 07, 2019 @02:50AM
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> With a base tower configuration starting at $6k (about twice what I was expecting)
Should part of the blame for the high price should go towards Intel? The 8-core CPU in the base Mac Pro looks like it might be an Xeon Gold 6244 [1][2] which costs $2925. Obviously Apple will be paying less, but half the cost is the CPU alone.
Should part of the blame for the high price should go towards Intel? The 8-core CPU in the base Mac Pro looks like it might be an Xeon Gold 6244 [1][2] which costs $2925. Obviously Apple will be paying less, but half the cost is the CPU alone.
[1] https://ark.intel.com/content/www/us/en/ark/products/192442/...
[2] https://en.wikichip.org/wiki/intel/xeon_gold#5200.2F6200-Ser...