Apple’s New Mac Pro to Be Made in Texas

Re:Apple’s New Mac Pro to Be Made in Texas by benologist on Monday September 23, 2019 @01:59PM (#21051557)

I think it hurts when the last $1400 is basically 12 Thunderbolt 3 ports and the power allowance for them. There's no value in that many TB3 ports for most people.

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Re:Apple’s New Mac Pro to Be Made in Texas by bradlys on Monday September 23, 2019 @02:22PM (#21051845)

Well, I think the point of the Mac Pro is that it's not for most people.

It's actually a "Pro" product.

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Re:Apple’s New Mac Pro to Be Made in Texas by benologist on Monday September 23, 2019 @02:43PM (#21052101)

They could have put most of those TB3 ports and controllers in optional PCIe cards and the $4999 base model would still be Pro. Because the point of the Pro devices is to be the more-powerful option.

The iPad Pro doesn't have any TB ports and the Macbook Pro and iMac Pro only have 4 each so I think 12 is simply unnecessary for the "Pro" moniker in addition to greatly exceeding most people's requirements.

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Re:Apple’s New Mac Pro to Be Made in Texas by coupdejarnac on Monday September 23, 2019 @02:45PM (#21052128)

Most of us here are "pros" who use our computers to make money.

Maybe if Mac Pros were designed for animation studios or something niche, the pricing would make sense.

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Re:Apple’s New Mac Pro to Be Made in Texas by llampx on Monday September 23, 2019 @03:33PM (#21052675)

The "Pro" suffix completely lost its value with the iPhone 11 Pro Max.

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Re:Apple’s New Mac Pro to Be Made in Texas by briandear on Monday September 23, 2019 @04:12PM (#21053084)

How? Have you used the Pro phone?

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