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Re:The Case for a True Mac Pro Successor by jcsiracusa on Friday March 08, 2013 @07:53PM (#5346754)
The problem with the Porsche 918 is that it's a solution to a problem almost no one has. It uses racing hardware to solve commuter problems. Great, but…why? Is there any public road out there that really takes advantage of 820 horsepower? Seriously, what routes have been designed for these speeds? Anything that benefits from 820 horsepower will benefit more from lighter weight and a better CD.

I like the idea of the Porsche 918. I like going balls out just for the hell of it. I just don't think it's a car that anyone can really use.

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Re:The Case for a True Mac Pro Successor by redthrowaway on Friday March 08, 2013 @08:14PM (#5346799)
The Porsche 918 is a prestige product, though. The jet set and saudi princes can point to the 918 as a status symbol. The Mac Pro doesn't have that going for it.

All hypercars, from the Huayra, to the La Ferrari (gag), to the Veyron are ridiculously impractical. However, that's a feature, not a bug. Their very impracticality cements their position in the hypercar pantheon.

The Mac Pro just doesn't have that cachet. It doesn't give you bragging rights, except among a tiny subset of the population. Even then, they'd likely be more impressed by triple-SLI'd GPUs in a liquid-cooled tower with a ridiculously overclocked CPU.

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Re:The Case for a True Mac Pro Successor by jcsiracusa on Friday March 08, 2013 @08:41PM (#5346892)
Only a tiny subset of the population cares about fast cars. A larger portion cares about expensive cars, of which supercars are only a small subset. Many people are dazzled by wealth. Far fewer know or care anything about performance.
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