kpc wrote: ↑Jun 11, 2019 7:05 pm
Fun, quick read on historic prices of the Mac.
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Maybe fun, but wrong. Historically speaking, there is no way around it that the power of a CPU and the amount of storage you get for the same amount of money has steadily increased over time. The upcoming base Mac Pro with its 8-core processor, 32gb ram and a 256gb ssd is not more then the natural evolution of hardware that has gotten better and cheaper over that time, if you would compare it to e.g. a 2012 base Mac Pro (4-Core-Xeon 64 Bit, 3,2 GHz). That 2012 model cost 2600€ at the time. The only way to justify the upcoming model to cost 6000 is justifying the design of the case and the other non-standard mainboard features to be worth over 3000 bucks.
Bringing inflation into the calculation is just another way of self-deception. Just compare what kind of gaming PC you got in 2012 for $2000 and what you get today for the same amount - dollar for dollar, without accounting for inflation! You will easily see, that there is an incredible growth of power - probably more growth than that from the 2012 Mac Pro to the 2019 Mac Pro ...
To make it perfectly clear: I am a Mac user, not a PC guy trying to bash Apple. I am willing to pay extra for good design, if it is not only for the looks, but also functional. But I find it irritating how people deceive themselves by obviously flawed comparisons.
Yes, you have always payed extra for Apple! But the amount of extra has never been as high as with the announced base model.
And my favourite excuse, when all other logic has failed: ... "this Mac Pro is not for you! It is a design accessory for company managers who care for the best design and money is of no concern."
This is what people literally write and then tell you something intelligent like "haters will hate". Has humanity (for the most part) really been robbed of the ability of critical thinking?