Apple’s modular new Mac Pro and Pro Display XDR will be available for order on December 10. But Apple has declined to reveal when the incredibly expensive workstation-class products will ship to customers.
This news comes courtesy of an Apple email, which notes only that the Mac Pro and Pro Display XDR will be available for well-heeled customers to order starting on December 10. The Mac Pro starts at an incredible $5,999 for a configuration with an 8-core Intel Xeon processor, 32 GB of RAM, and a 256 GB SSD. And the Pro Display XDR starts at $4,999, plus an additional $999 for an aluminum stand. Yes, really.
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Apple has been plotting a replacement for its garbage can-like previous-generation Mac Pro almost from the moment it released it, but the more modular replacement, which now resembles a cheese grater, was delayed repeatedly while the firm’s professional customers stewed. Apple shipped an interim iMac Pro to satisfy some of the complaints, but that PC’s $4,999 price tag and lack of internal expansion ensured slow sales.
The good news? The new Mac Pro is made in the United States. Actually, given the quality problems they’ve had at that plant, maybe that’s not really good news.
Anyway, the wait is almost over.
Stooks
<blockquote><em><a href="#496671">In reply to pecosbob04:</a></em></blockquote><p>Same question goes to you. </p><p><br></p><p>You admitted that at one time you "loathed" Microsoft and now that time has marched on you only "dislike" them.</p><p><br></p><p>If this is true why do even come to this Microsoft focused site, much less comment on here, if you have such a negative feeling towards Microsoft?????</p><p><br></p><p>I am not a fan of Google and guess what….you wont catch me going to sites like 9to5Google or any other Google/Android related sites.</p><p><br></p><p>Mike does have a strong distaste towards Apple, not as bad as Paul but close and Mike is a fan of Microsoft for sure, hence he is making comments at this site….which makes sense.</p><p><br></p><p>For me I have used Apple products for a long time. I still have a Macbook…my last for sure as I feel they only keep the Mac alive because it has high margins and once it stops being a money maker it will be gone. I will still use their iOS products until there is a better option, because I will never be an Android user. </p><p><br></p>
Stooks
<p>The price for the starting model is not out of this world. I just priced out a Dell 7920 with the same parts for $5391 (32gigs of DDR 2666, Xeon 6134 8C, 256gig SSD, NVIDIA Quadro RTX4000).</p><p><br></p><p>That said the Dell has a better video card for sure and has insane options, like 3TB of RAM, and more importantly dual CPU's up to Xeon 8180 28C with 38meg of cache. I think the Mac Pro is only a single socket box?</p><p><br></p><p>The only people that really "need" this box is high end professionals that use Apple software like Final Cut Xor Logic Pro X. If you run software that has a Windows version (Adobe etc) then you have way more options on the PC side and complete support for NVIDIA and usually a lower price. The price gap is lower than it was in the past though.</p>
Stooks
<blockquote><em><a href="#496750">In reply to Bob_Shutts:</a></em></blockquote><p>If that "Afterburner card" does not support NVIDIA it does not matter. NVIDIA right now is killing AMD when it comes to top end performance.</p>
Stooks
<blockquote><em><a href="#496804">In reply to TEAMSWITCHER:</a></em></blockquote><p>"consider an All-Air cooled design for my next build"</p><p><br></p><p>If you do not care for RGB bling then I highly suggest Noctua case fans and CPU cooling. They do a fantastic job of cooling and keeping the noise to a min.</p><p><br></p><p>If you care about the RGB bling then Noctua is the last thing you want. They are a fugly peach/tan/brown mixture. I personally use them in my DIY builds.</p>