Google| Subject | Re: Pretty cool... |
| From | -hh |
| Date | 06/28/2013 12:25 (06/28/2013 03:25) |
| Message-ID | <4e6a3dca-696c-45bb-9e9a-afe137f296a8@googlegroups.com> |
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| Newsgroups | comp.sys.mac.advocacy |
| Follows | Sandman |
On Friday, June 28, 2013 1:19:46 AM UTC-4, Sandman wrote:
Sandman"Hundreds" only if you're really lucky. The rest will fare worse.
Alan Baker <alangbaker@telus.net>wrote:Alan BakerSandman
Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies>wrote:LewisAlan Baker
Sandman <mr@sandman.net>wrote:SandmanLewis
What will this "Apple Cube" cost, now again?
The guesses for the high-end version they showed are north of US$4,000.
I would bet that it comes in costing about the same as the current Mac Pro, so... ...maybe, yeah.
If it will, I think that's a huge mistake on Apples part, though. No doubt you get your money's worth with regards to performance, but for many Mac Pro users, buying the new Mac Pro will also mean they have to invest hundreds of dollars on Thunderbolt equipment...
Insofar as price points, I do tend to agree that a 'too high' price will doom the Tube. On the one hand, we can conjecture a low price by it being only a single processor system ... but on the other hand, dual high end GPUs raise the ticket.
My expectation is that there will be a very lobotomized version that will be developed for a particular price point ... some people suggest $1999, for example. Personally, I believe that the base price needs to be $1500 to foster real sales volume ... and I'm afraid that what Apple will probably consider to be a 'bargain' will be priced at $2999. With the "Up To" specifications that were in the prerelease, it will go much, much higher: after all, the retail price for 32GB DDR3 DIMMs right now is nearly $1K each, so to just take the Tube to max 128GB RAM will cost $4K even before any Apple Tax factors.
-hh
06/10/2013-
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