How high can you go? New price frontiers in the Mac Pro
Jason Kottke points to a tweet from Jake Dobkin that asks the question:
i just configured a single 8-core mac pro to $26,820.90— can anyone get a more expensive one than that?
In case you hadn’t heard, Apple just released an upgraded Mac Pro today that starts at $2,799 and can contain as much as two four-core Intel Xeon processors for a total of eight processor cores. It must be an absolute screamer, but it comes at a price.
Jason did his own calculation at the Apple Store and configured a Mac Pro that ran to $27,340.90.
That’s an expensive computer, but hey, the shipping’s free! Who can beat that? Actually, if you’re buying a souped-up Mac Pro, it’s time to spring for the expedited shipping.
The MacWorld Expo is next week so Apple must have a full bevy of things to announce then, hence the early release of the Mac Pro and the new eight-core Xserve. The thing I’d like to see is new designs for the MacBook Pro. Apple’s been using the same form factor for a while, and it’d be cool to sprinkle some Apple design dust on those puppies.
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