Jonathan Morrison via YouTube:
My initial review of the 2019 Mac Pro! Got some exclusive time with the new Mac Pro which packs up to 28-cores, 1.5TB of RAM and 4 GPUs.
Here’s a breakdown of everything you need to know!
Jonathan Morrison again via YouTube:
My initial review of the Pro Display XDR! Apple’s new 2019 Mac Pro is no doubt but I’m most excited for Apple’s Pro Display XDR which is a 32-inch 6K HDR Display that pack 1,000 nits of sustained brightness and rivals monitors up to $40,000. Yes, the $999 Apple stand sold separately is inarguably overpriced but even if Apple charged $5,999 and included the stand, it would be a great deal.
MacDailyNews Take: Exactly. It’s need vs. want.
All of those bitching about a $999 display stand are “wanters,” not “needers.” (Plus, they’ve never shopped for high-end production gear, obviously, where a handle for your camera can easily cost more than that.)
[Thanks to MacDailyNews Readers “Fred Mertz” and “TheloniousMac” for the heads up.]
No one, but no one, “needs” a $1000 stand that does nothing else but hold the monitor.
No doubt some want one though.
For all the talk of this being an out-of-reach dream for most buyers, a little perspective might be in order. The Macintosh SE30, decked out with 4 megs of ram and and 80 meg hard drive, running at 16 MHz, and with a 9″ monochrome display, cost about $6500 in 1989 dollars, about $13,000 in today’s money. Nuf sed.
Yeah, my dual drive SE in 1987 cost me a little over $1300. Would be over $3000 today.
you nailed it – thanks
Even my loaded TiBook 667 was $2999 on April 1, 2002, equating to roughly $4300 today.
The monitor pricing isn’t out of line at all. I’ve always lusted after the Eizo 319x and it comes in around that price.
https://www.dpreview.com/news/6747568775/eizo-unveils-coloredge-cg319x-dci-4k-hdr-monitor-for-high-end-video-and-photo-editing
https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1425544-REG/eizo_cg319x_4k_bk_31_1_dci_4k_wide_screen.html
One of the best decision I ever made was an Apple Lisa in 1983 for $12,200 (over $30,000 today). It turned out to be the linchpin in my one man engineering company.
Same here. An SE 2/30 FDHD 2MB Ram upgrade. $2,770 and I had a 17” CHEAP black and white CRT that was only $899.
These are the best, most level headed videos regarding the MacPro and the monitor I’ve seen. Everybody complaining about the stand should go to the last 3 minutes on the monitor review to learn something about reality. And then study market economics to better understand those prices.