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Again in 2019, I bear in mind pondering whether or not a totally provisioned $52,599 Mac Professional was overpriced. Certain, it was costly, however in the event you had the proper workloads, it most definitely wasn’t overpriced.
However how does the brand new M2 Extremely Mac Professional evaluate?
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M2 Extremely Mac Professional
The final within the Mac line to get the Apple Silicon improve, the Mac Professional gives one thing no different Mac can — PCIe enlargement for specialised workflows.
Properly, with a beginning worth of $6,999, the brand new Mac Professional begins out $1,000 dearer than the Intel-based Mac Professional.
Not a very good signal.
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However here is the unusual factor. I can choose all of the choices for the brand new Mac Professional, and I can not get anyplace close to the $50,000 of the previous system.
In reality, a Mac Professional with a 24-core CPU/76-core GPU, 192GB of unified RAM, 8TB of storage, the $400 wheel package, and a Magic Mouse and Magic Trackpad thrown in is simply $12,348.
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So why is the brand new Mac Professional so low-cost?
Properly, first off, the previous Intel-based Mac Professional might be fitted with 1.5TB of DDR4 ECC RAM, which on the time added a whopping $25,000 to the worth. The dual Radeon Professional Vega II Duo graphics playing cards added one other $10,000 to the worth.
Oh, and there was the $7,000 for the 28-core Intel Xeon processor improve.
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In comparison with all this, these $400 wheels — and I’ve seen them, and so they’re mighty positive wheels — are a drop within the ocean.
The M2 Extremely Mac Professional is a way more streamlined system.
There is a $1,000 processor improve that provides an additional 16 GPU cores, a bump of the unified RAM from 64GB to 192GB that provides $1,600, and a bump from TB to 8TB of SSD storage that is an additional $2,200.
Oh, and the wheels. These are nonetheless a steal at $400.
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Apple’s change away from Intel hasn’t merely unleashed extra energy, it is also tamed the top-end worth of the system.
If you happen to nonetheless assume that $12,348 simply is not costly sufficient, do not forget that the Mac Professional can accommodate six Professional Show XDR items. Go for the nano-texture glass variations with the stand and people will add nearly $42,000 to the invoice.