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Apple’s new ‘overpriced’ $10,000 Mac Pro is $2,000 cheaper than the equivalent Windows PC
And there you have it. For all those that complain and whinge, and say the New Mac Pro is overpriced, and i have said it before in other threads, for what the New Mac Pro is, you get you Bang For Buck !!!! EDIT : And i wouldn't be calling it "Overpriced" either now, actually i haven't ever. I have always thought the new Mac Pro is the best BFB in the Apple line up now.
According to Futurelooks, which has priced out each of the components in the Mac Pro, it would cost at least $11,500 (including a Windows 8 license) to build a Windows PC that is almost equivalent. Some parts cannot be matched like-for-like, as the Mac Pro features proprietary, custom-made logic boards, rather than off-the-shelf components. To build a top-end DIY PC that has almost equivalent specs to the $9,600 Mac Pro, you would need the following hardware: 12-core Intel Xeon E5-2697 V2 CPU ($2750), two AMD FirePro W9000 graphics cards ($3,400 each), Asus Rampage IV Gene micro ATX motherboard ($280), Silverstone FT03 and Strider 850W PSU ($360), 32GB of Corsair Vengeance DDR3 RAM ($360), and two 512GB Samsung 840 Pro SSDs ($450 each). Throw in a copy of Windows 8, and you’re looking at a total of $11,500.
And there you have it. For all those that complain and whinge, and say the New Mac Pro is overpriced, and i have said it before in other threads, for what the New Mac Pro is, you get you Bang For Buck !!!! EDIT : And i wouldn't be calling it "Overpriced" either now, actually i haven't ever. I have always thought the new Mac Pro is the best BFB in the Apple line up now.