Why Apple sees the 2019 base model Mac Pro as reasonably priced
Have a look at what the 40 MHz Macintosh II fx used to cost about 30 years ago. Over $17,500 in 2019 USDs. If you maxed out the ram you would have an astounding 128 MB to work with. Less than 1/4 of 1 GB of ram. I wonder how long it will take until 1.5 TB of ram seems to be too little to do anything with ?
So the base $6,000 MP released last December is certainly giving you more for your money than Apple's highest end desktop did in the past. As you probably have guessed, it didn't sell well and started Apple's steep decline through most of the 1990s.
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