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I had high hopes for the Mac Pro, and while it's no doubt a beast of a machine, it still missed the mark IMO. What Apple's lineup lacks is a prosumer-grade Mac that is not an all-in-one and comes with a decent graphics card. Perhaps a larger Mac mini that can accommodate (and effectively cool) a Vega card. As things stand, there is no standalone desktop option between the mini and the Pro, and the cost of entry for a Pro is now simply ludicrous, particularly for people who have powerful hacks running something like a 9900K.
That display, though. Aside from the ridiculous price of the stand, that one simply stole the show. I'd love one of those on my desk.
Apple is a business and their primary income is from iOS devices and not computers.
The Mac Pro always had Xeon server processors, and the 9900k is not a Xeon processor with 64 PCIe lanes.
I think what they're banking on is people get a midrange one and not the base one.
If you get the base Mac Pro, and if the CPU is user upgradeable, it won't be a terrible deal. The ram is obviously upgradeable and so is the GPU.
I really just wish the base started at 3999 at least, that would be fair imo. 256GB SSD is a joke.