Re: [Avid-L2] Has cost of New Mac Pro 2023 dropped a lot?

As a small operator I'm still wringing stuff out of my mid 2012 mac pro but I get your point.  I assume there is something with the SoC (System on a chip) and or SiP (System in a package) design along with the feud with nVidia that is prohibiting adding a newer GPU?  Is there a difference in what SoC and SiP mean or are they sort of describing the same thing?

I found this Googling:
"Notably, customers cannot purchase any video cards, nor are they compatible with the gen-4 PCI-E slots in the Mac Pro. Users looking to install powerful graphics cards for gaming, rendering software, or other intensive processes will have to look elsewhere."

Does this mean Gen 4 PCI-E slots aren't backwards compatible to previous generation PCI-E cards or is it just video cards, which I assume they mean GPU card when they say video cards?




On Tue, Jun 6, 2023 at 06:12 AM, Gowanus Canal wrote:

The price looks correct. Previously, the biggest factor with the price was which Intel CPU you selected. Apple makes them now. 

 

The only real downside for us is the GPU. If you expect to hold on to the box for 3-5 years, that GPU will fall behind. 

DQS

 

On Jun 6, 2023, at 4:02 AM, John Moore <bigfish@pacbell.net> wrote:

Just looking at some of the stuff from today's Apple Event.  I haven't followed the shredder version of the Mac Pro much after it came out years back but IIRC the cost could easily get into th $20K range with hanging on all the bells and whistles like afterburner etc...  I just looked at the order configuration and when I check full tilt on everything but the magic mouse track pad stuff it comes up under $12K.  Has something changed in the pricing structure or are they just not listing things like the after burner cards etc...?  The wheels are still $400 so I guess some things never change.

 

John Moore Barking Trout Productions Studio City, CA bigfish@pacbell.net

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