New Mac Pros

[Adrianr]

Am I missing something? A single quad core tower with upgradeability to 8GB of ram maximum for £1899?

I know the full twin-cpu tower can still go upto 32GB, but who is this base spec model supposed to appeal too now? Considering it's more than the old twin-Xeon Mac Pro that you can't buy anymore?

It seems quite a few people would like a more standard Quad core tower without the expensive server nonsense for those who don't require 32GB of ram and two processors.. This could have been it.. £1899? Does anyone know what makes up that price exactly?

 

[Adrianr]

Im very disappointed with the Mac Pro pricing too.

Thankfully the HE discount knocks a hefty £300 off the price of my spec (2.93/4870/6gb) but its a very, very hard choice to make.

Thing is I've run out of HD space on my MBP with my photo library and I need more power for CAD/MATLAB/Lightroom so its got to be done!

You're going to hand over 2.2k for a single Quad core i7 chip with 6GB of ram?! Rather you than me matey! That's daylight robbery.

 

[Adrianr]

Could be that they do this to ensure the old stock gets used up then they lower the prices to ensure people buy them..

Could make sense if they still sold the old 8-core Mac Pro The price would have to come down a LOT to make the old 8-core not seem like the better option.