$3499??? Is anyone actually buying this?

riffraff · 2025-10-15T13:47:43 1760536063

they wound down production of the previous iteration[0] due to poor demand.

But seems like they do have a niche audience that likes it (and maybe can pass it as a business expense or something?) so they've sold a few.

[0] https://www.macrumors.com/2024/10/23/apple-may-stop-producin...

bombcar · 2025-10-15T13:48:03 1760536083

The reaction from the ATP guys is a solid "meh"; apparently it's pretty well done and nice, but not really "worth it."

And one of them bought a fully-loaded Mac Pro, so they're not immune to the Apple Distortion Field.

wlesieutre · 2025-10-15T13:49:42 1760536182

FWIW wasn't that Mac Pro in the era where the Mac Pro was useful and had bigger CPU/RAM options than other models?

Or did he do it again when the Mac Studio exists?

bombcar · 2025-10-15T13:57:04 1760536624

Yeah, it was the last of the real big Xeon-based ones, which had its reasons to exist.

Still a very pricey machine.

astrange · 2025-10-15T17:58:34 1760551114

The one who buys the Mac Pros is not the big spender; that would be the one who won't stop talking about his vacation homes and mechanical watch collection.