I fail to see the purpose of a MacPro over a Mac Studio.

I know it has pci slots, but can someone tell me how they will realistically be used? Used in a way that can’t be done with thunderbolt.

The pricing seems absurd compared to a Mac Studio.

  • octalfudge@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    I agree that the price seems ridiculous. Maybe a 1000 dollar upcharge may make sense but 3000?

    At 28:47 in this interview with Apple execs, https://youtu.be/DgLrBSQ6x7E it seems they argue it’s for PCIE expansion, where in audio production or networking potential buyers already have very expensive cards they would like to continue using

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      1 year ago

      Maybe I am wrong as I do not know anything about audio, but I thought that was all done through thunderbolt at this point.

      additionally, who is using a mac pro for networking? I think a Linux server would do the trick.

      I guess there is a reason or they would not have made it, but I do not see the point. It does look nice.