[jjeaff]

Xeons are more expensive for partially the same reasons apple is more expensive. Branding. I can't think of any reason to need Xeon or ECC on a workstation. And the legitimate usecase for needing them would have to make up less than 1% of those actually purchasing an iMac pro.

[thesmallestcat]

It's unreal that these will move at 5000. Assuming you don't need Xeon (which requires ECC) you can build a machine just as good for half that, easily.