[reaperducer]

I could see it if the stand provided some benefit other than looking cool. Like acting as a heat-sink, or being a massive Thunderbolt hub.

But even I, who has bought half a dozen launch-day Apple items, was surprised that this price point made it through the marketing department. It came off as really tone-deaf. More than half of the Macs in my office use reams of paper as monitor stands.

Maybe iFixit will do a teardown and find out it's made from mermaid scales and unicorn farts.

[scarface74]

$5000 for the iMac Pro isn’t bad if you need that kind of power - even though you could spec a regular 5K iMac that was close enough and save a grand.

The price of the Mac Pro + monitor wouldn’t even make me blink if I had a business that needed it.

But the stand is ridiculous even by Apple standards.

[thrower123]

It's bad when you can build a desktop with the same components for $2000 or less, without the Apple Tax. Trying to act as though they aren't marking everything up at least 100% is disingenuous, but extremely common for some reason.

[scarface74]

So try to configure an iMac Pro level desktop for $2000 less.

Don’t forget that the 5K monitor by itself is $1300.

Also try configuring a workstation for $3000 with the specs of the Mac Pro.

On the lower end, try configuring a desktop for much less than the $2100 iMac 5K.

[jmkni]

Small nitpick, the Mac Pro and iMac Pro are 2 different products.

[scarface74]

Yes. And that’s why I use the word “also..”.