[rekoil]

$10k is easily double what a beast workstation has traditionally cost. Yes, you've been able to configure Mac Pros or iMac Pros for similar prices in the past, but it's always been the ultra high-end with niche use cases, currently if you max out a Mac Studio you're up to around $10k.

That's with 20x general compute cores, 32x neural engines, and 64x GPU cores, 128GB RAM, and 8TB of storage. I guess it's probably useful for 8K video workloads, but not much else.

If the article is right and they're targeting a $10k base price for the Extreme version of the chip, then they better get it VERY right for it to be worth the effort, and I wouldn't expect many customers to be lining up regardless.

[dagmx]

10k is fairly normal for professional workstations when you factor in high memory Quadros and xeons.

I would really not recommend comparing to home built machines. Studios tend to lease from Dell/HP and those workstations will often be in the 10k+ range.

[0cf8612b2e1e]

> $10k is easily double what a beast workstation has traditionally cost

I was thinking similarly. Not Mac, but $4-5k will get you an extremely well specced Dell/HP workstation suitable for nearly anything. Staying under $5k can also make it easier to push it through finance where higher price premiums typically require more paperwork.

[kergonath]

Here (research lab doing computational materials science), we get a €8k workstation every three years or so. AFAIK there is no review from the accounting people below €15k. In any case, honestly, the expense is tiny compared to the salary and other costs of whoever is using it for 3 years (close to a quarter million overall).

[0cf8612b2e1e]

> …the expense is tiny compared to the salary and other costs of whoever is using it for 3 years

No argument there, but a line is drawn somewhere on ease of purchasing and it usually falls short of $10k.

[mensetmanusman]

Inflation adjustments are needed.