A House? Or A Computer?
Apple has finally made the brand new Mac Pro available for the public, and safe to say, it’ll cost an arm, a leg and your kidneys for it. Starting out at a whopping RM25,000 for just the basic version of the Mac Pro, the out of the world pricing can only mind-boggle you further as the list goes on. Oh Apple, what have you done…
The brand has ‘graciously’ has allowed customers to customize their Mac Pro to their liking, enabling users to choose their own processor versions, RAM, graphics card, storage capacity, and a few other hardware and software upgrades. Note that each of these upgrades is costly, as each of them stands to add at least a few (a lot) hundred ringgits more to the total cost.
If you completely maxed out your Mac Pro (essentially turning it into an Ultimate Mac Pro), the total cost literally stands at a crazy, ludicrous, and absolute bonkers amount of RM220,000. Yes, you read that right, RM220,000 for a computer. Actually, RM250,000 if you add the XDR display with the stand as well.
For comparisons sake, here are five things you can buy with RM250,000 instead of the new ultimate Mac Pro:
- 5 Perodua Myvis
- 20 Alienware Area 51-M Gaming Laptops
- 71 iPhone 11s
- 14,705 Chocolate Cream Chip Frappuccinos from Starbucks
- 83,333 KitKat bars
Now, the new Mac Pro may be one of the most powerful Mac to date, but it does beg the question of whether is it worth it to splash all of that money just on a computer? I know that the most hardcore of Apple enthusiasts would probably still go out and buy it, but for normal users, I wouldn’t recommend you to put a second mortgage on your home just to get the high-end version of the Mac Pro.
Anyways, let us know what you guys think about Apple’s latest release and whether it justifies the asking price.
