#8 core mac pro tower professional
Essentially, let’s see what the alternative professional workstation looks like compared head-to-head against the Mac Pro. I realize that you could likely buy the components separately for a much lower price tag and build your own machine but that’s an entirely different market (and maybe a different post later on) however, I want to compare the pre-built configuration for a workstation product and avoid comparisons to gaming PCs as well. So, let’s look at a big Windows workstation provider for creative pros and see how Apple’s Mac Pro matches up against a modern HP Z-series workstation.īecause we’re working off of the base specs to get to the $6,000 price tag, I’m going to try to match those as close as possible to an HP workstation. However, I haven’t seen anyone point a link to a system in the $2000 to $3000 range that matches the new Mac Pro. The sticker shock got me on the day it was announced and I’ve read countless comment and forum threads pointing out the fact that you can get a Windows workstation for half or even less that is comparable to the new Mac Pro.
One of the biggest criticisms of the new Mac Pro is the $6,000 starting price that gets you an 8-core Xeon processor, 8GB Radeon Pro RX580X GPU, 32GB RAM, and a 256GB SSD.