The Afterburner card, for instance, makes the lofty promise of handling three simultaneous 8K RAW video streams or up to 12 4K streams. On paper, you’re paying the Apple premium for the specs you get for typical Apple stuff like the slick design of the new tech. And there are still some serious question marks to resolve before making final decisions.t Who is it for?
In reality, however, the pros taking the plunge know what they need and will only pay for the important stuff. If you have the cash to spend, the optimal configuration probably checks in between $20,000 and $25,000 if you want it to handle everything you could throw at it. AppleĪll of these variables make it tricky to pin down the Mac Pro’s actual place in the landscape of pro-grade computers meant for relentless, heavy-duty work. It’s still pricy, but it makes more sense than the $52,000 version. This configuration checks in just under $20,000. Internal drives only go up to 4 TB right now on the Mac Pro, but Apple says an 8 TB option is coming down the road. Professionals often work with external drives, or elaborate server configurations, but as Man says, 256 GB would be “extremely tight,” even if you’re just accounting for the massive applications pros use on a regular basis. For storage, the base model comes with a 256 GB, which is almost certainly not enough.