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| quote: | Originally posted by tehlord
Yeah but what about that main PCIe hard drive. Gawd only knows what you'll be charged for that as it looks completely proprietary. $500/TB at least I'd imagine.
After an initial wtf, I do see the point though. It's a genuine step forward in thinking and design and until you read the measurements you don't realise just how small these things are, like the size of your iPad! |
I don't think the PCIe hard drive is proprietary though; a few manufacturers (OCZ, Intel etc) already make PCIe SSD's and they are in the same price bracket as the normal 2.5" Sata drives.
I actually think the design is one of the things people will look back on and go, of course, it was the next logical step.
As for it being assembled in the USA that also makes sense - the majority of the parts may well be made in the far east, but with the more expensive macs, they have to offer a different level of support. The pro community won't deal with it, and by my experience, when you had a problem with the previous mac pros, support was good up to a point - when it was something really random and bizarre in nature, they just couldn't help and would have to swap out whole major components (motherboards etc), and we would later find it was a niche hardware conflict.
I have a feeling it being made here will actually cost less for apple in the long run, and probably instill confidence in to the pro market.
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