Those of use who bought a 2013 Mac Pro (and maxed out our credit card) will never (I surmise) be able to afford the 2019 Mac Pro as a personal Mac. The whole discussion, however, is both a testament to the power of the 2013 Mac Pro, its design, and also how a 2018 Mac mini can come close in performance five years later for about half the Mac Pro’s original retail price. And the price he paid was right: US$1600. He’ll no doubt be pleased with the Mac Pro’s myriad of ports and elegant design. MacBook Pro (13-inch, 2018, Four Thunderbolt 3 ports) - Technical Specifications Touch Bar Touch Bar with integrated Touch ID sensor Finish Silver Space Gray Display Retina display 13. In the end, Peter von Panda has his own criteria and budget. Still a formidable computational machine in 2018. (With OpenCL support.) Depending on one’s workflow and mission critical apps, a Mac with only DDR3 and Thunderbolt 2 can still be very capable and cost-effective.įor as long as it works and as long as Apple supports it. The “trash can” 2013 Mac Pro is still a formidable computational machine, especially the 8- and 12-core models.
The trade-offs here, however, are fascinating. But, as they say, buy the computer you need and can afford when you need it. Apple MacBook (2.6 GHz, 560X) Radeon Pro 560X, i7-8850H: 1031 (1009-1058) Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Extreme-20MF000XGE GeForce GTX 1050 Ti Max-Q, i7-8750H, Samsung SSD PM981 MZVLB1T0HALR. i kept the I5 selected because the I7 is another 300 dollar. And I tend to agree. Buying a 2013 Mac in 2018 is fraught with potential problems. The specs 2.3GHz quad-core 8thgeneration Intel Core i5 processor, Turbo Boost up to 3.8GHz I am surprised that lower tier pro models only have a dual core processor.