The only way they would be able to ship for about $2k is if they included a tiny SSD drive. The size of the base drive will really be what determines the price of the unit. The price of the CPU and GPU are pretty much known, and while the case is more complex than the current offering, it is also a lot smaller which means a lot less material, so the cost there will probably be at worst a wash. Intel hasn't released prices yet, but sort of gives a good rough estimate. Assuming Apple doesn't use the low-end quad core CPUs at all, the entry CPU will probably cost Apple about $500 per unit. The dual graphics cards will also probably cost Apple about $500, let's assume $200 for the memory and $100 for the case and related parts.Already we are ballparked at around $1300, now let's look at the drive. Answer The LG UltraFine 5K Display is a Thunderbolt 3 display, so you need to use the Apple Thunderbolt 3 (USB-C) to Thunderbolt 2 Adapter to connect it to the Mac mini's Thunderbolt port. Dec 12, 2012 - Thunderbolt is fully compatible with Mini DisplayPort peripherals. I have a MacBook Pro (mid 2012) with Thunderbolt, a Dell screen with DP. ![]() Let's assume Apple can squeeze it's suppliers and get a high density drive for 45 cents a gig, in that scenario shipping with a 1 TB drive standard would drive just the cost to Apple, not including their markup, to near $2k. They *might* be able to get away with using a smaller drive and squeeking something out at less than $2k(a 500 gig would probably give them a cost of around $1600 or so, so $2k would be in line with Apple's average profit margin), but I'm not sure they would be willing to ship such a small drive in a 'pro' machine. Click to expand.Yeah, some people seem to be acting as if, on Mac Pro Day, the Apple Police will come round and load up all your old pros and force you to start from scratch with a thunderbolt-based infrastructure. There's a slight hitch in that when the old Pro goes away (which it already has done in the EU) what happens if you need a new Mac Pro - that's a real problem for some, but the fact that it wasn't worth Apple's while to invest in a new fan guard for the EU market suggests that it is not a problem for many. The current range of 'pro' Thunderbolt peripherals are primarily aimed at people who want/need to connect a Fibrechannel adapter, pro audio digitiser or superfast SSD RAID array to their laptop or all-in-one. That's kinda niche - and something that simply wasn't possible before, so you can charge what you like. If it becomes the standard solution for using such things under OS X then the volumes and competition will go up and the prices come down. Click to expand.I didn't want to buy a laptop in a desktop form factor (e.g. Keep in mind the Airs don't have an optical drive, but there is an option when buying an Air for a superdrive ($79.00) which would allow her to play CD's and DVD's, but then that's another piece of equipment to have on you. I would probably configure it to have 8 gb of memory. Which mac is best for music production. I personally would go with an Air because 1) it is lighter and 2) I would imagine in college I would be doing mostly essays and research (depending on the major) and an Air would suffice. Imac) for a whole bunch of different reasons that have been articulated well in other threads. I'd be happy with an i7 type of desktop, but unfortunately Apple chooses not to compete in this market (again for a whole bunch of reasons articulated in other threads in this forum): 1. With the imac you get an underpowered laptop grade CPU and graphics card 2. Graphics card is not upgradeable whereas with the mac pro you can swap it out after a few years 3. IMac/macbook pros have a poorer track record for component failure after four years old due to heat issues than the mac pro.
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