[geeks] Replacing a Mac Pro 2006

[Andrew Jones]

On 12/03/12 10:36, J. Alexander Jacocks wrote:
>
>   I think that you are all failing to understand why Apple has never made a
> mid-tower "xMac", like many members of the community have asked.  The
> answer is that the market has moved on, and home computers are going to be
> laptops, tablets, and all-in-ones, whether or not geeks and enthusiasts
> like it or not.  Apple has its share of flaws, but failure to read the
> market correctly is not one of them.
>

The problem with the demands for a modular mac mini, a midtower "xMac" 
is that people mysteriously expect the price to come down, and it won't.

The original Cube was a failure in part because it was priced exactly in 
lockstep with the top-end desktop systems, but was less capable.

If Apple ever did do another SFF PC with fancy graphics, or a mid-tower 
with expansion options, you can count on it preserving their margins.

Any meaningfully expandable computer will cost as much or more than a 
mac pro. Any performance-oriented mac-mini will cost as much or more 
than an iMac.