The crowning irony is that it looks like the digital creative set is going to be pushed into the arms of Microsoft, for so long the subject of their scorn. If you want a fast digital workstation now Windows is your only reasonable option.
The Dell T7600 with 2x2.2GHz 6-core Xeon chips and only 8GB of memory and a 500GB drive comes out at $4,300. The Mac Pro with 2x2.4GHz 6-core, 12GB and a 1TB drive is only $3,800.
Unless I'm missing something, the Mac Pro is still a better deal, even for Windows.
One simply can't compare what Apple's now offering with other workstations.
And the cloud of uncertainty hovering over the Mac Pro has got to have a lot of people worried. It's bad enough that you can't get anything resembling a roadmap from Apple but it really looks like the Mac Pro is headed for extinction.
Looks like Apple is transitioning from a tech to a consumer company.
Sidequestion: people still buy hard drives as small as 500GB? 3tb runs around $170.