MP All Models Buy cheap 7,1 or Studio

[avro707]

I ended up purchasing my last one from a german seller, a used machine and pretty cheap.
But the german shops have their own antics. All are sold with only a power cord (and likely not the original cable). And the original packaging/box is not included. Perhaps to ship in cheap smaller boxes.

Could it be to make a profit selling the peripherals as well (if those are new)?

Definitely the original box is expensive to ship. My dual GPU machine was in a different box to original and did have original USA power cable (interestingly huge size compared to Australian ones) but no other peripherals. That said I was happy to get a brand new GPU with it.

 

[Regulus67]

Could it be to make a profit selling the peripherals as well (if those are new)?

Definitely the original box is expensive to ship. My dual GPU machine was in a different box to original and did have original USA power cable (interestingly huge size compared to Australian ones) but no other peripherals. That said I was happy to get a brand new GPU with it.

Could be they sell the peripherals, but I have never seen any on eBay from those stores.

Yes, the original box is huge, and surprisingly heavy. I got one with my first Mac Pro, purchased used in Sweden

 

[avro707]

It's actually not just one box, but two of them - there is the brown external box with its protective packing and then the fancy white box (also huge) inside that. Yes, very heavy.

When my first one was delivered new from Apple the DHL guy asked what was in it because it was so heavy.

It looks like Mac Studio is also packaged similarly.

 

[mattspace]

The french machines are expensive, and I do not understand why they always open the boxes? Would be more reasonable if they were brand new in unopened boxes. Or dropped the price.

Could be it's some IT policy that any gear purchased has to be opened, and physically inspected to make sure the config matches the paperwork.

 

[AndreeOnline]

Another lot is selling 7,1s (Macpassion, from France):

28c, 8TB SSD, 2x Pro Vega II Duo, 768GB RAM = 19.999 € ($ 20'798)

Jesus! I've offered my Mac Pro for 7495 CHF (around $8.300) Fix and briefly had it on a local bidding platform starting at 6500 CHF, with no takers. It's in my sig but:

12c, 8TB SSD, cage for HDDs, 2x W6800X Duos, 240GB RAM

Mid-term, I was all in on Apple Silicon (which kind of makes it long-term since I have to wait on Apple), but a recent DaVinci Resolve experience where my M3 Max struggled but my Mac Pro breezed through it is making me revise my plans slightly.

 

[mattspace]

Mid-term, I was all in on Apple Silicon (which kind of makes it long-term since I have to wait on Apple), but a recent DaVinci Resolve experience where my M3 Max struggled but my Mac Pro breezed through it is making me revise my plans slightly.

Kinda makes the poll on this thread all the funnier, given Studios are still on M2, and Apple has moved on to M4.

 

[avro707]

My two which are 28 core handle everything I can throw at them.

The local development environment of an application I use, it runs way faster on the Mac Pro than it does on the much newer MBPs of other developers. Even just the start up is half the time.

I have loads of other apps running at the same time and it doesn't bother either of them one bit.

For now I don't have any need to replace them. I doubt Apple will do anything like them again.

12c, 8TB SSD, cage for HDDs, 2x W6800X Duos, 240GB RAM

Are you on Sequoia with that one?

 

[AndreeOnline]

Are you on Sequoia with that one?

I know everyone has their own take, but I would never NOT be on the latest software.

So, yes: 15.3

 

[avro707]

I had crashes with Sequoia and the W6800X Duos (both my cards) so I steered clear of it on my other machine which is on Sonoma.

Your post gives me confidence. I might upgrade.

 

[AndreeOnline]

Ah, I see. No crashes here related to my current setup!