The transcript criticizes Apple's Mac Pro as overpriced, comparing it unfavorably to other Apple products and PCs in terms of value and performance. It highlights the Mac Pro's high cost, which is attributed to its case, custom parts, and marketing rather than its technical specifications. The video also discusses the benefits of optimization in Apple's software ecosystem, suggesting that while Macs may not always compete on hardware specs alone, they offer advantages in certain workflows due to software-hardware integration.
Here are the key facts from the text:
1. The base model Mac Pro costs $6,000.
2. The Mac Pro's base model GPU is the Radeon Pro 580X, which is not a workstation card.
3. The Radeon Pro 580X GPU has only 8GB of GDDR5 memory.
4. The Mac Pro's CPU is an 8-core Xeon chip that has been crippled by Intel to only support RAM frequencies of 2666 MHz.
5. The Mac Pro's SSD is 256GB.
6. The author upgraded their Mac Pro with a 12-core Intel Xeon W3235 chip, 64GB of RAM, a 2TB Samsung 970 EVO NVMe SSD, and an AMD Radeon Pro Vega II GPU.
7. The total cost of the upgrades was around $11,000.
8. The author compared the upgraded Mac Pro to a PC built by Maingear, which cost $10,670.
9. The Maingear PC had a 64-core AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3990X CPU, 64GB of RAM, an NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti GPU, and a 1TB Seagate FireCuda SSD.
10. The author noted that while the Mac Pro is optimized for certain tasks, such as video editing, it may not be the best choice for all users.
11. The author suggested that the choice between a Mac and a PC depends on individual needs and workflow.
12. The author's editor uses a PC for video editing, while the author prefers to use a Mac for their specific needs.