The price is US$4,999 for starters. By way of contrast, HP Inc's Z2 Mini workstation starts at $694, a price that buys you a machine that can't match the Pro for RAM, storage or core count and doesn't include a screen. But can be bought today.
By way of contrast... a machine that can't compete on speed, RAM, storage, connectivity and for which you need to buy monitor(s) and peripherals is cheaper than the Apple. And I am supposed to learn what from that comparison?
Come now, I know I'm reading El Reg but contrasting a machine which tops out where the Apple starts and then mentioning that it's cheaper? Well durr! You can do better than that.
Knocks about lack of touch-screen are also misplaced. If you haven't got a clever hinge like the MS Surface Studio to bring the unit down to a draught-board position, then touch on a vertical monitor is just horrible (and thus pointless).
That said, I agree with the tenor. I would traditionally expect Apple to be the clever ones with things like the Surface Studio hinge, pushing the desktop/all-in-one form factor into new areas. They have completely ceded the initiative to Microsoft.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
