@Markus Winter: what you want me to do is physically impossible. The body is a chain. You can’t just move one element. I already got a very low desk (62 cm). There is no space to move the chair higher. And if I tried I would get a hollow back which gives me headaches.
This Mac Pro uses Intels Cascade Lake Xeon cores. The 28-core version costs $4500 ($7500 for the M) from Intel, just for the CPU!
This thing is a beast and some markets just dont care if its 8 grand, 20 grand or 40 grand. As Marcus said, we are certainly not the market for this machine. It would be wasted on the Xojo IDE anyway.
I just configured a Dell Workstation for over $100000 USD!
There are CPUs, RAM and GPU options above >$20000 each.
I once saw a desk where a part for the keyboard could be moved up or down. Something like that would solve your particular problem. If there is a work shop in your company (there was at all the institutes I worked in) they might even be able to make one for you: cut out a suitably sized central section for the iMac, attach it 5 cm lower with brackets, put the iMac on the lowered section, and problem solved.
So no, it is not impossible. Just think outside the box. 
AAAAAAARGH!
REAL photo professionals dont think twice about spending $2,000 on a tripod for their $10,000 camera.
Video professionals could pay $43,000 on a reference monitor alone.
I can afford one maybe in 6 or 7 years when the second hand prices have dropped dramatically.
But you wont hear me complain. Because I know Im not the target.
And those who moan are moaning because they realize they arent as Pro as they thought they were.
First. World. Problems.
So can people stop propagating the artificial outrage?
My cousin IS the target audience for the machine at the very least - not sure about the monitor since he does audio
He’s already salivating
OMG … seriously ?
[quote]What were once practical buys for aspiring creative professionals are basically unattainable now, even if you get the cheapest model available in every line: 15-inch MacBook Pro: $2,399
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Yeah 2399 is wayyyyyyyyy out of reach
And its not even a good kitchen tool:
If he flipped it over it might have been a better grater!
- Karen
If it’s fact and not marketing, the one big plus that I see is that they are promoting 64 PCIe-3 lanes. If that actually usable lanes, the bang for the buck will really be there. We will finally have a Mac that can support 32 lanes for 2 GPUs + 16 lanes for 12Gb SAS + 8 lanes for 16Gb Fibre.
But, if it is marketing and 64 is the total available in the system, then it could be an issue because 4 lanes are used for the onboard 10GbE, 4 lanes for the CPU interconnects, 16 lanes for the Afterburner, and 4 are used for each Thunderbolt controller. Where does that leave us for GPUs and storage controllers? Intel’s kind of “close to the vest” on the specs, but I get the feeling that 64 is NOT what we get to use.