Apple is selling £699 Mac Pro wheels and £299 feet
Apple has started selling the stainless steel wheels and feet for the Mac Pro separately for the first time. They cost predictably astronomical prices, withthe wheels at £699/$699andthe feet at £299/$299(via9to5Mac).
Gallingly, both listings say that “additional tools are necessary” to install them, and aren’t included in the box.
Premium accessories no doubt, but if you or your company has bought a Mac Pro, a computer that costs at least £5,499/$5,999, then you can probably afford them.
Still, the wheels come out at £20 more than the 128GB iPhone XR. I suppose it depends on your needs.
You can configure the Mac Pro at purchase. The four feet come on the unit as standard but you can add the wheels for £400/$400, which means Apple is marking them up £299/$299 if you decide to get them later. The mark up is the same price as the feet are sold separately.
It’s the mad world of the Apple high-end. When the Mac Pro was announced, we balked atthe £999/$999 Pro StandBut the wheels here in particular seem like something functional that should cost less.
They will no doubt be of excellent quality, but this is a different stratosphere of expensive, even for Apple. Then again, the Mac Pro and its accessories are arguably the one Apple product that earns its ‘Pro’ moniker – regular consumers need not apply.
Author: Henry Burrell, Contributor
Previously Tech Advisor’s Phones Editor, Henry covers and reviews every smartphone worth knowing about. He spends a lot of time moving between different handsets and shouting at WhatsApp to support multiple devices at once.
