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Originally Posted by Sunnz  True... but I don't see why they can't just let you choose to get a Mac Pro with no hard drive only if you want so. The normal user could just go with default or iMac... and also, isn't the Mac Pro designed for "high-end" customers? |
"High-end" customer doesn't necessarily mean "tinkerer". There are a lot of high end customers that require workstation-class computers but don't require the option to exclude things. This is because they don't have the time to tinker or it's not their job/interest. Ther market for computer tinkerers already exists, and I think that the PC parts makers have done a good job of that. Remember that you don't necessarily HAVE to run Windows.....I run Linux on the majority of my PCs, and I'm planning on giving the BSDs a run as well. But then again, I'm a tinkerer....still, I don't expect Apple to do that just for a small demographic of people like myself. The majority of people want things to "just work", andthe Mac does just that. So in reality, there's no need to offer the ability to "not offer" something. Also remember that most people don't have a slew of computers or computer parts to play with....just the tinkerers. So it still makes no sense for Apple (and other Tier-1 PC companies) to offer that option.