You must have never look at workstation parts. Calling $4,000 Quadro 6000 card (2080 Ti equivalent) overpriced when AMD is selling their less powerful FirePro W9100 (Vega VII equivalent) with MSRP of $4,999. Intel and AMD is also selling their workstation and server CPUs at significant premium. The fact is all workstation parts are expensive because the target audience are willing to spend these kind of money in exchange for additional features and driver support for specific professional softwares. Thousands of dollars is a drop in a busker for many of these target audiences and they can get return of their investment easily.
Hardware manufacturers realized this segment of market exist and selling them very high margin products to subsidize overall R&D cost and gain more profits.
They've really outdone themselves this time, the StudioBook Pro X, with a bigger panel, full keyboard, more spec options and far more ports (including the crucial SD slot) and a very balanced design compared to Asus gaming laptops' flashiness and the usual thick and boring workstation looks more enticing than the Studio edition Blade 15.
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bubblyboo - Wednesday, September 4, 2019 - link
"Considering the MSRP difference of the two desktop version of the cards is about $4000"Didn't realize Nvidia was already that overpriced.
Yojimbo - Wednesday, September 4, 2019 - link
Give it a rest.If the segment and the price of the segment meant anything to you then you would have already realized it.
bubblyboo - Wednesday, September 4, 2019 - link
Get a brain. The desktop RTX 6000 is currently $4000 directly from Nvidia. What would you get once you subtract $4000 from $4000?Yojimbo - Thursday, September 5, 2019 - link
Does the potter not have power over the clay to make one vessel out of honor and one of dishonor?Butterfish - Friday, September 6, 2019 - link
You must have never look at workstation parts. Calling $4,000 Quadro 6000 card (2080 Ti equivalent) overpriced when AMD is selling their less powerful FirePro W9100 (Vega VII equivalent) with MSRP of $4,999. Intel and AMD is also selling their workstation and server CPUs at significant premium. The fact is all workstation parts are expensive because the target audience are willing to spend these kind of money in exchange for additional features and driver support for specific professional softwares. Thousands of dollars is a drop in a busker for many of these target audiences and they can get return of their investment easily.Hardware manufacturers realized this segment of market exist and selling them very high margin products to subsidize overall R&D cost and gain more profits.
s.yu - Wednesday, September 4, 2019 - link
I thought all these except the 6000 were already released a few months ago? When's the Quadro version of the Blade 15 actually shipping again?s.yu - Wednesday, September 4, 2019 - link
They've really outdone themselves this time, the StudioBook Pro X, with a bigger panel, full keyboard, more spec options and far more ports (including the crucial SD slot) and a very balanced design compared to Asus gaming laptops' flashiness and the usual thick and boring workstation looks more enticing than the Studio edition Blade 15.