All of the major hardware mags tried to build a hackintosh to compare and could not match the price. and even when they
came close, they only did so by leaving out several features. Not to mention none could do it at the size.

They days of putting together better hardware at even a comparable cost are gone.

Apple buys most of the worlds best fab/part plants output etc.

Why do you think droid phones feature ELO displays. They can't get the IPS ones
as Apple has bought out almost all of the total global production in the phone sized one's.

People keep forgetting the mac pro is equivalent to the high end dell xeon workstations.

Try and configure one.

I set up workstations for diagnostic medical systems and video editors.

Some doctors still have 2009 mac pro's at home. Run mavericks just fine
and handle the work load. The hospital has had to replace all their dell precision
workstations that were the same age as they couldn't handle windows 7 demands
plus the imaging. The only upgrade I have done to the mac pro's is SSD boot. The hospital tried
it on the Dells and it didn't help.

The vaderPod's have replaced earlier mac pro's (2006 to 2008). Are silent and now sit on
top of the desk since they take up so little room.