After reading the article, my takeaway was:<p>1. You can't build a Mac Pro equivalent with off the shelf parts (yet).
2. You can get kinda close, but you're not saving that much money.
3. The less close you're willing to get, the less money you'll spend, which is absolutely not interesting, surprising or relevant.<p>In summary, the new Mac Pro is pretty awesomely priced and I'm going to order one for my lead dev.