Considering that you can get one with a 28-core Intel Xeon W processor, 1.5TB of RAM, 8TB of SSD storage, and dual Radeon Pro Vega II Duos with 64 GB of memory each, it seemed like there wasnt much that could slow it down.

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In fact, reviewers have been trying to push their Mac Pros to the max, just to see whether there was a limit to its computing power.

Thats according to a tweet thread from YouTuber Jonathan Morrison, who says he reached the max capabilities with 6,000 Google Chrome tabs.

If you find yourself with that many Chrome tabs open, you probably have more pressing issues than whether or not youre about to max out a terabyte and a half of RAM on your supercomputer.

At the same time, it is a reasonable test of what it takes to actually take a machine like this to its breaking point.

Its wildly inefficient, especially compared with alternatives like Safari, Firefox, or even Microsofts new Edge browser.

Many far-less-capable computers than a souped-up Mac Pro have been crippled by Chrome.

Ironically, half of that price is for the 1.5TB of DDR4 ECC memory alone, which is more than the total SSD storage capacity on my 13-inch MacBook Pro Im writing this on.

Thats right, 25,000 of memory isnt enough for the crippling weight of Google Chrome.

While Morrisons tweet thread is a humorous adventure, its interesting that a computer capable of extraordinarily complex tasks like rendering ultra-high-definition video can be brought low by something as common as a web browser.

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Of course, if youre one of those people who tend to have an entire screen full of Chrome tabs open, you can probably relate.

In fact, you might want to start closing those tabs down now that you know what they actually do to your system.

If nothing else, at least we now know that just because you can spend 50,000 on a super-powered desktop, it still cant get the best of Chrome.

Now maybe we know why Google is so interested in building a quantum computer.

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