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14 and 18-Core iMac Pros May Arrive Sooner Than Expected [Updated]
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Remember when we looked at the $2,999 Mac Pro and were like “whoa”...
Seems quaint now...
I did not know that. Sounds promising!
"The Coffee Lake chips feature more cores, with Intel introducing a 4-core Core i3, a 6-core Core i5, and a 6-core Core i7 with hyperthreading. Intel says its new chips are up to 32 percent faster compared to previous-generation chips."
"The Coffee Lake chips feature more cores, with Intel introducing a 4-core Core i3, a 6-core Core i5, and a 6-core Core i7 with hyperthreading. Intel says its new chips are up to 32 percent faster compared to previous-generation chips."
I’m sure there will be an iMac update next year. I think a 6-core 8700K should be available, but I don’t think many others changes are on deck. It can be configured with an i7-7700K, 64GB RAM, 2 TB SSD... already a beast
I remember the Mac IIfx starting at $9K. With 4 MB of ram, 40 MHz cpu, and 1.4 MB superdrive. That would be $17K in today's dollars, considering inflation.
All things considered, the iMac Pro is an excellent value.
Seems like the second email made it abundantly clear what was going on.
Update: Some customers who received emails letting them know their orders will arrive early have received second emails informing them that the original emails were sent accidentally, so it is not clear if 14 and 18-core iMac Pro orders are indeed going to be arriving early.
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You are so off the mark. Lots of pros never open their machines. knock it off with the caps and bold text.
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Hyperbole. As much as I hate my 2017 tbMBP, if I had the money id buy an iMac today - I typical y change my primary machine every 2-3 years regardless.
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one might want to lower it as well
I remember the IIfx, my college had one, that was an amazing machine. I had a Iici around the same time, still my favorite Mac. The new iMac Pro is the fastest Mac ever, I hope Apple plans to broaden their lineup with mid-range (i5s + i7s) and higher end Pro machines (Titan Graphics level) as well. But today is a good day, you can buy a serious Mac again and it will help a lot of people get great work done.
iMac is so 2007 why do they still make it? Such a waste of money for the specs... can't even upgrade them either!
Because there are loads of people who want one, and they are willing to open their wallet to purchase.
Have no idea. OTOH, I've never worried about what other people do with their money.
"Shiny Things" Alert. Who buys a computer based on color?
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Until Apple makes it deliberately slower in 2018 just before the Modular Mac Pro comes out.
I would, and I'm sure I'm not alone.
While I agree I think the post you quoted made sense - otherwise it wouldn't be an exclusive colour for the Pro line.
And which major manufacture are you referring to that makes this? I thought Dell was selling their comprable monitor for $5000.
Programs such as MatLab, AutoCAD, Logic, Maschine, Resolve, Twin-Motion, Archicad, Maya, Cinema 4D, etc, just as a few examples, would benefit, along with many others that involve, among other aspects, design, analysis, modeling, processing, animation, AR, and rendering.
would benefit, but you know that Autocad, Vectorworks, Archicad run just fine on basic imac and in my case macbook pro performs well.
But you know, for others, not so well. My architect is one example.
Then it's not for you. Not sure what you're getting at, since 'in my case' completely disqualifies other use cases where the core count saves hours of work over a period of time.
There will ALWAYS be a need for more powerful machines, to think otherwise is absurd.
Apparently you did have no idea, you can take that up with the women I work with, who range in height from 4'11" to 6' 1".
If you've never bought adjustable monitors, you probably haven't bought very good ones. I've got Eizos and NECs top of the line models, and they're fully adjustable, as commercial quality products should be.
Just because Apple's too lazy to do things properly doesn't mean everybody else is, as well.
Actually AutoCad and Vectorworks don't benefit much from Multi-core Processors, only a few of their features can utilize that power. Archicad is not fully multi-threaded either, but does take advantage of more cores.
"Due to the lack of multi-threading, AutoCAD is not capable of using more than 50% of the CPU on a dual-core computer, so there is no significant performance gain over a single CPU computer, except for the areas noted above."
https://knowledge.autodesk.com/supp...t-for-multi-core-processors-with-AutoCAD.html
That is why CAD software can utilize i7s quite nicely. Though the thermal constraints of the typical iMac can be quite problematic. I purchased 12 iMacs one year for the firm and 10 of ten died multiple times from heat, that is why we always try to only replace up to 1/3 of computers in any given year to avoid complete disruption which that causes. We did adopt the 2013 Mac Pros and they have worked quite well but they are 4 years old and need to be replaced shortly.
The ECC memory is not of particular benefit for those applications either. The iMac Pro 27" monitor is very nice, but most of our workstations are (3) 30" monitors usually 16:10 but some 16:9 monitors.
I am an architect and in charge of purchasing the computers for our firm. We utilize a lot of different software other than just CAD. Editing video and 3d rendering lead us to Mac Pro 2013, not the CAD software. We also use each workstation for a lot of photo editing, desktop publishing, keynote presentations, excel, numbers, word, scheduling software, and accounting software. Not to mention, mail, messages and iTunes, so we typically always have 6-10 applications open at any one time.
Unfortunately I can't justify buying a computer attached to monitor unless it fits in my bag to go home with me and we have iPad Pros for that.