You'll be kicking yourself. You should spend the time between now and then looking for some soft shoes. Or slippers.I passed on the iMac Pro and am waiting for the modular Mac Pro. I hope I'm not disappointed in timeline or the final product. If it comes out near the end of the year (or pushes to 2019) I'll be kicking myself for not picking up an iMac Pro in the meantime.
Early reviews say it’s pretty darn good. Thinner and lighter doesn’t necessarily mean worse cooling; just look at the MBP design for example. The current design is far thinner than the cMBP but has much better cooling.
Conversely there are other laptops which are thicker than your forearm yet run hotter than hell because the thermal design isn’t very good.
I hope I'm not disappointed in timeline or the final product.
Put in a req for two -- one as a spare aka "critical infrastructure".I could use the 18-core model with 128 GB RAM for my research. I wonder if NIH (taxpayers/deficit spending) would be okay with me asking for $11,000 for one of these.
What will be your main use of it?
Very curious for extended full load thermal testing.
Imagine what 56 cores and 3tb of ram would be like? Have a look at the HP Z8 - it’s been out for months. Come on Apple, speed things up would you?I can't even imagine what having 18 cores is like. I'd have an external monitor dedicated exclusively to Activity Monitor.
Sure, for 56,000$. I could get five of my iMac Pros for that cost. No thanks.Imagine what 56 cores and 3tb of ram would be like? Have a look at the HP Z8 - it’s been out for months. Come on Apple, speed things up would you?
If you need it now, you need it now. By flaws I assume you mean 'Spectre' and 'Meltdown' - which have had reportedly minimal impact on macOS performance, if any at all. Not really a factor here.So these 18-core XEONS have the flaws in them like all the other ones? If so, I'd wait until Intel has released the fixed chips...
I can't even imagine what having 18 cores is like. I'd have an external monitor dedicated exclusively to Activity Monitor.
Thanks for that, but I wasn't really answering you, you do what ever you like with your money, it's your cash and I'm no preacher.Sure, for 56,000$. I could get five of my iMac Pros for that cost. No thanks.
Sure, if you are using Adobe, which has yet to be optimized for the Mac platform. Final Cut screams though.base model renders video slower than previous 5k iMac
Apple today began shipping the 18-core iMac Pro to customers in the United States, just over six weeks after it began accepting orders. The first orders are estimated for delivery starting Tuesday, February 6.
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MacRumors readers Anthony Berenato and Steve McKinnon both alerted us of the shipped status of their orders, while a few other Apple customers have echoed the same in the iMac Pro order topic in our discussion forums.
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18-core iMac Pro configurations start at $7,399 in the United States, and with fully maxed out tech specs, the powerful workstation costs up to $13,199.
Apple quoted a shipping estimate of 6-8 weeks for the 18-core iMac Pro, pushing most deliveries into early February, so it is ever so slightly ahead of its schedule. We haven't confirmed if 14-core models have shipped yet.
iMac Pro is also available in 8-core and 10-core configurations, priced from $4,999, and those models began shipping in late December. Micro Center is offering an impressive $1,000 off the base model while supplies last.
Last month, some customers were quoted an updated delivery timeframe of early January for 18-core iMac Pro orders, but in a follow-up email, Apple said this was an error. This time, the first orders have actually shipped out.
iMac Pro is a powerful, top-of-the-line workstation designed for professional users with demanding workflows, such as advanced video and graphics editing, virtual reality content creation, and real-time 3D rendering.
The machine can be configured with up to an 18-core Intel Xeon processor, up to 4TB of SSD storage, up to 128GB of ECC RAM, and an AMD Radeon Pro Vega 64 graphics processor with 16GB of HBM2 memory.
Article Link: Apple Begins Shipping 18-Core iMac Pro to Customers
I could justify two. I have two iMacs in front of me on my desk and use both simultaneously. Every once in a while I type on the wrong keyboard -- it happens with two keyboards a trackpad and a mouse in front of me [okay 3 mice + a trackpad; I don't have a problem...].Put in a req for two -- one as a spare aka "critical infrastructure".
Check the 18 core delivery thread I started. I've been discussing mine with both benchmarks and real world tests.Anybody get theirs yet? Besides prolific YouTubers for review and propaganda purposes? I still haven't received my shipped notification, and i ordered it day one of availability.
I wouldn‘t be surprised if it‘s 2019 or even 2020 or never - after all, the nMP-replacement / stopgap a.k.a. imac pro just came out.