Apple Begins Shipping 18-Core iMac Pro to Customers

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.
You'll be kicking yourself. You should spend the time between now and then looking for some soft shoes. Or slippers.
 
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.

You probably should have studied physics instead of marketing ;-). I have seen a new MBP in action recently & thought it will fly away given the fan noise / speed. The cooling can be more efficient then the previous gen, but you cannot beat the volume (=>cooling-medium flow) nor the power you need to dissipate. Imagine how quiet the MBP / iMacs could have been had they not been designed with the thinness fetish as the primary goal.

The 18-core iMac Pro will melt (or throttle) upon full load for extended periods of time.
 
I hope I'm not disappointed in timeline or the final product.

I guess they never said 2018 to avoid disappointment. 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.
 
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having that many cores each at a lower clock is not objectively better. in fact, for most things it seems like it would be slower. most apps seem to be coded to take advantage of only 2, maybe 4 cores.
 
Very curious for extended full load thermal testing.

Fantastic machine, but likely limited by thermal throttling due tight iMac enclosure. Well, consequences Mac Pro in iMac chassis.

Appleinsider was tested 8 core model with workstation like test & typical studio workflow (exporting/raw editing), not just synthetic benchmark, and the result pushed machine was damn hot (CPU / GPU). Well, it's depend on type and workflow though.

And the good was this machine save from Vega GPU scarce by mining frenzy outside there. Except some crazy miners destroy and cracked this machine just to get it's GPU. I'm annoyed when searching Vega cards for my old Mac Pro, they was sold out everywhere.
 
I can't even imagine what having 18 cores is like. I'd have an external monitor dedicated exclusively to Activity Monitor.
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?
 
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...
 
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...
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.
 
I can't even imagine what having 18 cores is like. I'd have an external monitor dedicated exclusively to Activity Monitor.

For most of us, it's exactly the same as having 4 or 6 or 8 cores. The majority of the time, 1-2 cores at max speed, the remaining are idle. Due to heat, the more cores running, the lower the speed of them.

Obviously, if you're buying this, you really NEED 18 cores.
 
Sure, for 56,000$. I could get five of my iMac Pros for that cost. No thanks.
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.

I was however quoting the fella that wondered what 18 cores could do, not as much as 56 cores I would wager.

Anyway, none of this is your fault, Macs just are sooooooo behind the curve with their "pro" level machines it's not funny.

The rest of us are still having to wait for something that's not glued together. Not that the iMac is for people who want to upgrade as time passes; for example, who would want to be able to upgrade their RAM themselves, right?

But listen, clearly you’re excited and you think you've done the right thing with your money – and good luck to you mate! It's just not what a lot of us are looking for, or would invest in.

Come on Apple! Tick tock.
 
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I was stoked to see that my credit card was charged today for this maxed out beast. I haven't received a shipping confirmation, (yet), but at least I know it's on its way.
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base model renders video slower than previous 5k iMac
Sure, if you are using Adobe, which has yet to be optimized for the Mac platform. Final Cut screams though.
 
“Customer”, I assume.




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
 
Put in a req for two -- one as a spare aka "critical infrastructure".
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...].
 
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.
 
iMac Pro no longer on our purchase list..... we’ll wait for a new Mac “Pro” but if no modular optioning we’re done with Apple and the supposed “Pro” tag - such a shame
 
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