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Apple Demos iMac Pro at Final Cut Pro X Creative Summit
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It's a beautiful system, but that price tag is why I ended up jumping ship to a Ryzen 7 for less than half the price.
Having previously owned a fully loaded top of the line iMac, I simply couldn't justify buying this one. You have Mac Pro hardware cramped in a thin case, behind a large expensive panel. Once this thing is out of warranty, it's going to cost a lot to repair. It's overall a poor investment, unless you're a big business which doesn't care about these things.
Having previously owned a fully loaded top of the line iMac, I simply couldn't justify buying this one. You have Mac Pro hardware cramped in a thin case, behind a large expensive panel. Once this thing is out of warranty, it's going to cost a lot to repair. It's overall a poor investment, unless you're a big business which doesn't care about these things.
Me too. Just because it’s way more than I would ever need doesn’t mean I don’t want it.
If you getting paid to push out 4k videos then its probably worth it. For the rest of us the standard i7 iMac is good enough.
in two years from now Intel to release a killer new Xeon?? hahahah compare to what we will have now...maybe in 2 years we Intel will have a 10% faster xeonsThe problem is, when you spend that kind of money and say in two years IF Intel releases a new incredible Xeon, or IF AMD releases a killer new GPU, you CANNOT upgrade the damn machine! Forget that!!! It is utter insanity, that is why I say Timmy is taking some good drugs, totally trippin'!
Look at people with their 2010 Mac Pros that they can UPGRADE and are killing it in Geekbench scores. Some of those 2010's rival todays top computers.
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trust me, there are customers for it
in two years from now Intel to release a killer new Xeon?? hahahah compare to what we will have now...maybe in 2 years we Intel will have a 10% faster xeons
I am just throwing out examples, and that is why I capitalized "IF" but surely AMD will release a way better GPU in 2 years, and guess what...you are stuck with VEGA 2017. I know Intel is just as bad as Apple these days, constantly delaying new CPU's.
I don't get it either. The thing looks awesome right now And if I had excessive cash I would totally get one. But it seems like it will be obsolete pretty quick.
At least with the Trash Can you can throw it out and you still have your monitors.
At least with the Trash Can you can throw it out and you still have your monitors.
Obsolete is perhaps the wrong word. This computer will work fine for YEARS. And there is a class of professional users who could use this machine to work and be fine with it for many years. Then when the time comes they can try to sell it for a few bucks.
This notion that when ever a new processor is released a product magically becomes obsolete really needs to go away.
I am just as baffled as you guys. Seriously just shaking my head right now, literally.
Not the processors anymore, since very marginal performance gains come every few years, but the GPU's which are being used for more and more things now. So you get VEGA 2017 GPU's in this machine. When AMD releases a killer GPU in 2 years, you cannot upgrade to it. Say it has some features that would really benefit the people this machine is aimed at, they cannot upgrade the GPU.
I was thinking more about video cards. Lots of new GPU tech coming down the pipe that will pass this iMac by.
I can understand Apple not making it upgradeable: 3rd party components (memory, CPU, GPU) might not be up to Apple's standards, and ruin Apple's brand in some people's eyes. Plus, upgrades would seriously cut into Apple's profits. Can't have that! Shareholders would get angry! I hate it, but I understand it.
The people whose use these kind of computers, they use it for work and make money. It is a workstation. They don't just render (refresh) facebook in Safari between two RAM upgrade. If the computer does not perform well, they buy a new one. Maybe you would say that is a waste of money but it is actually not, you waste time and because of the, you lose money.
hmm, nowadays i exchange my macs from 3 years to 3 years ...so my point is, you already know all of this..so if you are ok with this, and you already know you will change your mac after 2-3 years...you can buy this easily, if you want to exchange the gpu, ssd, maybe even the Ram, you have to wait for the modular mac proI am just throwing out examples, and that is why I capitalized "IF" but surely AMD will release a way better GPU in 2 years, and guess what...you are stuck with VEGA 2017. I know Intel is just as bad as Apple these days, constantly delaying new CPU's.
The problem is, when you spend that kind of money and say in two years IF Intel releases a new incredible Xeon, or IF AMD releases a killer new GPU, you CANNOT upgrade the damn machine! Forget that!!! It is utter insanity, that is why I say Timmy is taking some good drugs, totally trippin'!
Look at people with their 2010 Mac Pros that they can UPGRADE and are killing it in Geekbench scores. Some of those 2010's rival todays top computers.
Apple has lease options for these computers for business. 2 or 3 years terms.
Big post houses will buy these things and keep them until they fail.
I know several well regarded audio /mastering engineers and video editorsthat were using XP and/or Panther until 2015.
Most working pros don’t ungrade often. They want something that they set up and works. Most even air gap (disconnected for all internet) to prevent any update messing up theirs work flows / plug ins, etc.
Pro want something that works they way they want, not constant fiddling. But to each their own,
It's tempting, but I'm planning to drop loads of money on mac pro. iMac Pro looks great...but I gotta wonder how effective is the thermal control and if it's going to be user's upgradable....i assume not though.
1. speculation -> High rate of airflow and radiation from the aluminum back. Possible electronic noise canceling.
2. not speculation -> No.