Buy it and don‘t open it until 2049. The unboxing will be like “wow! Retina display was actually not in our retinas...and a keyboard...how quaint...”
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iMac Pro is Out of Stock Again in U.S. After Being Discontinued
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Gonna teach people how to make transparent aluminum, and save a few humpback whales?
But seriously, this might be a fun collector's item.
I've mentioned this in another thread already, but I bought one of the original iMac Pro base/standard configurations, shortly after it was released. For me, it was to do exactly what Apple marketed it for; replacing one of the cylinder shaped Mac Pros. I feel like it did everything promised as a decent upgrade from one of them. I also agree that the list price is way too high, though. I only bought mine because Micro Center was doing a $1,000 off sale on them at the time, making it a far more sensible purchase.
Another plus on the iMac Pro, back then, is that Apple allowed buying the same AppleCare 3 year extended warranty plan for one that covered any of the standard iMacs. I rarely pay for extended warranties on anything, but that deal seemed great when you consider the repair cost for pretty much anything that might go wrong on an iMac Pro. I was really surprised Apple didn't have a more costly AppleCare plan just for the iMac Pro, but they didn't....
Another plus on the iMac Pro, back then, is that Apple allowed buying the same AppleCare 3 year extended warranty plan for one that covered any of the standard iMacs. I rarely pay for extended warranties on anything, but that deal seemed great when you consider the repair cost for pretty much anything that might go wrong on an iMac Pro. I was really surprised Apple didn't have a more costly AppleCare plan just for the iMac Pro, but they didn't....
Apple made the best of a bad situation that Intel put them in. It was a reasonable value at an understandable price. Even Apple haters like LTT talked about it and found it reasonable at the time. It aged terribly like all Intel based machines.
They should bring it back but only if they still go with pie in the sky prices for the Mac Pro. If the new Mac Pro is reasonable then it won't make sense anymore.
Could not disagree more. I'm fortunate enough to get to use pretty much any piece of kit I want for the most part, and my couple of iMac Pro units have been by FAR my most favourite pieces of Apple gear I've ever owned.
The 4 TB ports + 10Gbe were incredibly useful, and the units scaled really well for stuff that I did every day - lots of virtualisation and the like. One of mine has gone now (the smaller 8 core), and it will be missed.
It's been a fantastic solid work-horse. I've also got access to some i9 current gen iMacs too - they're also great machines of course, and in some respects faster than the 'Pro, but I miss those TB ports and how much the units can do before they slow down.
Loved them, great bits of kit.
It's possible, the old cheese grater wasn't that expensive, it was definitely on the premium side but not crazy.
I couldn't believe the price of the iMac Pro, I thought it was a misprint when it first came out 
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Is everyone forgetting the spec for spec comparisons that were all over the internet? It was pretty comparable to a similar PC do it yourself build. If the components were out of your price range that's fine, but Apple didn't charge an unreasonable price.I couldn't believe the price of the iMac Pro, I thought it was a misprint when it first came out
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The old cheese grater was an amazing machine, great price. The iMac Pro was definitely over priced. I’m lucky I have a family member who works in a retail store. Apple for the past 10 years has had a penchant for over-designing and adding a stupid markup.
I know it's possible. My cheese grater still has better specs in several ways than the iMac Pro. But is it something Tim Cook would do? Eh, nah.
Given how this ran out of stock then more become available, this might not be the last article.
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MacBook - they keep killing and bringing it back
sour grapes. They can't afford, have never used one or don't need that much power yet comment on how bad it is.
Its a free country, hehe
Just sold my iMac Pro for a newer iMac 2020. I absolutely love the iMac Pro and there are specifics things about it that I do not expect the iMac 2020 to do as well and I am thinking about some of those use cases and ways to do them well with the new iMac.
That said, there are things with the new iMac that will be better - I can ditch my eGPU as an example!
That said, there are things with the new iMac that will be better - I can ditch my eGPU as an example!
I have a late 2012, 27” iMac with a 1TB fusion drive that is still more than pulling it’s weight. My son, who advocates for PCs, has built 2 gaming PCs in the mean time and is now jonesing for another. I would say that selecting a PC it’s all about use cases and how much money you are willing to burn to get another 10%-20% of processing speed or whether frame rates matter much with spreadsheet, browsing, word processing or quicken.
Right now, I expect my next computer an M1X or M2 Mac. I will likely steer clear of an all in 1 design so I can avoid being forced To upgrade my monitor with my processing system.
Gaming and video editing are the computer killers. For most other common tasks if it's getting security updates it's probably fine.
What bad situation by Intel? The cylinder Mac Pro was Apple's own doing. They designed the thermals thinking it would handle modern GPUs.
The Intel 18 core chip scored around 3,200 in Cinebench R15 when it came out, the best Threadripper of the day scored around 5,000. At the time I just needed a cheap-ish rendering machine, wasn't bothered about anything else.
Of course, but the same statement will be (hopefully) true about the successor of that machine as well. So it's a bit of a strange, albeit true, statement? You're never going to have a machine that's as good as technology that isn't invented or in circulation yet... I'll definitely be in the market for an AS iMac, but will likely wait for a 2nd gen.
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