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iMac Pro May Feature Intel's Server-Grade 'Purley' Processors, ARM Coprocessor
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It's definitely a Pro system the specs are solid. Anybody needing more power has a render farm available. (Via 40Gb TB3) At least this time it's an iMac so it will fit into the workspace. They already teased having it on a VESA mount along with other displays for a clutter free work area.
It's already ahead of the current Mac Pro that is basically a desk ornament and sometimes a computer.
There is a difference between being a professional who happens to use a computer, and being a pro user of computers. If you are compiling software, rendering 3D video, doing heavy computational work, etc. then an iPad Pro isn't going to cut it for you. Sure, the majority of people don't need 18 cores and 128 GB of RAM. But some of us do. What's laughable is saying that there is "no point" in a machine like this.
That Space Gray though. Love the color alone on this model.
I see. Your an optimist. I was thinking Pre Order Dec 2017, shipping Q2 2018.
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Yeah. Time to put that space heater back in the garage?
The thing is, the cost should not be much different, either to Apple or Intel. But the perception it gives allows an excuse to charge more. Same goes for 'pro' GPUs on Macs, and to lesser extent, on other platforms. There is a slight perf hit, though, making these things a tiny bit slower.
Look at what uptime and use Linux servers get. Look at what most people do with these iMacs. The ones who truly benefit from Xeons or ECC or FirePros is marginal and good chunk of those who think they need those, don't. That's not to say those people don't exist, just that for most uses these make no difference - even less in something like iMac.
I'm sure the designers and QA engineers will completely rethink their processes based on your gut feeling.
Can you say throttle?
you can't write a novel on the ipad pro, so what kind of important work are you talking about?
I believe the throttling issue only occurred on the 2014 5K iMacs. My late 2015 5K 4 GHz i7 does not.
Here's a video that subjects the 2014 and 2015 to various GPU and CPU stress tests.
Out of curiosity, why would you believe someone couldn't write a novel on an iPad Pro.
Humans have been writing novels since the time we learned to write with our hands, and once we had the printing press it was all over. We've been publishing written work since the Middle Ages. Some of literary best works were written without anything more than a typewriter. GRR Martin writes on an old 386.
A writer of any kind could very well work with an iPad Pro.
Yeah, well, neither are you the average user who is targeted with the Mac Pro/iMac Pro ...
You getting your Mac Pro was way overkill in the first place. Because, you're right: you can easily do all this on an iPad. Don't even need an iPad "Pro" (hell, my hubby is doing all this on his Air 2)Let's talk again if you need "real" software...like...say...CAD, or...dunno...Matlab? But assuming by what you posted above, you probably didn't even know these exist
Pfft. Oh you modernists with your fancy typewriters and 386 gadgets and iPad Pro doodles. Where does that get you? Everyone knows you can't woo a woman without a quill and ink.
Kindly,
Wm. Shakespeare
Did you mean to post this in the Samsung forum?
My personal guilty pleasure: walking to the store to buy that iMac (not likely....most definitely getting Mac Pro) in front of hipster kids as I watch them self-shame for only getting mediocre iMac and looking at me with "whoa" expression.