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iMac Pro May Feature Intel's Server-Grade 'Purley' Processors, ARM Coprocessor
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Each time there's a major product release I let my Apple guys know ahead of time that I'll take a fully spec'd one. They place the order, holding my place in line, and bill it. Nothing has been billed yet but I'll receive it on day-1, which is nice.
Some professional applications are only available for Windows, so I wonder will the iMac Pro have the official Boot Camp option. Anybody got any info on this topic? Some time ago I was helping to develop the better Windows driver for Magic Trackpad 2, it would be nice if iMac Pro supports Windows via Boot Camp, so that our ExtraMagic driver can still be used with that new space grey Magic Trackpad 2))
I don't think they'll sober the RAM to the motherboard, but they don't have to include an easy access door to get to the ram. From what everyone has been suggesting, RAM won't be (easily) user upgradeable.
and apple lower the cost after intel is forced to cut there when AMD is kicking there as in xeon cpu area.
So the current i7 iMac's fans go off like crazy with nothing near a "pro" use and they are telling me they will put in an efing Xeon and not expect jet noises all of the time? Unless its liquid cooling, an i7 is an overkill on both imac and macbook pro, just becuase o crappy heat dissipation in the form factor.
There is a tipping point with all in ones both for price and performance, where it just doesn't make sense and it would be better to have a modular computer (i.e. a proper Mac Pro or a PC). Personally if it costs more than £3k then it stops being worthwhile - I'd rather just build a PC and put a 5k monitor on that. At £5K, I could have 2 x 5K monitors plus a fast PC.
Apple's Pro software is optimised for AMD. The next Mac Pro, by the sounds of it, will be the way to go for Mac users who want nvidia/CUDA.
[edit: beaten to it by several dozen ppl. lol.]
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Sadly this is true. They have so much money and resources they could have a team create a new Mac Pro in about 2 weeks and have it in production two after that, which is why it's hilarious.
I honestly think they tossed around ideas to make the iMac's Space Gray and Gold, and somehow it went off on a tangent that in order to get that color it needs to be on an iMac "Pro" and they worked into it somehow.
For a consumer, yes, but.... The consumer that can afford it for non-business isn't going to care about being "trapped." They'll give it to their maid when the update comes and feel like they did a good deed. A consumer really doesn't need a machine like this. They may want one, but different subject.
The key demo for this is businesses, whether one person shop or more. They will either lease it and deduct the lease payments as a business expense and embed the remaining cost of ownership into their rates or they will buy it and depreciate it and embed the remaining cost of ownership into their rates. Business that can't do this either won't buy one or will buy one and soon be out of business.
No, the iMac Pro was originally designed to replace the Mac Pro. Then they got so much hate from the community they released the iMac Pro with a withering promise of shipping a Mac Pro sometime next year (which btw may never happen).
Well, ever since 2014 and 5K iMac, there were a lot of problems. From image retention due to heat, all the way up to throttling. Not to mention fan noise that is right there in your face and ears.
So yea, it's safe to say that apple kinda has a problem with that.
No. Apple announced the iMac Pro and the modular Mac Pro at the same time at the end of April/early May. They specifically stated the iMac would be ready at the end of the 2017 (read December), and the Modular Mac Pro would be ready in 2018 (likely December of 2018).
The one thing I do believe is, Apple had been tossing around the idea of just cancelling the Pro line-up, and at least one senior Apple executive told them vacating the pro segment would be a disaster. Knowing the current Mac Pro design is awful, and they wanted to get something out quickly, they shoehorned Xeon parts into the current iMac form factor. That would give the R&D team extra time to design and produce a legit modular Mac Pro for 2018.
But...the modular Mac Pro was definitely going to happen...
All the wrong hardware for a very wrong price. I feel bad for anyone who thinks this is a good purchase.
The things you can do with "starting at $4,999":
1. Buy a specced out Macbook Pro.
2. Build a workstation (PC or Hackintosh) that actually has the best parts for your needs (like an adult), i.e., Skylake-X/Threadripper/Ryzen/Broadwell-E CPU, Vega/Titan GPU, SSDs, RAM, etc.
3. Purchase whatever else you might need, i.e., monitor, peripherals, etc.
4. Buy an ice cream cone.
5. Save the remaining large sum of unspent money for products that actually aren't terrible.
The things you can do with "starting at $4,999":
1. Buy a specced out Macbook Pro.
2. Build a workstation (PC or Hackintosh) that actually has the best parts for your needs (like an adult), i.e., Skylake-X/Threadripper/Ryzen/Broadwell-E CPU, Vega/Titan GPU, SSDs, RAM, etc.
3. Purchase whatever else you might need, i.e., monitor, peripherals, etc.
4. Buy an ice cream cone.
5. Save the remaining large sum of unspent money for products that actually aren't terrible.
My impression was that they aren't soldered, but as you have to open up the case to get to the slots it's classed as 'not user upgradable'. I wouldn't be surprised if an authorised technician could upgrade the RAM.
Assuming rumors are true, it is shaping up to be quite a machine. I'm curious how powerful the maxed-out version will be.
Now they need to make a proper MAC PRO and MONITORS that draft the iMac Pro's performance. The MacPro needs to go beyond the Ram 5500 qualities of the top-end iMac Pro and become a triple-trailer big rig crushing roadway to rubble as it moves.
Now they need to make a proper MAC PRO and MONITORS that draft the iMac Pro's performance. The MacPro needs to go beyond the Ram 5500 qualities of the top-end iMac Pro and become a triple-trailer big rig crushing roadway to rubble as it moves.
Maybe the coprocessor is for iDRAC
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Yeah, I do, but it really just seems like the fan control software is dumb. I've seen other Macs get very hot before the fans do anything about it. Took in my mom's MBP for that, and they said it was normal for the CPU to hit 220˚F. /shrug
I'd have it checked out. I've murdered my 15" MBP and have never experienced anything like that. I didn't check the activity monitor but will try to remember to do so when I've got that thing burning.
From what I remember, a thermal shutdown is triggered by the processor, so I'd assume that any OS X thermal limiting would need to take place before then, which to me says something isn't working/communicating properly.
They are making their entire product line more modular. With the addition of external GPU in the new OS X, you'll be able to augment any modern Apple computer to be a GPU powerhouse.
They are just making accessible products across the entire range now, from really cheap to (eventually when the MP is released) really high end, and literally everything, from pure consumption to advanced content creation can be done.
It's really everything we've ever asked for, and the iMac Pro is like the cross over point. It's powerful and it's useful for it's lifecycle and to me, that's what I want. I want a warranty and a fast enough computer with a great screen. I use my Mac to make money and when I make money I use the best tools for the job.
Imagining some type of stackable new Mac Pro will be available for people who need computation juggernauts. Hopefully those resources can be shared to other devices.
Big time! With 32 bit ARM devices deprecated the x86-64 platform is like a red headed step child deployment target. Imagine who simple our lives will be when it's all just ARM64 !