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iMac Pro No Longer Custom Configurable, Available 'While Supplies Last'

baryon said:
This is how Apple treats Pro desktops: Make sure it costs astronomically more than your already astronomically expensive computers. Then just let it sit for 5+ years without ever updating or upgrading it, leading to the ironic situation in which new low end laptops are now more powerful. Then discontinue it and never talk about it again. Looking at the Trash Can Mac Pro, the current Mac Pro, the iMac Pro...
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Do yo remember the 20th Anniversary Macintosh?
 
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anshuvorty said:
I did say this some time ago and even when the iMac Pro was first announced....this product is/was a stop-gap for the redesigned Mac Pro...to fill the "Pro"/"Enthusiast" niche....this is just adding more fuel to the fire/adding more evidence to the fact that this is going to become an obsolete/discontinued product in the pretty near future....

Adding to the fire is also the evidence that Mark Gurman claims that a "mini Mac Pro" is in the works as well....there is just no room for a workstation-class machine that isn't modular as well in Apple's desktop Macs....
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For a stop gap it has survived very long. Mini Mac Pro will likely follow iMac Pro and MP2013 having no or very internal expansion. Why have bulky MP when you are connected to a server for compute and storage?
 
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opeter said:
Well, I would like to see 3 different sizes of the iMac... there should be a 23/24" version, than a standard sized 27" and for the users, who want bigger screens, something between 30-32".
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Sizes will obviously be under discussion but I think Apple should stick to 24" 4.6K Retina resolution as a unifying model rather than splinter the range further - 27" 5k could be reserved for higher performance SKUs. 21.5" is now a bit of a budget size and 32" would end up as a 6K size which I think will be reserved for connecting to Pro Macs.
 
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HDFan said:
One explanation of the massive performance increase of the M1 is the SOC - cpu, memory and gpu all on one chip.

What will Apple do for the Pro systems on ARM? Adding the cores (28?) may be feasible on the SOC, but

1. How will they support up to 1.5 TB of memory?

2. How will they support the performance equivalent of 2 graphics cards, 64 GB each?

It seems that these will have to be separate modules.

Now there is a gap between the iMac and the Mac Pro with the iMac Pro high end configurations gone. I hope it doesn't take a year to fill the gap.
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IIRC there was a rumour of apple sticking with intel for the mac pros for a while.

Anyway, given their recent pace of refreshing the pro line, they still have several years to figure it out.
 
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The additional explanation for this is that the production line for the iMac Pro (and current iMac?) is being wound down, ready to start production of the new iMac. They will no doubt be expecting strong demand for the new iMac and will need as much capacity as they can find.
 
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any more news regarding the March event ? the supposed March 16 rumor was debunked by Mark Gurman but he was also very careful with his words as to not disregard any march product launch. I haven't been that much excited since the iPod Nano when I was a kid :p
 
iMac Pro still more reliable now than the current iMac with rx Series display glitches
Specially with the 5700 series
Current iMac 2020 crap
 
Anonymous Freak said:
Yeah, you can configure the "regular" iMac to be equal or better in every spec for $900 less - other than only having 2 Thunderbolt 3 ports instead of 4.

Also, the iMac Pro can't run the 6K display‽ While the iMac with Radeon 5700 can run *TWO* of them?!
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If only you can configure the color to be space grey. Not that a pro should care but...
 
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Rudy69 said:
Given the age of it...It's almost highway robbery to still sell that at full retail price.
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THIS!!!

Why on earth will someone pay full price for a machine released a couple of years ago - but even more so now that its obvious they are clearing stocks for either a new model, or to discontinue the line?!
Surely if they want to clear stock the most obvious thing to do is reduce the price?!
 
zombierunner said:
People who bought the iMac Pro and also the Mac Pros new and previous versions have been burnt very bad by Apple.
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They were the best Macs Apple had to offer at the time.

Was Apple supposed to not offer M1 Macs just to avoid obsoleting existing hardware? At the time the 2019 Mac Pro was released, rumours were already circulating of Apple working on their own custom processors. So people were investing in them at their own risk.
 
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Abazigal said:
They were the best Macs Apple had to offer at the time.

Was Apple supposed to not offer M1 Macs just to avoid obsoleting existing hardware? At the time the 2019 Mac Pro was released, rumours were already circulating of Apple working on their own custom processors. So people were investing in them at their own risk.
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I’ll have to agree with you on this one. It’s not like apple hasn’t been transparent on the transition, for a change. Anyone not absolutely needing a new mac right now should wait to see what’s coming up next.
 
rorschach said:
Not shocking.

I’m pretty sure that most of the people who need that powerful of a machine and are willing to spend that much money also want it to be upgradable.
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How are you "sure" of that? Just FYI, your personal preferences are not shared by everyone (or even a majority).
 
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sublunar said:
Sizes will obviously be under discussion but I think Apple should stick to 24" 4.6K Retina resolution as a unifying model rather than splinter the range further - 27" 5k could be reserved for higher performance SKUs. 21.5" is now a bit of a budget size and 32" would end up as a 6K size which I think will be reserved for connecting to Pro Macs.
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Yeah... Let's wait for what Apple will decide.
 
Abazigal said:
They were the best Macs Apple had to offer at the time.

Was Apple supposed to not offer M1 Macs just to avoid obsoleting existing hardware? At the time the 2019 Mac Pro was released, rumours were already circulating of Apple working on their own custom processors. So people were investing in them at their own risk.
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Apple is not "obsoleting existing hardware." Non-M Macs will continue to function, and future versions of MacOS will continue to support them.
 
baryon said:
This is how Apple treats Pro desktops: Make sure it costs astronomically more than your already astronomically expensive computers. Then just let it sit for 5+ years without ever updating or upgrading it, leading to the ironic situation in which new low end laptops are now more powerful. Then discontinue it and never talk about it again. Looking at the Trash Can Mac Pro, the current Mac Pro, the iMac Pro...
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And my Mac Iici (and my friend's two Mac IIfx computers). I've got an extra 10 MHz NuBus slot and nothing to populate it with. Hark, I am so steamed. :(
 
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