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iMac Pro Now Available to Order With 8 to 18 Cores and Prices Ranging From $4,999 to $13,199
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System builders have a place in the ecosystem, but they’re mainly for hardware nerds that are able to troubleshoot and are comfortable opening up their systems.
I’d pay the extra $2000 in a second to have an HP, Dell or Lenovo workstation that has the necessary service and support. Over the 3 year life of the machine, you’re talking $50/month difference. In the corporate/enterprise world, it’s a no-brainer.
There isn't one of those vehicles that you mentioned that can't be upgraded in one way or another. Not one.
To use your own words, "Do try to keep up!"
Interesting tidbit from this article: https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/201...ilable-heres-how-people-are-already-using-it/
"We saw the software demonstrated on an iMac Pro with two external GPU enclosures but were not told which GPUs were housed in those enclosures. EGPUs are clearly a part of Apple's strategy for extremely high-end applications, though.
The viewport was in native 4K as a portion of the screen, and we saw images that made heavy use of depth of field, reflections, transparency, and other rendering techniques that are very taxing. The EGPUs were the focus here; the presenter said that Cinema 4D's performance scales linearly as more EGPUs are added."
I think your guess is wrong. I expect a late 2018 release with immediate availability.
May be (for equivalent configuration), if you don't also buy a monitor (i.e. you have one sitting around)
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Ah, yes, the famed HP support where they told me that my constantly blue-screening desktop was not eligible for service unless I wiped the hard drive to its original state; installing software (MS office, etc.) made things too confusing for their little brains.
I'd consider the base to replace my loaded 2009 Mac Pro, but the non-user upgradable memory nixes it for me. Buying a system for that much and having to commit to how much memory I'd need for the 5+ years I'd want to keep it is a deal breaker (at least until we find out how easy/hard it is to upgrade later).
Kudos though for offering a VESA Mount Adapter Kit from the get go, which has been my other concern as the 27" iMac would sit too high on my desk so I'd want a Mount so I could have it lower.
Kudos though for offering a VESA Mount Adapter Kit from the get go, which has been my other concern as the 27" iMac would sit too high on my desk so I'd want a Mount so I could have it lower.
I think you're much closer to what will happen, but I'd think WWDC would be the perfect time and place to introduce a new MP.
For a historical perspective, if you look at all of the top-of-the-line Macs models stretching back to the late 1980s, the asking prices have typically been in the $4k-$19k range (base model and full-spec, respectively, adjusted for inflation).
So whatever you may say about how much the iMac Pro costs, it's not out of line from what Apple has always charged for their highest-performance products.
...not that I could ever afford one of these.
So whatever you may say about how much the iMac Pro costs, it's not out of line from what Apple has always charged for their highest-performance products.
...not that I could ever afford one of these.
I don't see Apple cannibalizing this that quickly. I don't see a Mac Pro coming anytime soon and hoesntly and when it does it will cost even more than this.
That's what amazes me. The components are already out there, the PC community has already designed things like cases and power supplies. All Apple has to do is modify the ROM's to be Apple specific and there you go. A workable modular computer at a fraction of the cost that Apple appears to be spending on the process. I guess when you have money to burn (close to 1 Trillion capital worth) a few hundred million (a guess) doesn't seem like all that much.
I hope you're right! It's not like I need one, but I'd consider buying one just to support the idea. And might retire my current 5,1.
After the sale?
You mean, like putting new air freshener in, or changing the floormats?
A release at WWDC would be nice. If not, then a pre-announcement like they did with the iMac Pro wouldn’t be too much to ask.
How long now until we're able to write that about iPhone pricing?
Well I spent $1000 on my first car and the new iPhone X is $1319 (both prices in Canadian). So...
However, there has been a little bit of a resurgence with the Arduino & Raspberry Pi people.
No, I mean like higher performance tires, super or turbochargers, freer flowing air cleaners, short or long tube headers to enhance the airflow through the engine. And this is just a VERY small list of upgrades one can do to any one of the vehicles you mentioned.
And don't try to say you meant while under warranty or about EPA regs. That is changing the narrative of your initial post. You made a definitive, undefined statement that was false.
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I wonder what, if any, changes Apple made to the display compared to the regular 27" iMac. I see that feature fitting in better with the non-Pro iMac. I don't see the point of using a $5000 computer with workstation-class components as a display for a much less powerful laptop.