I always wanted the dark keyboard. But not at the price they want for it.
Got a tip for us?
Let us know
Become a MacRumors Supporter for $50/year with no ads, ability to filter front page stories, and private forums.
iMac Pro Officially Discontinued, Removed From Apple's Site and No Longer Available for Purchase
- Thread starter MacRumors
- Start date
- Sort by reaction score
The iMac Pro has been officially discontinued as of this afternoon, with the machine no longer available for purchase from the online Apple Store.
The iMac Pro went out of stock in the United States and other countries earlier today, and now, the iMac Pro page has been removed entirely from Apple's website.
With the iMac Pro page eliminated, there is no longer an option to buy an iMac Pro in the United States or in any other country, and the machine is no longer listed in the Apple Store app, nor does a search bring up iMac Pro listings.
Apple has also changed the Mac compatibility filter for the iMac Pro to say "2017" instead of "2017 and later," making it clear that there will be no more iMac Pro models in the future.
Apple first announced plans to discontinue the iMac Pro in early March, and said at the time that the iMac Pro would be available for purchase "while supplies last," but supplies have apparently dried up.
Though Apple has removed the iMac Pro from its website following its discontinuation, there are still a variety of iMac Pro models available from Apple's refurbished store.
Apple recommends that users who are looking for a high-end Mac choose the 27-inch iMac, which was last refreshed in August 2020. The current 27-inch iMac configured with a 10-core Core i9 processor is faster and more affordable than the standard iMac Pro with a 10-core Xeon W processor was.
Apple is also working on a redesigned iMac that will feature slimmer bezels, a Pro Display XDR-style design, and Apple silicon chips, so those who are seeking a powerful desktop machine may want to late until the new iMac models come out later this year before making a purchase.
Article Link: iMac Pro Officially Discontinued, Removed From Apple's Site and No Longer Available for Purchase
You cant still buy a refreshed iMacPro on Apple’s site, which comes with a 1 year warranty.
Refurbished Mac - iMac Pro
Save up to 15% on refurbished Mac notebooks and computers. Every refurbished Mac is tested and certified by Apple and includes a one-year warranty. Free delivery and returns.
www.apple.com
In fairness I think the thrust of the comment was fair. I think a computer that costs around 20% of national average salaries in most western style economies is a fair statement. That does not mean it is not good value. But simple economics dictates it is too expensive for the majority if computer buyers. But then again it is not designed or priced with them in mind. I think that is the point that was being made. And I agree. The Mac Pro is a marvel. But is overngineers and thus costly if all you need to do is upgrade RAM and storage. The lack of any other upgradable option in the Mac Ecosystem By definition makes it an expensive choice. Because there are lots of value added extras that are not needed!
Yes, I hope all the engineering flows down to the consumer line of iMacs when they get upgraded to Apple silicon.
Yeah, my iMac Pro developed the dust under the screen issue this past year.. about 1" x 2" of moire smudge in the lower right corner. Putting off AppleCare repair... have until May 23 expiration. Crazy that iMac/iMac Pro have this issue - which some reports say can be simply cleaned during disassembly but that the service centers insist on shipping it to Apple and/or installing an entirely new display. Just shouldn't happen in the first place. :-(
got to spread body positivity buddy. Also fat chicks are very generous when you give them validation and gym support 😉
As I recall, the rumor over at the Mac Pro forum was that the iMac Pro was going to replace the cylinder Mac Pro. Not a stop gap. Apple then did a 180 and returned to the tower form factor after getting an ear full from the pro industry.
Last edited:
Which GPU were they supposed to use? The 5700XT isn’t any faster than the Vega 64X and the Vega II from the Mac Pro was not going to fit in the iMac Pro’s thermal envelope.
Truth be told, the iMac Pro is as much a victim of Intel’s mediocrity, muddled Xeon-W strategy and ever shifting “Socket of the Month Club” and AMD’s success in the CPU space and failures in the GPU shipping space.
Do you mind if I ask what you need an Intel based workflow for specifically? Genuinely curious, not trying to poke any bears, I'm interested to see what Intel specific needs mac users might want as I imagine it's mainly virtualisation. I came to realise that basically all of the computationally intensive stuff I do on my mac for work will have apple silicon native versions by the time I upgrade from my Mac Pro (mainly Matlab, some Excel and some Photoshop) but although I have some business critical things that I need Windows for and run in a virtual machine, they're not computationally intensive at all and even if I had to run an emulated version at 25% of what I can now, I'm unlikely to ever notice any difference. Why would you want to buy a high end Mac Pro now rather than a (hypothetical) Pro level Silicon M machine?
They explicitly stated an Mac Pro was still in the works when the iMac Pro was introduced....
Back in the 68k days of the Mac II series RAM was soldered on with an additional RAM slot (or 2, or 4, or 8).
In many systems the slots allowed for faster RAM so people would build RAM disks to eat up the soldered memory.
If Apple went this route, the soldered RAM would be faster so the OS would need to be designed to factor in what RAM is using what.
Yes Indeed. Windows and Linux project VMs.
Plus some additional side hobby stuff which includes some legacy hardware that’s unlikely to be upgraded to support Big Sur or will be a PITA to upgrade due to plugin compatibility.
AS is the future - no doubt about that. And it will be amazing and a fair bit cheaper I’m sure. I’d just rather wait it out and have it all ‘just work’ than spend time playing hunt the thimble to iron out the kinks or find workarounds. Unless I’m being paid to fix it - I don’t want to waste time the to the IT. That’s why I moved to Mac in the first place. I got sick of continually having to tinker and tweak with windows (though admittedly it has gotten a LOT better). I just prefer to run Windows in a VM on a Mac. So apply ‘overkill’ to the spec so I don’t suffer on performance. Works for me anyway.
oh and why now? - rather than wait? Well because I can and don’t want to. Plus there are some big incentives next tax year for me to ‘invest’ plus a hefty discount. Add it all together and i’d be daft not to.
The same incentives may not be around when the AS MP lands. The cost is negligible in grand scheme of things. Besides the savings will probably pay for the AS MP - so i’ll basically get to upgrade to that for free lol
Last edited:
It is too expensive for the vast majority of people. The OP was 100% correct
It’s not like the iMac Pro was conceived overnight either. My best guess is that the iMac Pro was meant to be an upgrade to the trash can Mac Pro, which Apple realised they could not update in any meaningful fashion, at the time when they first came up with the idea of one.
The HomePod Mini is doing more than fine. The market voted with their wallets.
Why does the iMac "need" a revamped industrial design?
The Mac Mini has changed dramatically internally, but many customers have told Apple that they want the Mini to keep the exact same form factor (such as businesses and hosting providers who have racking solutions for minis)
What are you even talking about? The recent ad campaign from Intel? 😂
