Opening a small plastic cover to upgrade memory doesn't need much techniques, if it was there.
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iMac Pro's RAM Can Only Be Upgraded by Apple or Authorized Service Provider
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Opening a small plastic cover to upgrade memory doesn't need much techniques, if it was there.
You might be reading into this. If you look at the conversation Phill Shiller had with the press where he talked about the Mac Pro that follows the iMac Pro, he talked about modularity like you mention, but that may mean the monitor is separate from the chassis, NOT that all the components are user upgradeable. He definitely NEVER mentioned the word 'upgradeable'. I wouldn't be surprised if the RAM, FLASH, and CPU were soldered to the motherboard and there were 3-4 slots where video and others cards could be added. This is what he might have meant by 'modular'. Time will tell. (I hope I'm wrong)
It means, you can upgrade it. Will it looks like a regular gray tower? Probably not. Snap-together modules? Maybe.
I made this mistake once and I won't make it again. I bought a Mac Pro 2013 and it was around $6K without monitors. There are really fast Thunderbolt 3 RAIDs out that are about 3X faster than my Thunderbolt 2 RAID, but I can't use them because my Mac Pro can't be upgraded to Thunderbolt 3. There are GPUs that are light years faster than my FirePro D700s, but I can't upgrade to them.
What's a joke is the fastest Mac for pro apps is a 2010 Mac Pro with a GeForce GTX 1080 Ti video card. http://barefeats.com/hic2_nv_vs_vega.html
So no, I won't be spending $5K and up on this iMac even though I'm ready to upgrade. I'm going to see if Apple delivers a modular Mac next year and evaluate that. If not, I'm going to be using Adobe Creative Suite on a Windows 10 PC, the first Windows PC I'll have in over ten years.
What's a joke is the fastest Mac for pro apps is a 2010 Mac Pro with a GeForce GTX 1080 Ti video card. http://barefeats.com/hic2_nv_vs_vega.html
So no, I won't be spending $5K and up on this iMac even though I'm ready to upgrade. I'm going to see if Apple delivers a modular Mac next year and evaluate that. If not, I'm going to be using Adobe Creative Suite on a Windows 10 PC, the first Windows PC I'll have in over ten years.
I imagine most would rather keep the warranty so if something goes wrong, they could get it fixed quickly, without argument, and get on with their work.
People here talk about "Pros" and upgrading but in my experience, the people who work with these daily drivers in professional work don't get a stiffy from upgrading their machine or even particularly care. They just want something that is already configured with the least effort possible, works reliably, and has great support if it does go wrong.
For the professionals who really do need a modular machine (and there are plenty of those too, don't get me wrong), Apple have already stated that will be coming. So either camp will be pleased. I honestly don't get the hate for the iMac Pro around here.
I'm not sure i understand this line of thinking. A "pro" in the context of this article is someone that uses this machine for their work purposes. What makes these people any more likely to need/want to upgrade their machines than any other computer users. I think that the kind of people that have such intensive spec needs that would want to be upgrading ram would also be the same people that would want faster processors/etc.... and thus would just be getting a newer iMac. Don't most studies show that very few people actually upgrade RAM>?
Then buy the regular 27" iMac or wait for the new modular Mac Pro. I just don't see the point of people hating on a machine that doesn't fit their needs and/or budget. And from what I've seen of the inside, that RAM door would have meant design changes. And I'm sure the thermal system and ventilation was priority over the needs of a small section of an already small section of the Mac user base.
This is one of the many reasons I'll be passing on this over-priced beast!
At that price range, I would rather build my own Hackintosh.
Depends on what you need. At work, I use a Macbook pro that's 2 or 3 years old -- but we would jump for a macbook pro that has 32gb of RAM if Apple would just make it.
No doubt. I hope that at least comes with a reach-around.
They must buy their RAM from Hermès.
No thanks... DOA for me. I'll wait till the mac pros....
People who don't want to pay $2400 for 96GB of RAM.
Why can't you just download more RAM through the App Store...
Apple makes their Mac products more and more anti-consumer every year. It's really sad.
And the same people that are up in arms about net neutrality seem to be the ones that love locked-down, non-upgradeable/repairable Apple hardware, permanent iOS updates, etc...
ECC 2666mhz ddr4 is not cheap, even a 128gb kit 4x32 from B&H is over $1650 vs 2400 from apple. still $700 over retail, but seems less than the usual double price on ram.
Lol. So 3 years after I got my iMac Apple is happy to sell me one that is only double the speed for nearly double the price, but even less upgradability. No thanks! I remember the years when in 3 years you got double the speed for half the price.
Lots and lots of pros upgrade their Windows PCs. You can upgrade everything, including the CPU.
I have a desktop computer, a Mac Pro, that I've had for about 3.5 years. My GPUs are out-of-date and slow compared to the latest. My pro software will be much, much faster if I simply swap out the GPUs I have with new ones. The cost of upgrading would be anywhere from $500-$1,000 depending on the new GPU that I get, versus $5K for a bare-bones iMac Pro that would be slower?
This is the #1 issue, IMHO, that makes a lot of pros go to Windows PCs. I know three who were on Macs and switched to Windows PC for DaVinci Resolve, Autodesk Maya, and Adobe's suite in the last two years.
Comes with a voucher for the $9999 iTunes track of Tim Cook belly laughing for 5 min straight. For an additional $3999 you get the video.