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New iMacs With Up to Xeon E3 Processors, 64GB RAM, AMD Graphics, and Thunderbolt 3 Rumored for Late October
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But Apple can easily provide both. A "Pro" laptop that puts performance #1 and a Form first design that sacrifices performance for "pretty".
it's not some zero sum game. nobody told them it must be one or the other. That's just bad leadership who believes that this is some "win or lose" thing
Tim Cook, for all his business smarts, has seemed lost regarding what PC users are looking for in a computer.
There's a place in Apple's linup for the "macBook, which focuses on "form" and the "MacBook Pro" to focus on function. Apple just lost the plot in the last 5 years and believed that everyone would be happy with "form first"
More stop-gap nonsense from Cook's clueless minions. As others mentioned the iMac chassis can't handle the high heat loads from a pro-level CPU and GPU, it's not modular or upgradeable, and the display is fixed. Other than that, it's a great idea!
I gotta call BS on this rumor.... at least in terms of the XEON E3 in the iMac. I don't believe the Xeon E3 they talk about offers any serious boost to computing compared to the current i7-7770k, but the 2H '17 version i7-8770k might be impressive and outstrip the Xeon E3.
People have already discussed how the Xeon would need a special redesign of the iMac to allow cooling (possible, but improbable).
Stamp this with a happy hoof, because it's total BS underfoot in a desperate rampage for good news.
People have already discussed how the Xeon would need a special redesign of the iMac to allow cooling (possible, but improbable).
Stamp this with a happy hoof, because it's total BS underfoot in a desperate rampage for good news.
Hoping for new radically redisigned iMac soon as my late BTO 2009 27' i7 is on its last breath...
Most users won't care at all what graphics card is inside. As long as it works they will be happy. As long as it drives at least 2 5K external screens or 1X8K or something like that that will be more than happy.
So carry on griping but think about that little point as you do.
Ok.
Guess it's finally there, THE update on my late (still going on and on but so tired..) 2009 iMac.
Guess it's finally there, THE update on my late (still going on and on but so tired..) 2009 iMac.
Well it just seems like in the last couple of years, they've had trouble catering to both consumer and professional simultaneously. And that's surprising given how much resources Apple has. It seems home consumers have been the focus of their attention at the expense of professional users since the OS X Lion days. I'm just hoping the pendulum doesn't swing all the way the other way where it's all professional stuff with huge price tags. There's zero reasons why they can't target both audiences and be the best at both.Less than a week ago everyone is worrying that Apple is abandoning professionals, now there's worry that Apple is abandoning consumers. So ironic how quickly that reversed
I don't get it. Apple is one of the wealthiest, if not the wealthiest, companies in the world, and all we seem to get are rumors and promises of hardware to come "later this year" rather than actual products. Wasn't the new MBPro announcement about 5 months ago, when they told us how important the Mac was to Apple? Why does Apple seem to have such trouble producing computer products?
This'll be very good if true, a couple of all in one iMac copies have Xeon CPU options on the workstation versions, so this would be pretty welcome with the iMac, wonder how it'll fair against the next Microsoft Studio?
More likely, IMO, Apple is looking to Intel to Fab some ARM Silicon after 2018. So, they want to stay in a good relationship. More corporate politics than price IMO.
Fully agree. There are only two reasons to use Xeons: (1)you want ECC memory, or (2)you're building a multi-CPU system (i.e. multiple CPUs, not just multi-core on a single CPU).
Apart from those, using expensive Xeons makes no sense.
Something is definitely not correct with this report. According to this from Intel:
https://ark.intel.com/products/family/97141/Intel-Xeon-Processor-E3-v6-Family#@Server
The 1275 is equivalent to the 1280 but adds the P630 graphics. If the new iMac does in fact use an unannounced 1285 it would be a faster clocked version of the 1275, with a base clock somewhere between 4GHz and the 4.2GHz of the i7-7700K.
If Apple is going to stick with intel (instead of AMD) these processors make a lot of sense. They are essentially the i7s with ECC Memory and slightly more energy efficient (73W instead of ~91W).
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These Xeon E3 chips are more energy efficient than the i7 equivalent and provide ECC Memory.
You guys don't realize what this line is. It's basically an i7 with ECC support - critical for the folks this is aimed at. These particular xeons do not allow for multisocketed systems; they are meant for workstations and low/midrange single socket servers.
So looks like Apple is going to aim the "iMac Pro" at current iMac users who run software that can benefit from ECC memory and workstation-class GPUs with their less-aggressive (and more stable) drivers but do not need "extreme" CPU and GPU performance.
For those customers, the new Mac Pro will be the preferred choice with Xeons offering 8, 12 or more cores and higher-spec workstation-class GPUs.
For those customers, the new Mac Pro will be the preferred choice with Xeons offering 8, 12 or more cores and higher-spec workstation-class GPUs.
Or youre running a server. Actually all of our workstations here at work use Xeons...not sure which flavor though.
ME TOO!good - I was about to get a new iMac since my 7 year old iMac is starting to have issues, ... guess I will wait until end of the year