There's one for sale locally and two prices are listed along with the word, "Asking". Were there any issues with these models and what would be a reasonable price to offer? These things were apparently about $7K purchased from Apple and I guess they've dropped a lot in value.
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Reasonable price for 2017 iMac Pro, 18-Core, 64 GB RAM
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There's a base iMac Pro about an hour away for $1,900 which is much more inline with what I'd expect but a regular 2020 iMac 27 would be a better purchase as the RAM is user-upgradable.
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The 8 core 2020 iMac 27 is probably faster than the 8 core iMac Pro too, the 10 core 2020 definitely is. The higher end GPU options are also better in the 2020.
The two are related. Apple replaced the RAM door on the 27" iMac with a vent for the cooling system (they also added an extra fan).I suppose it does depend what your doing with it.
An iMac Pro doesn't sound like an airplane when the gpu/cpu kicks in (apparently).
I didn't realise the ram wasn't user upgradeable in the pro.....
I wouldn't say the 2020 sounds like an airplane but you can definitely hear it.
I suppose it does depend what your doing with it.
An iMac Pro doesn't sound like an airplane when the gpu/cpu kicks in (apparently).
I didn't realise the ram wasn't user upgradeable in the pro.....
From Everymac: Compared to the "regular" 27-Inch iMac models that this iMac Pro complements, the iMac Pro not only has a dark "Space Gray" housing, but also has a much faster and more advanced architecture and graphics architecture as well as faster memory and storage and additional connectivity, but is much more difficult to upgrade, an unfortunate -- and unnecessary -- limitation for a "professional" system.
I don't need it but it would simplify my desktop into one system. I have three desktops, a custom Windows desktop, M1 mini, 2009 iMac tied together with Synergy KM for my trading workstation. I have my pro trading programs on the Windows desktop with 2 4k monitors. It's an i7-10700 with 128 GB RAM. I do office and analysis stuff on the M1 mini (wish it had more RAM), and watch videos and personal stuff on the iMac. A big iMac or iMac Pro that could drive 3 4k monitors could replace all of the computers.
I am noticing more iMacs for sale (from 2009 to 2020) - it appears that many are planning to upgrade to Apple Silicon big iMacs which are rumored in March. I was considering selling my Intel MacBook Pros last year around May ahead of the expected WWDC release of the Apple Silicon MacBook Pros. And I have run into people that did sell ahead of that event. Only to be without a system when there was no announcement.
Another option would be to just get a 2020 MacBook Pro M1 MAX to drive the 3x4k + 2009 iMac 27 via Target Display Mode. What I'd like is an M1 MAX iMac 27 or mini with 64 GB of RAM.
What's a bit funny is that 2 M1 minis have the CPU horsepower of the iMac Pro 18-core. Not the GPU of course but two minis could drive four 4k displays. The weakness of the M1 systems is that you can only get 16 GB of RAM with them.