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The iMac Pro is starting to seem pretty redundant even with this slight spec boost. If you upgrade the new 27" iMac to the same specs, you can get a faster mac
by cactus2093 6y ago
The iMac Pro is starting to seem pretty redundant even with this slight spec boost.
If you upgrade the new 27" iMac to the same specs, you can get a faster machine than the base model $4999 iMac pro for $900 less - it's a faster clock speed 10-core processor, better performing GPU with Radeon 5700 XT 16GB (as opposed to Vega 64 8GB), and same 32GB RAM and 10Gb ethernet and 1TB SSD for that price.
The iMac pro has even further upgrade options that the iMac doesn't, but still, I wouldn't expect a $5k non-upgradeable pro machine like that to be underspecced. It'll also be interesting to see some teardowns of the new iMac and compare actual benchmarks between these machines, the iMac Pro might still have better thermals that lets the cpu/gpu perform better in the real world.
- ogre_codes 6y agoParticularly when you consider they didn't even add the anti-glare display upgrade to the iMac Pro. It seems likely the iMac Pro will go its entire life with only this one small processor bump before it's retired.
- gowld 6y agoThey probably decided having a iMac Pro was pointless when it could just be the upgraded iMac. It made sense for a little while before the iMac screens were upgraded to 5k.
- woobar 6y ago5K iMac was introduced in 2014, several years before iMac Pro. I think the point of iMac Pro was to fill the gap while the new Mac Pro was in development.
- scarface74 6y agoActually, the iMac Pro was going to be the only “Pro” Mac until they had a change of heart.