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iMac Pro Now Available(apple.com)

almost 6 years ago from Eduard Giménez, Co-founder & CTO at Emtrics

  • John PJohn P, almost 6 years ago

    People keep speccing up machines and saying this is actually good value for money. The reality is if you could spec up anything you'd never build this machine because it's not actually a useful build especially in such a heat constrained space.

    E.g almost no one needs ECC ram. Thunderbolt is pretty worthless outside of the Mac space. You'd likely go with Threadripper over Xeon, you'd definitely go with 1-3 Nvidia GPUs over any AMD (especially a LOL 8Gb one) if doing 3D work.

    Can't see any point to this unless you are one of the dying breed of Final Cut editors or an extremely wealthy iOS dev.

    8 points
    • Account deleted almost 6 years ago

      This machine was simply an answer to the people who claimed apple didn't care about power users. It is designed to shut them up until a proper mac pro comes.

      6 points
      • Marc EdwardsMarc Edwards, almost 6 years ago

        an answer to the people who claimed apple didn't care about power users

        Apple are very lucky they’re also releasing a 2018 Mac Pro, or the power users you’re talking about would rip this product to shreds.

        The iMac Pro is a very, very nice Mac, and if you want these parts, it is good value for money. The display is second to none. It is the fastest Mac ever released.

        But, this is not what most pro developers, 3D artists and video editors want. They want a box like the cheese grater Mac Pros, with replaceable and upgradable ram, drives and GPUs. Not just to prolong the life of the machine via upgrades, but also for fast replacements if something fails while it is in service. Most also want consumer GPUs (1080 Ti etc). I agree with John P that ECC ram isn’t a requirement, and using non-ECC ram would make the machine cheaper and faster. If you were building a video rig PC, you likely wouldn't bother with ECC ram.

        This isn’t rocket science. A thin, thermally challenged, but good looking Mac with no user swappable parts is not what pros want, it’s just what Apple is selling.

        At least they got the keyboard right, and space grey looks stunning for an iMac.

        9 points
        • Account deleted almost 6 years ago

          Apart from the usual apple fanboys, they basically are ripping this product to shreds...

          2 points
        • Joe AlfonsoJoe Alfonso, almost 6 years ago

          They want a box like the cheese grater Mac Pros

          Opening up those boxes was a dream. They were some of the nicest cases to mess around with.

          2 points
          • Marc EdwardsMarc Edwards, almost 6 years ago

            Yeah, so good! I realise the need for change, but I hope they end up with a similar design. It really was exactly what most pros wanted.

            0 points
    • Dexter W, almost 6 years ago

      The negativity for Final Cut is not a strong argument anymore. Real time 4K rendering on low end Macs, magnetic timeline, H.265 editing, files that don't corrupt themselves, $300 price to own it instead of $50 / month.

      Final Cut is to Premiere as a super powered Sketch is to Photoshop.

      0 points