Apple’s iMac Pro, first shown off at Worldwide Developer Conference in June, goes on sale today and will deliver on Wednesday, December 27th. Apple promised its pro-level iMac would ship before the end of the year and that’s exactly what’s happening with only a couple days to spare.
The new iMac model is being touted as a machine for scientists and researchers, photographers, video editors, music producers, 3D designers, and developers.
The iMac Pro ships in one to two weeks with 8-core or 10-core Intel Xeon processors, up to 128 GB RAM, AMD Radeon Vega graphics with 8 GB or 16 GB RAM, up to 4TB SSD, four Thunderbolt 3 ports, four USB 3 ports, 10 Gb Ethernet, and a Retina 5K 27-inch display. The 14-core and 18-core processor model is coming early next year.
This is the first iMac model in Space Gray. It includes a matching Bluetooth Magic Keyboard with number pad, and Magic Mouse 2 or Magic Trackpad 2, and a matching Lightning to USB cable. Apple also says it supports up to two external 5K displays and dual RAID storage systems.
The base model includes a 3.2 GHz 8-core Intel Xeon W processor with turbo boost up to 4.2 GHz, Radeon Pro Vega 56 with 8 GB RAM, 32 GB 2666MHz ECC RAM, 1 TB SSD, and Magic Mouse 2 for US$4,999. If you want to load up the machine with 128 GB RAM, 4 TB SSD, Radeon Pro Vega 64 with 16 GB RAM, and Magic Trackpad 2 you’ll spend $10,849.
Here’s what fully loaded setups with the other processor options will cost you. We configured these systems with 128 GB RAM, 4 TB SSD, Radeon Pro Vega 64 with 16 GB RAM, and Magic Trackpad 2.
- 3.0 GHz 10-core Intel Xeon W processor with 4.5 GHz turbo boost: $11,649
- 2.5 GHz 14-core Intel Xeon W processor with 4.3 GHz turbo boost: $14,449
- 2.3 GHz 18-core Intel Xeon W processor with 4.3 GHz turbo boost: $13,249
The standard configuration 8-core and 10-core setups all deliver on December 27th or December 28th. Custom configurations are delivering in 1-2 weeks. Here’s how they price out:
- 8-core Intel Xeon W processor, Vega 64 graphics, 64 GB RAM, 1 TB SSD: $6,399
- 10-core Intel Xeon W processor, Vega 64 graphics, 64 GB RAM, 1 TB SSD: $7,199
- 10-core Intel Xeon W processor, Vega 64 graphics, 64 GB RAM, 2 TB SSD: $7,999
- 10-core Intel Xeon W processor, Vega 64 graphics, 128 GB RAM, 2 TB SSD: $9,599
What a disgrace. An embarrassment. Totally out-of-touch computing for ‘Pretty Boys’ who get their hardwood because of the ‘5-mm thin design’…. WHAT ABOUT SOMETHING that kicks ass, is upgradable, and is affordable somewhere outside of NYC or Cupertino?
On another site they used the word “prosumer”. I think that may be more accurate than they realized. It’s not necessarily the upgradeable, modular, machine that people that crank out 8k 3d rendered video all day want. But for the people doing a level below that, this might be a good option. An upgrade from the standard iMac.
Anyone got a couple of hundred spare kidneys I can sell on the black market ?
Then I’d be able to afford a fairly specced out iMac Pro (or as Mr Kheit calls it a iMac Edition)
I get to play the How Much game.
Maxed out with 18 core, max RAM, maximum drive, and all the optional software and everything else the iMac Pro would cost
drumroll
$13,926.
I’m surprised that was all. We will see what the big new Mac Pro comes in at.