Apple's 14- & 18-core iMac Pro configurations won't ship until 2018
Power users wanting the fastest possible iMac Pros will have to wait until sometime in 2018, when 14- and 18-core models will ship, according to a well-known YouTube celebrity who received an early unit.
Only 8- and 10- core models will be available when the computer launches on Dec. 14, Marques Brownlee said on Tuesday. Apple's website currently only lists 8-, 10-, and 18-core options, but Brownlee confirmed with AppleInsider that Apple plans to announce the 14-core option on Thursday.
The iMac Pro is the first part of Apple's response to professionals complaining about a lack of high-end Macs. The $4,999 entry-level model will include an 8-core processor, 32 gigabytes of RAM, and a 1-terabyte SSD, with an 8-gigabyte AMD Radeon Pro Vega 56 GPU.
Beyond faster CPUs, upgrade options will include 16-gigabyte Vega 64 GPUs, up to 128 gigabytes of RAM, and SSDs as big as 4 terabytes.
Apple is also working on a new version of the Mac Pro, which should ship sometime in 2018. Little else is known about it other than it will be modular, allowing it to be user-upgraded, unlike the iMac Pro.
Only 8- and 10- core models will be available when the computer launches on Dec. 14, Marques Brownlee said on Tuesday. Apple's website currently only lists 8-, 10-, and 18-core options, but Brownlee confirmed with AppleInsider that Apple plans to announce the 14-core option on Thursday.
The iMac Pro is the first part of Apple's response to professionals complaining about a lack of high-end Macs. The $4,999 entry-level model will include an 8-core processor, 32 gigabytes of RAM, and a 1-terabyte SSD, with an 8-gigabyte AMD Radeon Pro Vega 56 GPU.
Beyond faster CPUs, upgrade options will include 16-gigabyte Vega 64 GPUs, up to 128 gigabytes of RAM, and SSDs as big as 4 terabytes.
Apple is also working on a new version of the Mac Pro, which should ship sometime in 2018. Little else is known about it other than it will be modular, allowing it to be user-upgraded, unlike the iMac Pro.
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They do need a black anodized aluminum+glass external monitor to go with the iMac Pro though. The wait for the Mac Pro and external monitors is a long wait. That machine has to go to 2 Xeon sockets and 2 GPUs to even differentiate itself from the iMac Pro; and, something like 4 5K montiors or 3 8K monitors.
My 2010 Mac Pro has 16 threads - 8 cores spread across two chips with hyperthreading - heck I can get a CPU with 16 real cores now, so please let’s drop the complexity, cost and severe restrictions in chipsets that multiple sockets bring.
Give me PCI Express Sockets and a boatload of RAM sockets.
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Hard for me to believe that there will be a price overlap between the iMac, iMac Pro, and Mac Pro.
We've had your display (fondly remembered as "the easel") in the office, and still have a few of its 23" successor as secondary monitors. Their once-vibrant color has long faded to gentle pastel shades, while brightness is now better thought of as dimness.
It's nice to know that someone is still getting use out of an old monitor, but don't kid yourself about what "works great" means.