Apple officially pulls iMac Pro from its online storefront
Apple has pulled the iMac Pro from its website, officially discontinuing the model and making it unavailable for purchase.
Credit: Apple
The company announced plans to discontinue the model in early March. The iMac Pro was still available from Apple's website, though only "while supplies last."
After remaining models dried up on Friday, Apple pulled the iMac Pro page entirely. The model doesn't appear in the Apple Store app or in search results, and there is no longer an option to purchase the device from Apple's online storefront in the U.S. or elsewhere. Apple also changed references to iMac Pro models from "2017 and later" to "2017," indicating no new models will be produced.
Although Apple's official online store no longer lists the iMac Pro, there are still some models available in Apple's refurbished shop.
First introduced in 2017, the iMac Pro was Apple's most powerful computer at the time of its release. The high-end device sported Intel Xeon processors but retained the same general design as Apple's other all-in-one devices.
Aside from minor configuration option updates, the iMac Pro hasn't been refreshed since its release. That caused Apple's other iMac models, like the 27-inch iMac, to encroach on its place in the lineup.
In addition to discontinuing the iMac Pro, Apple has also stopped producing certain configurations of the 21.5-inch iMac.
Apple is reportedly working on a redesigned iMac series with Apple Silicon chips and a design reminiscent of the Pro Display XDR.
Credit: Apple
The company announced plans to discontinue the model in early March. The iMac Pro was still available from Apple's website, though only "while supplies last."
After remaining models dried up on Friday, Apple pulled the iMac Pro page entirely. The model doesn't appear in the Apple Store app or in search results, and there is no longer an option to purchase the device from Apple's online storefront in the U.S. or elsewhere. Apple also changed references to iMac Pro models from "2017 and later" to "2017," indicating no new models will be produced.
Although Apple's official online store no longer lists the iMac Pro, there are still some models available in Apple's refurbished shop.
First introduced in 2017, the iMac Pro was Apple's most powerful computer at the time of its release. The high-end device sported Intel Xeon processors but retained the same general design as Apple's other all-in-one devices.
Aside from minor configuration option updates, the iMac Pro hasn't been refreshed since its release. That caused Apple's other iMac models, like the 27-inch iMac, to encroach on its place in the lineup.
In addition to discontinuing the iMac Pro, Apple has also stopped producing certain configurations of the 21.5-inch iMac.
Apple is reportedly working on a redesigned iMac series with Apple Silicon chips and a design reminiscent of the Pro Display XDR.
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Hopefully something which takes advantage of a higher TDP.
https://www.reddit.com/r/hardware/comments/k3iobs/psa_performance_doesnt_scale_linearly_with/
the M1 uses between 3 and 5 watts per core depending on the task.
Like many, I'm assuming Apple will be releasing either an updated ASi chip with even better specs or a mulitchip architecture that further increases the performance, +/- the ability to use an external graphics card. If this assumption is correct, the new system should easily eclipse the current iMac Pros. As Saarek stated, the iMac Pro was also 4 years old and due for an update.
Google it.
Intel's infamous process node fumblings made the iMac Pro stale.
Remember that this is a low-volume product. Over 80% of Macs sold are notebook models; it's been like that for well over a decade. The top desktop Mac is the entry-level iMac. Letting the premium-priced iMac Pro fester for years affected a miniscule portion of their customers.
It is also a pretty good argument that super-expensive all-in-ones aren't a very good value proposition. Better off separating the display and the CPU. I ran a 24" Dell 2405 1080p monitor for thirteen years.
From a total cost-of-ownership standpoint, the iMac isn't really a good deal.
Apple has plenty of expertise letting old designs fester for years and years. Look at the cMP and the Mac mini 2014. Apple's inaction with the iMac Pro should come as a surprise to no one.
Where I’d like to see the vast majority of innovation go to instead is GPU performance. To get to the mid-end and high-end performance levels, 2-4x speed improvements are needed (from 2.6 TFLOPS to above 7.5) when comparing to AMD’s or NVIDIA’s discreet GPU’s for example.
Also, it’ll be important to support more than one external monitor.
Lastly, the iMac should be able to run as a monitor without the computer active, for a more ‘green’ product. This way the monitor can serve a purpose long after the computer dies.
Is that what you meant to say? They need to add 3rd party GPU support, not get rid of it. I have serious doubts Apple is going to best AMD/Nvidia. It's possible, I suppose, but is that their speciality? And, without comparable or better GPU support, the rest doesn't matter all that much for a bunch of uses/industries.
I'm *really* hoping lack of GPU support and eGPUs is just a 1st generation thing and not a direction they are headed. The eGPU / TB was one of the best things they added in a long time, and I'd hate to see that possibility dumped. It might not be for everyone, but created a LOT of flexibility. For example, you can turn a tiny laptop or Mac mini into a reasonable workstation.
Even if it weren't for problems, I'd not have a computer anymore that isn't SSD based. The user experience is just THAT much better. However, for an iMac owner, it isn't like you can just easily swap one in. Still probably worth it, but it's going to cost more than $200.
I suppose you could hang one external, and just make it the boot drive (and duct-tape the drive to it really, really good so it can't be accidentally disconnected!).
Yeah, Apple has to do something about GPUs, and that's really across the board (except the Mac Pro). They are getting a reputation of sucky-GPU performance they need to break.
I've been a Folding@home user (millions of points submitted) for a long time, and recently spent hours attempting to find a way to try some crypto-mining. You just can't do that on a Mac anymore (short of Boot Camp), and it mostly seems to be the case that the development community has just given up on Mac. It's great to see a few big name 3D players engaging M-series/Metal, but Apple has a long way to go in terms of courting the rest of the the world. It doesn't seem like it would take a heck of a lot of effort for them to break this stereotype/problem either... just need to recognize it and fix it.
Amen on your last statement. That's what makes the iMac a no-go for me. If it had video-in, I'd buy one soon. Maybe we can sell it to them on the 'Green' front? They don't seem to give a rip about the actual utility of it, unfortunately. And, it isn't just about after the computer dies.... they don't have a reasonably priced display for 'the rest of us' which this would fix. They also don't have a way of using an iMac with other components in a desk setup (ie. PC, Playstation, etc.). Fixed! It couldn't cost that much to implement either.