Spec me the new iMac Pro - as a PC

Irish_Tom · 15 Dec 2017 at 15:16

Combat squirrel said:
Screen is different its not as colour accurate.

Really? Everything I've seen says it's the same panel?

Combat squirrel said:
Quad cores are too slow for me - so unless Apple do the 6 core Intel this year, its useless for the money - I need at least a 6/8 core - ideally 8 for LR/photoshop/video (its faster not just because of what the apps doing, it keeps the rest of the system fast).

No ECC ram either

Nowhere near as good GPU on iMac - but its good enough for work stuff, photo, video etc.

I'm sure you know your own requirements better than anyone else, so if you'll notice a difference in the Pro then go for it.

Like I said earlier, I do design and photo work on a daily basis as well as some video. While I'm sure the Pro will be faster, I'm not convinced it will be so much faster that it would justify the additional expense.

Combat squirrel · 15 Dec 2017 at 15:57

ic1male said:
Well it's not that bad, Vega 56. Not enough juice to run latest titles at native screen resolution but you'd get something out of it. But anyway, I better not start thinking about such things.

Get that or the 64 - obviously around as fast as a 1070 - so for a Mac good but still not the best - could run 2.7k easy enough in some titles and some at native even.

Combat squirrel · 15 Dec 2017 at 16:00

ChrisD. said:
I can see Apple releasing regular 6 core Intel iMac's next year, using cooling technology from the iMac Pro.

No need to use imac pro cooling as the CPU runs at same watt as now.

But in that case they will also release a 6 core macbook pro - if I had to choose between the 2 might as well get the 6 core macbook pro tbh.......

Combat squirrel · 15 Dec 2017 at 16:06

Irish_Tom said:
Really? Everything I've seen says it's the same panel?

You might be right on that - if a 6 core iMac I'd possibly buy, but again - if a 6 core macbook pro comes out... I already have a 100% ARGB monitor

Combat squirrel · 16 Dec 2017 at 18:38

Anyone ordered one then ?

Spit · 16 Dec 2017 at 21:29

The big let down for me is the 27" screen. Thye should have made the bezels smaller plus the chassis a bit bigger and gone 32".

Combat squirrel · 16 Dec 2017 at 21:33

Spit said:
The big let down for me is the 27" screen. Thye should have made the bezels smaller plus the chassis a bit bigger and gone 32".

Yeah good point...I find 30/32 about as large as id wanna go though.

Spit · 16 Dec 2017 at 21:51

Yeah its almost lazy of apple. I mean its for pro use with design, video, photos etc it really should have had a more impressive screen size or at least 2 different size options.

EyeDot · 27 Dec 2017 at 19:09

Mine should arrive in a few weeks, will post some benchmarks up when it does.

18 cores of fun!

Ideal for Railroad Tycoon and Universal Media Server

Combat squirrel · 29 Dec 2017 at 13:28

EyeDot said:
Mine should arrive in a few weeks, will post some benchmarks up when it does.

18 cores of fun!

Ideal for Railroad Tycoon and Universal Media Server

Someone has far to much money

aoaaron · 2 Jan 2018 at 11:57

I've always thought the Mac Pro and Imac are relatively good value.

EyeDot · 2 Feb 2018 at 15:42

Finally got a delivery date!

Dispatched: Delivers 12/02/2018 by Standard Shipping
Signature required

iMac Pro
With the following configuration:
2.3GHz 18-core Intel Xeon W processor, Turbo Boost up to 4.3GHz
64GB 2666MHz DDR4 ECC memory
2TB SSD
Radeon Pro Vega 64 with 16GB of HBM2 memory
Magic Trackpad 2 - Space Grey
PRO APPS 065-C171 NONE
LOGIC PRO 065-C172 NONE
Magic Keyboard with Numeric Keypad - British - Space Grey
Accessory Kit

Qty 1

ic1male · 2 Feb 2018 at 15:49

£9089 ?????????????????????

Jesus.

Combat squirrel · 2 Feb 2018 at 21:05

Wish I had that much money haha

crinkleshoes · 2 Feb 2018 at 21:44

as a PC

How else would you use it, as a paperweight?

Feek · 2 Feb 2018 at 21:51

EyeDot said:
Finally got a delivery date!

Very nice Jimdot lad, looking forward to hearing how well it plays CS2

If I was speccing that sort of machine, I'd have gone with the 4Tb SSD though, you dirty cheapskate

MacRS4 · 2 Feb 2018 at 22:27

My base model (!) 8 core is right next door to my 2017 quad-core i7/64Gb. Makes the i7 feel like a toy in general operations :/

What I haven't noticed is *output* speed being a lot better. I.e. Single task stuff like video processing or some of my work number crunching doesn't seem to finish any quicker. The real difference - and it's why I bought it - is doing the video & work stuff means I can still use the actual machine while it's happening. So I'll kick off my video exports, or Exchange stuff - switch back to my Windows 10 'office' VM and just carry on working. With the i7 iMac I'd often end up switching to the laptop while that was happening.

The 2017 i7 is now a server running about 10VMs under Fusion, an iTunes server, and general file storage.

Bit overkill but hey ho OMG SPACE GREY.

kitkat9933 · 2 Feb 2018 at 22:33

EyeDot said:
Finally got a delivery date!

Dispatched: Delivers 12/02/2018 by Standard Shipping
Signature required

iMac Pro
With the following configuration:
2.3GHz 18-core Intel Xeon W processor, Turbo Boost up to 4.3GHz
64GB 2666MHz DDR4 ECC memory
2TB SSD
Radeon Pro Vega 64 with 16GB of HBM2 memory
Magic Trackpad 2 - Space Grey
PRO APPS 065-C171 NONE
LOGIC PRO 065-C172 NONE
Magic Keyboard with Numeric Keypad - British - Space Grey
Accessory Kit

Qty 1

Strange spec, maxed most areas including the really expensive 18 core option but 64GB memory? Surely the 64GB memory will bottleneck before the processor you have bought.

Feek · 2 Feb 2018 at 22:44

MacRS4 said:
Bit overkill but hey ho OMG SPACE GREY.

There were a lot of complaints (myself included) about the original numeric keypad magic keyboard being flexible, and bending in the middle. I actually went through three or four of them in the Apple store trying to find an unbent one. Does the space grey one seem any stronger, less banana shaped?

MacRS4 · 3 Feb 2018 at 00:03

Depends what you're trying to grunt through doesn't it?

Feek said:
There were a lot of complaints (myself included) about the original numeric keypad magic keyboard being flexible, and bending in the middle. I actually went through three or four of them in the Apple store trying to find an unbent one. Does the space grey one seem any stronger, less banana shaped?

No idea, don't use it! I still use the Logitich K something or other someone recommended to me on here. I did try the keyboard but I found the layout just enough different to be irritating....So it went in a drawer.