At the last Developer Conference (WWDC) that was held in June this year, Apple announced the iMac Pro, a vitaminized generation of the iMac that would have a starting price of $ 4.999 plus taxes. At the beginning of the year, the Cupertino-based company acknowledged that it had been wrong with the launch of the Mac Pro in 2014, a device for the most professionals, which although it is true that it can be expanded, does not offer us the same possibilities as the previous model. The company also announced that it was working on a new generation that will likely hit the market over the next year, but the iMac Pro has crept in along the way.
The vitaminized iMac offers us a power that until now we could only find in the Mac Pro based on updates, but it is not what the most pro Mac users really look for, who need power, connectivity and ability to improve over time, something that the iMac Pro does not offer us.
Some users claim that the iMac Pro hits the market to try to compete with the Microsoft Surface Studio, the all-in-one that Microsoft launched just over a year ago with a touch screen that allows direct interaction with the screen as if it were a tablet, which greatly facilitates the work of designers especially.
In the last WWDC, Apple announced that the availability of the iMac Pro would begin in December, and contrary to what has happened with the HomePod, whose launch was scheduled for December, but which has been delayed, something that Apple is getting used to. in recent times, the iMac Pro if it will be and will meet the deadline. For all those who intend to buy it, they should take into account that tomorrow, December 14, the reservation period begins, at a price of $ 4.999 plus tax, we still do not know the price in euros at which it will arrive in Europe.
IMac Pro Specifications
- Color of the equipment and accessories, including the charging cable: Space gray, leaving aside the typical white and gray that has always been part of the iMac.
- 5-inch 27k retina display with a resolution of 5.120 x 2.880 pixels. 500 nit brightness and wide color gamut (P3)
- 8, 10 and 18 core processor.
- Memory: 32, 64 or 128 GB
- Storage: 1, 2 or 4 TB SSD
- Graphics: Radeo Pro VEGA 56 with 8 GB of HBM2 memory / Radeo Pro VEGA 64 with 16 GB of HBM2 memory
- 1080 FaceTime HD camera
- Thunderbolt 3 digital video output
- Native DisplayPort output via USB-C
- VGA, HDMI, DVI and Thunderbolt 2 outputs via adapters.
- Audio: Four microphones, stereo speakers and headphone jack.
- 10 GB ethernet connection.
- Magic Keyboard, Magic Mouse 2 and Magic Trackpad (optional) in space gray.
New T2 chip to manage other processes
But the iMac Pro not only offers us the latest in processing, but also incorporates theXNUMXnd generation of Apple T-series processors. Specifically the T2, a processor that will be in charge of controlling various processes in a secondary way such as hibernation processes, image signal processing, the FaceTime camera, managing the heat produced by the equipment ...
The first processor of this T series, the T1, came from the hand of the new MacBook Pro, a specific processor that is responsible for manage the operation of the Touch Bar and the fingerprint sensor with which we can prevent access to our equipment. In this way, it is confirmed that the new A11 Bionic found inside the new iPhone models, will not be available in the new iMac Pro, as had been rumored a couple of months ago.