But the Mini has already fired a warning shot to everyone saying “hey, if we can do this for $699, imagine what a real pro machine is going to do, and in a chassis that you probably won’t hear the fan”. If it enough for the Hollywood Red Camera crowd? Maybe not. My point is that enough Youtubers have made videos basically saying that the Mac Mini is good enough for many doing 4k workflows.

Though it's out of the realm of my consideration, I'm anxious to see what the new iMac Pro will entail and whether or not it will be cheaper than this last line of iMPs.

Though I will say that your suggested alternative allows to swap out the M1 mini for an M1X/Y/2 whatever while keeping a stellar monitor.īut for many of us mere mortals, a simple 5K iMac display is very nice. Not that I'd rather have a $5000 iMac Pro, but I want a Mac with a better GPU than what minis' currently offer. But considering how the landscape has changed, wouldn’t you rather have a Pro Display XDR for $6000 and a fully loaded Mac Mini for $1700 more? And I imagine most buyers added options when this machine was in its prime. Right now, the only IMac Pro model still being sold is the base model (10 core) for $5000. Apple is thought to be preparing a redesigned iMac with Apple Silicon for release in 2021.Īpple resellers are already discounting iMac Pro models, with exclusive coupon deals offering up to $400 off iMac Pro configurations. There was some speculation of an updated model in December, though the supply chain rumor didn't offer any real detail about what was on the way.Īpple is also on an aggressive two-year timeline to migrate its Mac products from Intel processors to Apple Silicon, but it seems unlikely that the iMac Pro would be a part of that. Since its launch in 2017, the iMac Pro has received some specification updates, but no major upgrades to the design. It is unknown whether a new version of the iMac Pro line will be available in the future or if it will be absorbed into the main iMac range in a future product line update. While Apple hasn't declared the model to be discontinued, the minimal choice of configuration and the 'while supplies last' warning strongly point to Apple discontinuing the model. The change does not apply to third-party resellers, who will have some stock of other configurations on hand. Previously, there were configuration options for 14-core and 18-core processors, Vega 64 graphics, up to 4TB of storage, and up to 256GB of memory.

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