• Hot jimmedy jebus what the hell is the point of the iMac Pro?

    • Doesn't have touchscreen.
    • Uses the disasterous AMD Vega GPU.
    • Uses server-orientated CPUs which means less power for more cost.

    I can understand the purpose of the Mac Pro (I am typing this on one right now) but what the fucking fuck is the point of an iMac with stupid hardware? Pretty sure on everything other than perhaps very high end video editing a regular imac with modern hardware would outperform it for a fraction of the cost.

  • Why would anyone want to work on a touch screen?
    Vega is hardly disastrous, very powerful yes, disastrous no.
    Third point might be valid.

    I’d guess it’s for film studios who edit 4K and above videos? I’d love one but can’t justify the cost.

  • tbh I can't see the point of them at £14k which is what we'd spec it to if we bought in to them. Our current retina 5k ones are great for about 3 grand after VAT. Really not going to see yards of difference in the Pros except perhaps in render times which for a business our size doesn't really matter. For larger firms there'll be dedicated render farms and MCR + operators who do all that shit for you.

    I want one obviously but I really can't see the point of them.

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