iMac Pro... really?!

[iMac-Do-You?]

However, this machine is designed for morons. Its use case is morons.
The only people who need this machine are those that live and work in those tokyo shoebox apartments, or maybe someone in the slums of india who lives with 10 other people in a room, and doesn't have room for a separate Mac Pro. I have a feeling the latter not only doesn't have money to afford one, but likely doesn't even have electricity. Maybe if the iMac Pro came with a diesel generator, however I don't think that would fit in the iMac form factor.

You type like a 12 year old, surrounded by soda cans and chip packets, spending most of their time out of sunlight in their parent's basement, whom occasionally give you permission to use the internet for an hour, if you both do your homework and eat all your greens at dinner time.

If you are actually an adult, then you're probably a neckbeard with serious mental, anger and racial issues. I suggest you pop to your nearest psych ward for an evaluation, pronto. Why are you foaming at the mouth (keys) over a workstation that you're never going to own, let alone use? You *really* need to take a long hard look at yourself in the mirror (and maybe try and get rid of some of that acne, while your at it...)

 

[0002378]

Without knowing (or needing to know) all the gory details of the iMac Pro's innards, I will confidently say this:

It is up to Apple to make computers. And, it is up to you whether or not to buy them It is really that simple.

There is nothing wrong with having an iMac Pro ... any more than there is having a BMW M6 or boots that cost $1000.

Some of us are true power users. Others of us appreciate power even though we may not necessarily need all of it. And, yet others need no more than a web browser but have excess cash lying around.

There is a consumer for every market segment and every tier of every product.

And most importantly, no one needs to justify his/her purchase to anyone else. If it makes you happy, it's money well spent, regardless of what Mr. John J. Jealous or Mrs. Gertrude Gabrielle Gossiper thinks about your purchase.

P.S. I'm not an iMac Pro user. I'm still using a 2009 Macbook Pro and very happy with it. However, I've bought nice consumer goods in my life, a lot of which I didn't strictly need, but which made me happy. My response to anyone who questions why I bought something with my money is both concise and profound - "F *** off"

 

[Trebuin]

I live in Tokyo, and my home is quite huge. In Tokyo there are small appartments, but many are quite big and very nice.

I would give a lot to live back in Japan. I loved living out in Okinawa, but sadly spent most of the time there during the Obama years. When I came back, it was a culture shock to see how much everything had changed. Then I moved to Cali & realized, I don't like the drivers here.

 

[0002378]

I moved to Cali & realized, I don't like the drivers here

Yup ... just ... yup.

 

[EightyTwenty]

I would give a lot to live back in Japan. I loved living out in Okinawa, but sadly spent most of the time there during the Obama years. When I came back, it was a culture shock to see how much everything had changed.

Yup. Obama divided the country pretty horribly. Intersectionality, critical theory and race-based identity politics had taken over the entire country.

Those 8 years were the death blow to the US as anything resembling a unified nation.

 

[macsforever]

On some level I share the initial complaint - quoting Yoda - "size matters not" - the form factor matters less to me than the stuff inside... seems iMac Pro Tech in a modular, user tinker-able case with an external screen is not a huge stretch of engineering magic.

My early 2008 MacPro is still amazing... that said... it has more memory and new SSD boot drive and a 'unsupported' video card - these small cheap upgrades have kept it completely usable (boots faster then my new engineering grade Dell i7+SSD work laptop)..... my concern on the iMac pro is not cost or not believing it is stunningly powerful - but the inability to quickly service common failure mode parts... fan, memory, power supply etc.... or refresh when I have some spare change and there is a techno leap upgrade available (new SSD tech, new video, decide 8gb more of ram is needed just cause I had nothing else to buy, etc...)

If Monitor dies - you can't run to Best Buy for a $200 27 inch screen to get back to work... its a $5k+ paperweight until you are blessed with a Genius Bar Appointment and hoping it died in the warranty period....that screen replacement I doubt will be cheap....

I'm very much looking forward to the promised modular MacPro.... expecting it will be my next 10+ year machine if they do it right....

I guarantee you wouldn’t have the $$ let alone the need for 128 GB of ram so why even worry about it? I do virtual orchestral and can use and can afford 128 GB of ram and welcome Apples addition of being able to accommodate this configuration in the IMP!!!

 

[maflynn]

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