It will be mighty fine for Affinity Photo. Very good software tech' that makes full use of being on the Mac platform.
Azrael.
Got a tip for us?
Let us know
Become a MacRumors Supporter for $50/year with no ads, ability to filter front page stories, and private forums.
Will there ever be a new large iMac (Pro)?
- Thread starter krazzix
- Start date
- Sort by reaction score
It will be mighty fine for Affinity Photo. Very good software tech' that makes full use of being on the Mac platform.
Azrael.
A ten core you would see the difference on rendering. No doubt about that. Check out the cinebench scores for a quad core vs a 10 core.
This ten core just about hangs with the the previous gen 16 core thread ripper. Very nearly.
Azrael.
Open GL is being deprecated (and for good reason...)
Funnily enough, Blender seems to be one of the open source projects Apple is supporting in the transition to Apple Silicon... (See one of the Max Power YouTube videos about where Apple is going for AS.)
Maybe Apple had a plan when they 'toasted' Open GL.
But for now, Blender will still work on an Intel Mac. I'll download it and try it on my iMac when it arrives...(I already had it on this iMac before it fried.)
Azrael.
Blender is one of the open source projects Apple is supporting...according to the WWDC dev' videos...to allow support...to come to the Mac...
Intrigue. (Check out the Max Tech' video...on this thread...re: AS and the future...)
My personal opinion. Blender support will come to AS Macs. It's now metal or get off the Mac train.
Any dev' can now write and deploy to two powerful platforms. An AS14 Mac and iPad. That's going to be about ten million units a month.
Azrael.
This update is really for those that don't have a working Mac or can't survive with a 'flagging' production Mac that is on it's last legs and need 'a faster one' for production £££.
Also, it's for those who want 100% Intel and Bootcamp (and many will...) it's 'just fine.'
It's a worthy 'last' update to the Intel iMac. With the caveats of design and heat efficiency.
You should be fine with an iPad and a 'back up' Mac.
Azrael.
Better than the 2019 model which was, actually, quite respectable.
The (so last year...) 5700XT will make light work of any game at HD. And HD is where gaming is in the mainstream sense.
And that means Mac or PC gaming. There is Bootcamp.
I want to use Bootcamp to start 'dual platforming' my creative workflow. And for that 'one game I like to play...'
Azrael.
I found it's timing of release quite interesting.
It was nice to get ahead of the American base. That's why I got my order in at 7.30pm last night. If I left it a few more days I thought the delivery times would go up by a week...or even a month given current circumstances.
I've waited (as have we all...) quite long enough.
Azrael.
[automerge]1596627280[/automerge]
Good catch.
Azrael.
It's Apple.
They'll happily release an AS Mac this October. High odds on it being the laptop. Or two laptops. MBPro 13 and the Consumer AS Air.
For the iMac. It's the same consumer product as the laptops, price and performance wise.
They could release MBPro13, Air, iMac24 and the Mac Mini.
They're all the same thing in different form factors.
One thing for sure. They're all going to get much better gpus than they currently have. And tuned better to the software which will make them perform much better than the raw numbers suggest.
Azrael.
24 inch? Mac October event?
Possible.
Early 2021 seems more likely to me.
I tend to think they'll go for the higher unit sales of laptops 1st. £££.
Then the desktop iMac later.
A 6 month gap between the Intel iMac and the AS iMac24 puts us at Jan' next year.
I remember buying the iPad 3 and 6 months later Apple released the iPad 4. :/
Azrael.
Yes, I'm betting on a 2020 Q4 release for Arm Mac laptops, and that there will be no Arm Macs released before October. Why? Cuz Apple can't release an Arm Mac on Catalina. The frameworks aren't there. Big Sur will be an absolute requirement, and probably won't get released until October.
iMac next year sometimes, although I'm thinking earlier rather than later in 2021.
Why do you say for sure? I don't think that at all.
anthony13,
Well done. 18-20th. Same delivery date as me.
Same as me. But I went with 1 gigabit ethernet. And 8 gigs of ram. I'll buy the ram separate.
You're going to have a kick az rig there. Grats!!!
The GPU is the best ever in an iMac. 16 gig of gpu ram. Some were skeptical that would happen. And if you have any gpu releated rendering workflow...you can eGPU a big NAvi2 later to augment that.
The design may be iStale. But that is a substantial spec boost. No question.
Azrael.
Because they can't do any worse.
Check out the Max Tech' videos for the exciting direction in power and efficiency (And therefore performance...) Apple's GPUs are going to be heading into.
The evidence in iPhone and iPad is that Apple created cpus/gpus lead the competition.
The Intel IGPU is mediocre. That's being polite.
Azrael.
Congrats, krazzix.
Yeah. My gpu has twice as much ram as my system ram.
A chest thumping spec you have.
Azrael.
Aye.
This update is worthy for those that need it. It's certainly eclipsed the 2019 model in specs and price.
And now we have this the countdown for the AS iMac has indeed begun...
Azrael.
Don't forget to upgrade the system RAM or your VRAM will be totally useless
Going to order my 32 gigs of Ram soon.
Azrael.
Intel iGPUs are Ok for their intended use and include the requisite video decoders.
The more important comparisons here though are with the AMD options.
Cheers gusping,
DI had to walk the talk (and *coughs*, I've done alot of talking....)
If I'd been in your shoes with a working Mac. I would have waited. (As was my intention to wait until this fall...and the shake up of the PS5/RDNA2/Ampere/AS tech convergence...) But my iMac fried.
There were a few things to consider:
1. My data on my other 'dead' iMac. Got to get that over. I need 100% Intel compat' on that.
2. Bootcamp. (I could have bought a separate PC ((and still intend to at some point...)) but with Bootcamp I set up my dual platform workflow straight away and play that 'game I'm addicted to...'
3. It's available now. AS isn't. AS iMac is 5, 6 or longer months away even for the low end version.
4. All my software works on Intel for sure.
5. I will be able to get Big Sur.
Not cheap. It does double as a Mac/PC. So if we split £3400 it's £1700 Mac. £1700 PC. And 5k monitors cost £1300 in LG language.
...it is basically an iMac Pro £4999 with a massive price cut (as I predicted...). It is a worthy (spec wise...) last Intel iMac. (10 cores. 5700XT with 16 gig of vram. Hopefully, they've tweaked the internal cooling to match.)
And an epitaph to the Intel iMac.
As AS will be for the Mac AS revolution.
Azrael.
Apple have to be pretty confident of beating out mediocre Intel iGPU and 'last year' gpu options in the form of 5700XT.
If Apple turn up...they'll still beat them both.
They AS software/hardware tuning on their side. Intel and AMD won't match that. On top of the performance numbers.
The one thing Intel and AMD are both weak in is power efficiency. Regardless, it looks like their time on the Mac platform is coming to an end.
I doubt Apple will release worse gpus options than so-so Intel iG and last year tech' AMD gpu.
Azrael.
Do it.
If I can order RAM online and install it...anyone can. *frightens me to death.*
I'm going to order my 2x16 gigs or RAM. Can't have system ram being less than teh 16 on tech GPU. :O
Azrael.
Order RAM now from OWC, it will probably arrive before the iMac.
8GB is laughable - you really don't want to have that unless its just for few days waiting for the delivery.
So order at the same time as the iMac. $135 or so for 32GB is pretty much free compared to what Apple charges.
Should have had 16 gigs of Ram on the T2 or 3.
I like the parting quip on that post.
PPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPAzrael.
5-6 years will be fine for this.
At that point? AS will be like warp speed compared to this.
Azrael.