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    iMAC PRO:

    by Jason Snell Feb 15, 2018 7 minutes

    Four years since Apple last shipped a desktop Mac with the word pro in the name, the iMac Pro has arrived. Holding down the high end of the Mac product line until the day (hopefully in 2018) when a new Mac Pro arrives, the iMac Pro fuses the look of the 27-inch 5K iMac with the priorities of a professional workstation.

    This is not a computer designed for the masses—a new iMac Pro starts at $5,000 and you can pay five figures for a high-end model. If you aren’t sure you need the power of the iMac Pro, you almost certainly don’t. If, on the other hand, you are hungry for multi-core performance and a powerful GPU that will let you crank through intense tasks—in video editing, software development, photo and audio processing, science, graphics, and similar applications—this is the new Mac Pro you’ve been looking for, albeit in the shape of an iMac.

    Second-generation (left) and first-generation Mac Pro designs.

    THE EVOLUTION OF THE PRO MAC

    There was a time when most serious Mac users used a professional desktop Mac. The Power Mac line (later renamed the Mac Pro) wasn’t just high end, but midrange—if you were looking for the cheapest, least powerful Mac you could buy a Performa

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