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you like the iMac Pro don't you marques hey what's up guys I'm QB HD here and in my last video and that WWDC recap we talked a little bit about the brand new announced iMac pro and I kind of mentioned it possibly being a little bit of a trap and I want to elaborate on that a little bit so keep in mind this is a brand new product and it was announced but we're not actually going to see it until about six months down the road it's going to be in December of this year pretty rare move from Apple but this is until then everything we know is definitely true about the new iMac Pro so first off it's going to look from the outside like any other iMac but space gray so this behind me is the brand new 2017 KB Lake 27-inch iMac and it's a pretty high-end machine in a lot of ways by itself the iMac pro takes this shell this exact same body paints it matte black or Space Gray if you want to call it that and completely redoes all the inside so for the iMac pro CPU you'll be able to pick between an 8 core 10 core or 18 core workstation grade Intel Xeon CPU this will have turbo speeds up to four point five gigahertz out the box absolute monster chips it'll also have a choice between AMD Radeon Vega workstation GPUs which aren't even announced yet this event was basically an announcement for these graphics cards because you can't find them anywhere else it'll start at 32 gigs of ECC memory and will go up to 128 gigs of ram and it's all flash storage SSB only so it'll start at one terabyte of flash storage and go up to four terabytes of flash storage and it's fast flash storage at about three gigabytes per second throughput so awesome there and what's really interesting is the iMac Pro will have this new completely redesigned thermal architecture to make this all possible sounds a lot like the trashcan Mac Pro lots of workstation parts crammed into a small space with a completely new thermal architecture and new fans to make it all possible and then of course up front it'll also have this updated 5k display it's updated meaning it's a little bit brighter up to 500 nits it supports the entire p3 color gamut it's already a great display it's a little glossy for my tastes and we'll get to that in a little bit but it's already a pretty great 5k panel and then the ports on the back of the iMac are updated as well so you get your headphone jack you get an SD card slot 4 USB 3 ports 4 Thunderbolt 3 USB see ports and a 10 gig Ethernet port and back there you can also see the new events on the back that aren't on the backs of normal IMAX so some serious ventilation to go along with this new cooling system and then of the nice little touch the iMac Pro comes with some exclusive Space Gray accessories a matte grade trackpad a matte gray magic keyboard with a number-pad and a grey magic mouse to top it all off so should you buy it who is going to buy an iMac prep well first off this iMac this highest-end regular 2017 iMac is already a pretty high-end machine in a lot of ways like we've said and it's probably more power than most enthusiasts or casual users just buying an iMac ever really need the iMac pro leapfrogs all of this and it actually even leapfrogs the current trashcan Mac Pro in terms of power but then you have to expect a new modular Mac Pro coming next year to even leapfrog that and it's going to be modular so it's going to be way more upgradable down the line better expandability upgrade ability customization etc and the iMac pro isn't coming out till December like we said so by the time that comes out and you're getting your hands on it the new modular Mac Pro will be right around the corner and then second off Apple's made it pretty clear that the vast majority of people that are buying Apple desktops Apple Mac desktops or buying iMacs and that makes perfect sense to me what other choices do you have they have the Mac Mini pretty small not that powerful and not very popular you might have forgotten it existed and then you have Mac Pro a little more niche a little more expensive not a lot of people buying it so of course if you're buying a Mac for your desktop you're buying an iMac so with that logic Apple said alright you know what we want to make an even more powerful desktop for all these people who are pushing iMac to its limits you want an even more powerful workstation machine that's where the idea of I Mac Pro was born but the thing is those aren't the actual professionals most of the time and the people who chose the Mac Pro over the iMac chose it for a certain reason and those same people are most likely going to choose the new Mac Pro over the iMac Pro again so basically the question is what buyer is there is there a buyer that's going to want a more high-end machine a workstation grade Mac that's more powerful than the current iMac but can't wait for the new Mac Pro to come out a pretty impatient one basically and that's kind of why it seems like a trap basically I Mac Pro is in this really specific narrow target demographic then it's awkward space above the current iMac but where people are not getting the future Mac Pro they're kind of still okay with the all-in-one design I'm sure this thing will be great for all sorts of content creators for youtubers or for like photographers and people who like the current iMac and we're getting away with using that for all their editing that's still a great machine it's still a great display all that still remains but you have to know if you're in that target demographic or if you're just too impatient to wait for the new Mac Pro this thing will be an absolute beast I have no doubts about that that's supported by everything we see on paper the specs are awesome but the biggest downside for me with this thing is of course that it's not really upgradable just like the current IMAX it doesn't appear to have a Ram hatch like previous IMAX have so that's not upgradable and iFixit says that you can technically get to the CPU and change it if you want but most people won't be doing that so you're expected to live with the specs that you buy for the entire life of the machine and that's what separates it from the new modular Mac Pro that we're still expecting the 5k display is great you know but what if I want to upgrade to a not glossy display or maybe an 8k display a year or two down the road you know the GPUs are great but what if in a year or two GPUs I've gotten way better and I want to upgrade it to a newer better compatible one it's just that all in ones like the iMac have to be replaced all in one and it's kind of hard to get rid of an iMac Pro that starts at five thousand bucks when a couple new GPUs come out and that's just the starting price at $49.99 but with anyone guess what the highest end fully loaded iMac Pro will cost my guess will be it or be around $9,000 that's my guess maybe you can leave your guesses in the comments section below but that's pretty much it that's the iMac pro explained in a nutshell we have six months to see what it actually looks like until then thank you for watching talk to guys the next one