iMac Pro Available Today in 8 and 10-core Configurations, Delivers December 27

Apple’s iMac Pro, first shown off at Worldwide Developer Conference in June, goes on sale today and will deliver on Wednesday, December 27th. Apple promised its pro-level iMac would ship before the end of the year and that’s exactly what’s happening with only a couple days to spare.

The new iMac model is being touted as a machine for scientists and researchers, photographers, video editors, music producers, 3D designers, and developers.

iMac Pro available now with delivery on December 27th

The iMac Pro ships in one to two weeks with 8-core or 10-core Intel Xeon processors, up to 128 GB RAM, AMD Radeon Vega graphics with 8 GB or 16 GB RAM, up to 4TB SSD, four Thunderbolt 3 ports, four USB 3 ports, 10 Gb Ethernet, and a Retina 5K 27-inch display. The 14-core and 18-core processor model is coming early next year.

This is the first iMac model in Space Gray. It includes a matching Bluetooth Magic Keyboard with number pad, and Magic Mouse 2 or Magic Trackpad 2, and a matching Lightning to USB cable. Apple also says it supports up to two external 5K displays and dual RAID storage systems.

The base model includes a 3.2 GHz 8-core Intel Xeon W processor with turbo boost up to 4.2 GHz, Radeon Pro Vega 56 with 8 GB RAM, 32 GB 2666MHz ECC RAM, 1 TB SSD, and Magic Mouse 2 for US$4,999. If you want to load up the machine with 128 GB RAM, 4 TB SSD, Radeon Pro Vega 64 with 16 GB RAM, and Magic Trackpad 2 you’ll spend $10,849.

Here’s what fully loaded setups with the other processor options will cost you. We configured these systems with 128 GB RAM, 4 TB SSD, Radeon Pro Vega 64 with 16 GB RAM, and Magic Trackpad 2.

• 3.0 GHz 10-core Intel Xeon W processor with 4.5 GHz turbo boost: $11,649


• 2.5 GHz 14-core Intel Xeon W processor with 4.3 GHz turbo boost: $14,449


• 2.3 GHz 18-core Intel Xeon W processor with 4.3 GHz turbo boost: $13,249

The standard configuration 8-core and 10-core setups all deliver on December 27th or December 28th. Custom configurations are delivering in 1-2 weeks. Here’s how they price out:

• 8-core Intel Xeon W processor, Vega 64 graphics, 64 GB RAM, 1 TB SSD: $6,399


• 10-core Intel Xeon W processor, Vega 64 graphics, 64 GB RAM, 1 TB SSD: $7,199


• 10-core Intel Xeon W processor, Vega 64 graphics, 64 GB RAM, 2 TB SSD: $7,999


• 10-core Intel Xeon W processor, Vega 64 graphics, 128 GB RAM, 2 TB SSD: $9,599

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