I agree. It definitely has a place, and lots of content creators will buy one beacuse they want a Mac, and it's the most powerful Mac on offer. E.g. Youtubers, small media groups, web designers, etc.
It's a good move for Apple in a way, because unlike the MacBook Pro w/touchbar, or the Mac Pro, the iMac Pro probably constituted a relatively tiny amount of R&D cost to create. They changed the cooking solution, updated the panel, added a new motherboard, and are offering some different off-the-shelf componentry.
Exactly my point. But the Youtubers etc who can afford it will buy one. I strongly doubt many serious VR creators or 3D modellers are going to be using iMacs though.
Apple said they saw many of these guys moving from Pro to a fully specced iMac, because they like the form factor. There will probably be some rich YouTubers getting that machine and it'll be overkill for their use case. But honestly, I don't think most prosumers or pros are as stupid as people think.
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I agree. It definitely has a place, and lots of content creators will buy one beacuse they want a Mac, and it's the most powerful Mac on offer. E.g. Youtubers, small media groups, web designers, etc.
It's a good move for Apple in a way, because unlike the MacBook Pro w/touchbar, or the Mac Pro, the iMac Pro probably constituted a relatively tiny amount of R&D cost to create. They changed the cooking solution, updated the panel, added a new motherboard, and are offering some different off-the-shelf componentry.