TechLife Australia – September 2019

ASYOUMIGHThavealreadyguessedbasedonitsname,the

iMacProis a sleekandbeautifulall-in-onePCthatpacked

inlotsofpowerinthetraditionaliMacformfactor.Don’t

judgethisbehemothbyitscover,though– theiMacPro

absolutelydemolishestheiMac2017,andeventhenewiMac

2019,thankstotheincrediblePCcomponentsandfeaturesit

hasonoffer.

WhenApplefirstlaunchedtheiMacPro,it madesome

claimsthatit’s‘themostpowerfulMacevermade,’andwe

mustagree.AtleastuntiltheMacPro 2019 hitstheshelves

inSpring2019,asTimCookhimselfdeclaredit ‘themost

powerfulmacwe’veevercreated’at WWDC2019.

Still,theiMacProis a particularlypowerfulmachine,

madeforcreativesandprofessionals.And,it isn’tjustabout

sheerhorsepowerforitsownsake.Thisall-in-one

workstationis a finely-tunedmachine,toutingpowerful

hardwarethatrevolutionisesyourworkflow.

Makenomistake:theiMacProis veryexpensive.

However,asyousavesometimeoneverysingleoneofyour

projects, the iMac Pro will pay for itself in the long run.

Time is money, after all.

The specs and high costs alone will let you know whether

or not the iMac Pro is for you. If spending almost as much as

a new car on a computer seems excessive, then the iMac Pro

just isn’t for you. If you rarely use graphic-intensive

programs, and you wouldn’t know what to do with a GPU

with 8GB – let alone 16GB of HBM2 memory, then you

shouldn’t be spending that much money.

DESIGN

With the sheer power behind the iMac Pro, especially

compared to the standard iMac, Apple has really outdone

itself – especially with preserving the look of the all-in-one

machine. All those powerful components are hidden behind

the 27-inch display, resulting in a sleek, minimalist machine

that looks gorgeous in any office or studio.

The fact that Apple has kept the body as thin as it has is a

testament to the hard work – not to mention, careful design

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CRITICAL SPECS

3.0GHz Intel Xeon W (deca-

core, 14MB cache, up to

4.5GHz); AMD Vega 64

(16GB HBM2 RAM); 128GB

DDR4 (2,666MHz); 27-inch

5K (5,120 x 2,880) Retina

display (P3 wide color);

2TB SSD; 4 x USB-C

(Thunderbolt 3), 4 x USB

3.0, SDXC card reader,

10Gb Ethernet, 3.5mm

audio jack; 802.11ac Wi-Fi,

Bluetooth 4.2; macOS

10.13 High Sierra;

FaceTime HD (1080p)

webcam; 9.7kg.

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