Earlier this week, Apple invited several journalists to its offices for a chat about the future of its Mac computers in which they admitted that they might have dropped the ball on certain products, like the Mac Pro. They also reaffirmed their commitment to their pro users and revealed that they had a pro iMac in the works.
Exactly what constitutes as pro iMac remains to be seen, but thanks to a report from Pike’s Universum (via MacRumors), the alleged specs of the iMac Pro (or whatever it will be called) have been revealed. If the specs are true, it seems that Apple will be going with Intel’s Xeon E3 processors for the iMac Pro.
It will also come with 16GB of ECC RAM and can be configured to go up to 64GB. This is versus current consumer-grade iMacs which sport 8GB of non-ECC RAM by default, and can be configured to 32GB. It is also rumored to feature faster NVMe SSDs with storage up to 2TB, and it will feature the use of AMD graphics, so for those hoping that Apple would return to using NVIDIA’s GPU might be disappointed.
Last but not least, the iMac Pros will use Thunderbolt 3 ports, which shouldn’t be surprising and should almost be a given. According to Pike’s Universum, these new iMacs will be revealed come late October alongside a brand new keyboard. Whether or not this new keyboard will sport a Touch Bar like the patents have hinted at remains to be seen, but until we get the official word, take it all with a grain of salt.
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