iMac Pro 2018 release date and specs
By Karen Haslam | 30 Oct 18
The iMac Pro was promised at a breifing in April 2017 but there was a long wait before it was finally on sale - it arrived just days before the end of 2017 on 14 December.
It's a Space Grey beast of a machine which has won rave reviews. However, with a new Mac Pro in the pipeline for 2019, what can we expect from the next update to the iMac Pro? Read on to find out.
iMac Pro 2 Release date
Apple announced a new MacBook Air and Mac mini at its 30 October event, but gave no hint of a new iMac Pro.
We had been hoping that the next generation of Xeon W processors expected to find their way into the iMac Pro - the Cascade Lake W chips - would arrive in the second half of 2018, but now it looks as though that launch has been delayed until the second quarter of 2019.
This could see the next-generation iMac Pro launch alongside the Mac Pro update, which we know won't arrive until 2019. A WWDC 2019 launch seems likely.
iMac Pro 2 Price
The iMac Pro price currently starts at £4,899/£4,999. We think that this is unlikely to change, but it’s not out of the question,
There could be some change to the price if the pricing if the top-of-the-range iMac price changes, and also if the price of the Mac Pro is significantly different when the new model launches.
The current top-of-the-range 27in iMac costs £2,249/$2,299 (although it can be specced up to a £4,949/$5,299). You can buy one here.
The Mac Pro currently starts at £2,999/$2,999. Obviously the current price reflects the fact that the Mac Pro hasn’t been updated since it launched in 2013. It’s likely that when Apple launches the promised update to the pro Mac it will bump up the price, and at the same time the price of the iMac Pro could go down.
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