iMac Pro is the most powerful iMac there’s ever been. Here’s our review
By Jim Bask
Is an iMac Pro worth the investment? Read our real world review to find out!
At the start of the year, the creative shop where I edit picked up three iMac Pros to upgrade our systems. In the past seven months, the iMac Pros have proven to be workhorses, running Premiere Pro, After Effects, and DaVinci Resolve with ease. Underneath its appealing, all-in-one, space grey enclosure, the iMac Pro delivers serious performance.
The iMac Pro line starts with the 8-core 3.2GHz Xeon W, but I believe the sweet spot is the 10-core, which we purchased. These feature the 3.0GHz Xeon W CPU, 64GB of RAM, and the Radeon Pro Vega 64 (16GB VRAM) GPU. Blackmagic’s Disk Speed Test clocks the flash SSD storage at averaging over 3,000 MB/s write and 2,300 MB/s read – making them the fastest of any Mac. The most useful element is their improved connectivity over standard iMacs. There are four Thunderbolt 3/USB-C ports, four USB 3 ports, an SDXC card slot, and a 10Gig Ethernet port. Built-in 10GigE enables direct connection to our QNAP NAS shared storage, without requiring a separate Thunderbolt-to-10GigE adapter. The iMac Pros ship with a wireless Bluetooth keyboard and mouse, so you won’t lose any USB ports to connect these….read more