Pro Mac setup

DARK MATERIALS

The iMac Pro has the same screen as the iMac 27–inch and a similar-shaped case, but is finished in Space Gray and supplied with matching Magic Mouse 2 (or $50 Magic Trackpad) and Magic Keyboard, the latter with Numeric Keypad as standard.

iMAC PRO

3.2GHz 8-core

$4,999

Specifications

3.2GHz eight–core Intel Xeon W–2140B processor, 32GB RAM (max 256GB), 1TB SSD, 8GB AMD Radeon Pro Vega 56 graphics, 27–inch 5120x2880 P3 display, four 40Gbps Thunderbolt 3 ports, four 10Gbps USB–A ports, 10Gb Ethernet, SDXC card slot

Configure your iMac Pro

FOR NEAR–AS–DAMMIT $5K, you’d want a Mac that’s ready to use, and that’s what you get with the base iMac Pro. The single terabyte of PCIe SSD is acceptable considering you’ll always need external storage, and there are four Thunderbolt 3 ports for that.

32GB of RAM is reasonable, but creative pros have been using this amount for a while, so it may not feel very future–proof. Doubling it is a $400 option, a 100%