iMac Pro - these things are going to sell like hotcakes^tm

[Lost It]

Just think how fast it can do invoices though and expense spreadsheets will take a nano-second to recalculate now instead of two nano-seconds.

I prefer pretentious books on the coffee table nowadays to impress people, a Camus or two, some Dreisler, and The Beano Annual, 1972....

Will it be so fast that it will be able to type before I even touch the keyboard? And fix my spelling mistakes on the fly?

[stek]

Just think how fast it can do invoices though and expense spreadsheets will take a nano-second to recalculate now instead of two nano-seconds.

I prefer pretentious books on the coffee table nowadays to impress people, a Camus or two, some Dreisler, and The Beano Annual, 1972....

[AtW]

That sounds pretty poor, treacle (relatively speaking) for single-thread programs and less than impressive for long cooks at max load?

Single thread is a easy - hig turbo, but 18 core CPU meant for parallel software

[glebe digital]

They are clocked very lowly - just above 2 Ghz

That sounds pretty poor, treacle (relatively speaking) for single-thread programs and less than impressive for long cooks at max load?

[AtW]

hmm, well 18 cores going full beans on that I'd be worried about the heat, doesn't look to clever on the dissipation side of things.

They are clocked very lowly - just above 2 Ghz

[jamesbrown]

hmm, well 18 cores going full beans on that I'd be worried about the heat, doesn't look to clever on the dissipation side of things.

Agreed, cooling looks a bit Mickey Mouse. I'd want a liquid cooled full tower

[glebe digital]

hmm, well 18 cores going full beans on that I'd be worried about the heat, doesn't look to clever on the dissipation side of things.

[jamesbrown]

You could probably get two 18-core i9s for the price of that Xeon, plus you can overclock them. IMO, Macs don't really stack-up for anyone that wants serious performance and is willing to build their own (or have someone do it). They're pretty though, which is nice.

[AtW]

Should have gotten PC with AMD EPIC!

[BlasterBates]

Xeon 18 core processor has gr8 reviews

I do like Mac, and fantastic screens.

[greenlake]

December can't come soon enough. €10k on standby...

18 cores! That should help with my excel sheets models, they can be so demanding.

https://www.apple.com/imac-pro/

All you need is one of these....



....and then you're all set for a productive day in front of your new PC....

[scooterscot]

December can't come soon enough. €10k on standby...

18 cores! That should help with my excel sheets models, they can be so demanding.

https://www.apple.com/imac-pro/