Three of the four iMac Pro sub-groups have shipped, with purchasers of the 18-core model now getting notifications that the machines are on their way.
Anonymous sources close to the story have stated that “a small number of early orders have shipped to U.S. customers.” No information was available about international orders, although it’s assumed that they’re expected to ship in the near future.
Sources have also confirmed that the 14-core model has not shipped as of yet, and there are no guesses as to when this will happen.
The news follows a number of MacRumors readers noting that they had received shipping notifications for their iMac Pro units. This had also happened in early January, albeit the emails from Apple at the time were sent in error.
The iMac Pro has a base configuration with an eight-core processor running at 3.2 gigahertz, 32 gigabytes of ECC DDR4 2666 RAM, a Vega 56 GPU with 8GB of VRAM, and 1 terabyte of flash storage. Configurations shipping in 2017 included the 8- and 10-core models, up to 4TB of storage on either configuration, either the Vega 56 with 8GB of RAM or the Vega 64 GPU with 16GB of RAM, and up to 128GB of RAM.
Other features include an SD card slot with UHS-II support, four Thunderbolt 3 ports, a 10-Gigabit Ethernet port, three USB 3.0 type A ports, and a headphone jack. The 5K display spans the DCI-P3 gamut and offers a 5120 by 2880 resolution .
For the high end, an 18-core iMac Pro retails around $7,400. A fully maxed-out 18-core unit retails for $13,199.
If you’ve received an email notification about your iMac Pro order from Apple, please let us know about it in the comments.
Via AppleInsider and MacRumors