Apple appears to be on the verge of discontinuing the iMac Pro, with the store page for the high-end all-in-one Mac including the slogan “While stocks last” and just the base model with no custom configurations available for purchase .
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The iMac Pro was launched in December 2017, and while a few tweaks have been made to the available configurations over the years, it hasn’t received any substantial hardware updates in its lifetime. As a result, we have been recommending users for some time not to purchase the iMac Pro as a high-end standard iMac currently offers a better price.
There have been a few rumors of an updated iMac Pro over the years, including from analyst Ming-Chi Kuo, almost exactly a year ago.
It’s unclear whether the iMac Pro will be discontinued entirely or whether Apple will be selling through existing stock prior to an update, but the unusual comment about diminishing stocks suggests that the machine is indeed on the verge of being discontinued entirely. If an updated version comes out, it looks like it won’t be ready to launch for a while and there may be a gap in availability once the current model is sold out.
(Thanks, Ben!)