With a mac you would have to buy a whole new system. The cool thing is I can upgrade it so easily, for about $184 (i5 8400) + ~$110 motherboard, so about $300 I can upgrade to a cutting edge 6 core processor. Also plays all the games I like well over 100fps on my 1440p monitor. I built a rig with a i5 6500, 16gb ram, 960evo nvme ssd, gtx1070, I built it into a mini itx form factor and it looks awesome and preforms well. Only difference is I can play high end video games and upgrade my computer easier with windows. OSX has more polish but they both run the same major software. What's unique to OSX in your workflow? I've used both windows 10 and the latest version of OSX. If you are looking at getting one of the new iMac Pros, which processor configuration are you going to get? With that, I liked the fact that Morrison actually did some intense testing rather than just opening Adobe Photoshop and saving a photo for comparison to test which processor may work best for you and your budget. In this video, Morrison uses RED Cine-X, Cinema 4D, Final Cut Pro X, Adobe Media Encoder, and Adobe After Effects to compare rendering time between each setup. If you need a computer that is more of a studio workhorse that can handle 8K video editing without much of an issue, you might be looking at one of the different configurations Apple has to offer. The iMac Pro isn't for the faint of heart with the $5,000 starting price but these units are meant for working professionals over the average consumer.

These prices are based on the configuration changes from Morrison's listed specifications if you opt for both the Magic Mouse and Magic Trackpad, added software, or any additional changes will result in a different price.

There is a pretty wide price gap between the different configurations. Coming to you from Jonathan Morrison is a comparison video that puts the iMac Pro 18-core ($13,199) up against a 10-core ($9,599) and the base configuration 8-core ($4,999) variation to see how they handle under some 3D rendering and 4K video work.

6 core vs 8 core mac pro