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Apple officially discontinues the iMac Pro
Friday, March 19, 2021 4:55 pm

Apple’s iMac Pro has been officially discontinued as of Friday afternoon, with the “pro” all-in-one no longer available for purchase from the online Apple Store.

the Apple Online Store page for iMac Pro sprouted a “while supplies last” tagline and commentators figured that Apple was on the verge of discontinuing the machine.

Juli Clover for MacRumors:

The ?iMac Pro? went out of stock in the United States and other countries earlier today, and now, the ?iMac Pro? page has been removed entirely from Apple’s website.

With the ?iMac Pro? page eliminated, there is no longer an option to buy an ?iMac Pro? in the United States or in any other country, and the machine is no longer listed in the Apple Store app, nor does a search bring up ?iMac Pro? listings.

Apple has also changed the Mac compatibility filter for the ?iMac Pro? to say “2017” instead of “2017 and later,” making it clear that there will be no more ?iMac Pro? models in the future.

MacDailyNews Take: Considered by many to be a stopgap machine to assuage “pro” users while Apple scrambled to replace the Mac Pro after Apple’s lamentable “ignore the Mac professionals” period, for which the company eventually apologized, there is no longer a need for the iMac Pro. It’s emblematic of a mistake; a band-aid on a cancer. Sayonara.

Thankfully, Apple eventually woke up and we now have a real Mac Pro (can’t wait until models start dumping Intel for superior Apple Silicon)!

Apple discontinues 512GB and 1TB SSD configurations of 21.5-inch iMac
Saturday, March 20, 2021 12:11 pm

Shortly after officially discontinuing the iMac Pro, Apple has also discontinued the 512GB and 1TB SSD configurations of the 4K 21.5-inch iMac.

Sami Fathi for MacRumors:

Last month, both options became unavailable for purchase, although it was unclear at the time whether it was a temporary issue due to a component supply problem or if it was a permanent decision to no longer offer the options.

Apple has now removed both of the affected SSD options from the ?iMac?’s configuration page entirely, leaving a 256GB SSD and a 1TB Fusion Drive as the only options for customers.

MacDailyNews Take: With the 21.5-inch iMac configs being retired, new iMacs, expected to sport an iPad Pro-like design, seem imminent!

Last week, an unreleased iMac with an ARM processor has appeared via Xcode’s Crash Reporter feature when a developer’s application crashed while being used on an iMac powered by an ARM processor. Apple does not currently sell an iMac powered by an ARM processor, so this signals that the app was being used on an unreleased iMac with Apple Silicon processor.

https://macdailynews.com/2021/03/20/apple-discontinues-512gb-and-1tb-ssd-configurations-of-21-5-inch-imac/