[Thomas Frank] "So the iMac is a toy and HP copies the pizza box design and its a workstation?"
The Xeon CPU, ECC memory, Quadro graphics, internal expansion options, and tool-free, user-serviceable design that make it a workstation. The iMac has none of these things, so while it may not be a toy, the fact that a competitor has released a workstation in a similar form factor doesn't elevate the iMac.
[Thomas Frank] "I am talking about the design and on top of that if HP can cramp all that into a Pizzabox well then Apple could also (its all INTEL base), maybe a iMac Pro is coming. Who knows... if it does sure is going to look and work cooler."
If they choose to, sure. But that doesn't make the iMac Pro a replacement for the Mac Pro anymore than the Z1 is a replacement for the Z800. They're different machines for different needs.
Working cooler -- I'm not really sure what this means.
As for looking cooler -- seriously? As a Mac user for many years, I fought against the moronic stereotype that designers bought Macs because they looked cooler. Please don't bring it back. There are good reasons to choose a Mac.
Besides which I happen to think the Z1 looks pretty sharp.
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