“it had space that a fan could fit into, but that space was its ‘chimney’ heat sink”
No, there was actually a slot intended for a fan, with power header and all, but that slot was not populated as shipped. (I’ve never owned one, but have researched them and plan to get one someday for playing around with classic mac software.)
Steve Jobs seemed to be OK with the cube form factor
He loved the cube form factor & tried reusing it quite a lot. Fans & fan noise, though, were things he was often trying to get rid of.
Exactly why I used to use my G4 Cube as a web/ftp and local overflow file server since it was located in the main room of my house.
a real shame that all the graphics are missing.
I have one of those! It’s sitting in storage - not sure if it still works or not. 
PCGamer already did this. DIY on the released parts comes in about $300 less, and the time/cost to build/have it built would easily put you over. It actually IS a good deal.
A solid $1500 of this cost is borne by that 5k monitor. That is a monster.
Envy!
The first Unix machine I used was a NeXT Cube. Of course I could never afford to own one while they were still relevant and by the time they were cheap I had no space for one.
What I’d like to do is have a shelf with a NeXT Cube, my G4 Cube and my Cobalt Qube lined up in a row, black clear and purple.
Thanks, it’s good to know I can drag my cheese grater (love that characterization) into the present. I’ll be on the lookout for industrious cottages to assist me.
Except that the parts are not released / known. So any comparison doesn’t have much credibility in my book.
Like @john_c said, the parts aren’t known. No one knows what the gfx cards performance or cost will be, as your two links illustrate. Your second link is especially disingenuous as it doesn’t even include a workstation card (i.e., nvidia quadro), which are anywhere from $800-1700 for 8GB equivalents on that list, vs $700 for the chosen card.
The fact is, the 5K iMacs have all been good value propositions since release because 5K monitors are expensive. As I said above, add the Xeon and Workstation GPU taxes and suddenly the imac pro is actually a pretty good value proposition if you’re in that market. If you weren’t going to buy a 5K display, don’t need Xeon features, and don’t need workstation graphics capabilities for computation or precision calcs, then you likely don’t need an imac pro, either, and a top of the line 27" iMac (processor / gfx wise at least) will be the better choice.
If I were replacing my 2012 imac, that’s what I’d do today.
My former iMac had a 1TB HDD + 128 SSD Fusion Drive. I’m quite frugal with HD space and really don’t need more than 150-200TB. So the above mentioned Fusion Drive worked well for me.
Got the new iMac yesterday, came with a 2TB Fusion Drive as standard. What surprised me was that apparently Apple switched to different Fusion drive compositions. The 1 TB Fusion drive now has a 32GB SSD and the 2 TB has the 128 SSD accompanying it. I expected more … but it’s sufficient for my needs.
I’ve been pondering digging mine out of storage for some kind of use along those lines. It’s so pretty that I hate not having a good use for it these days.
Apple loves wireless keyboards for their imacs. A touch bar keyboard needs a lot of power to run the display of the touchbar, which means either you need a wired keyboard or you need to charge it every few days instead of once a month or so. Hence, no touchbar for desktops yet.
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