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Apple Announces 27-Inch iMac With Retina 5K Display Starting at $2500
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the top end CTO AMD graphics card for this maxes out most new games at 40-60fps....so its def competent for games.
FALSE! The Dell 5K display as $2500 on it's own.
( $2500 ) That's the price of the iMac with the display before customising it.
That's called a good price.
Does not matter if it is computer display or a TV it will still need a internet to stream a movie or a TV Show it least 4K or more, there might be things that does not need internet to get 5K but if it comes to Netflix than it is more than just a computer display.
I noticed you neglected to show the second half of that old picture.
So. Enlighten us then?
For all those of you talking about using this new Retina model as a display: Target Display Mode has been dropped from the Spec' sheet. It was listed under "Video and Camera Supprt" for the old models: http://www.apple.com/imac/specs/.
This makes perfect sense given the bandwidth limitations of Thunderbolt compared with the requirements of a '5k' display.
No more iMac-as-a-display.
This makes perfect sense given the bandwidth limitations of Thunderbolt compared with the requirements of a '5k' display.
No more iMac-as-a-display.
You know, better battery life! Wait...Mobile GPU?!?!
(Real life: huge discount when buying same chip for both desktops and laptops...)
Yeah, I realized that in a later post. I should go edit that one. Feel like an idiot, but like I said in that other post, there are so many dozens of abbreviations when it comes to displays. It's ridiculous!
While impressive, the one thing I've taken away from this announcement is my excitement for next years iMac refresh. GPU's right now across the board are really struggling with 4k, so once they catch up I'll be excited for a new 5k iMac. I'm sure the one included in this machine is good enough, but to really shine 5k needs some major horsepower behind it.
Also quit bitching about the lack of a 5k thunderbolt display. Almost all of you don't have the horsepower to drive 5k with the GPU's in most shipping Apple products.
2012 MacBook Air's will not drive a 5k Display.
Also quit bitching about the lack of a 5k thunderbolt display. Almost all of you don't have the horsepower to drive 5k with the GPU's in most shipping Apple products.
2012 MacBook Air's will not drive a 5k Display.
Yup, some people buy a computer for the way it looks, and others buy one for what it can do. The iMac is a large laptop with a really nice display. I like the design, but I can't see spending this much on a computer with mobile hardware and an inability to upgrade certain components. But it sure is pretty.
I have a 27-inch, Mid 2011 and never noticed this problem, since 2011 I've left my iMac on.
Is this a recent development with the new iMacs?
I play Arma 3 in medium setting at 1920X1080 with an iMac mid 2011 / 256GB SSD as second hard drive. The video card is a radeon 6750 and kick ass with it. Sometimes is not the hardware but just the player that has no skills and is easier to blame the hardware.
Really, I wasn't aware we had an insider who can tell us what unreleased parts cost. Marginally more than a 4k display. Right.
you clearly haven't followed apple's graphics choices in the past. Apple is always behind specwise, and if that bothers you, Apple probably isn't your best choice.
There is people that is blind or has dead brain cells.. hard to make them understand.
No, he just wants to spread myths. All my iMac run just fine without weeks of shutting down.
It'll come, at the moment they won't want to take the attention away from the 5K iMac in the first few months.
How many macs and how long have been able to drive 2 separate 2.5k screens? Many and a long time.
Can new Mini drive 4k? Not with decent refresh rate.
All 4k & 5k displays made next year will need displayport1.3. How many macs support this? NONE.
(Edit: Well, if you buy external graphics card enclosure with TB2 and card with dp1.3 output, it is possible. Also there might be a bottleneck with TB2...)
maybe making it work well over thunderbolt 2 isn't a reality yet, that's tons of bandwidth, and if you are interested in 4k+ monitors, you should know how much of an issue getting them connected and working right is. Easier to just build it in with the computer than make a stand alone, so I'm not surprised we're seeing this first.