Apple Announces 27-Inch iMac With Retina 5K Display Starting at $2500

[i.mac]

To be fair you can buy the iMac and just use it as a display (in target display mode), and it will only cost you a tiny bit more than what Apple will probably price the 5K display at.

Excellent idea... And you still have a Mac bacup.

 

[HenryDJP]

We still need the headless iMac. Only been asking for 15 years.

Keep asking for 15 more years.

 

[Neodym]

Its called the Mac Pro. lol. If your slinging cash like that for such a low spec computer might as well drop another 500 and get the pro.

...plus another 1.000+ for a proper display to make actual use of your proposed Pro...

 

[SonicSoundVW]

….and then add hundreds, maybe thousands of dollars for a monitor?

yeah, I'm starting to see that point now. lol. I don't think they are aiming for mainstream users.

 

[FrozenDarkness]

I'm shocked that Apple didn't go with the 980M tbh. It doesn't actually make a ton of sense.

 

[Traverse]

No new Thunderbolt Display

 

[bpeeps]

Wow, I must the *the* lucky one who is still using a 2011 i7 iMac, unfried

Nope, same model, same specs here as well. Dropped 160 on AppleCare for it, never had to use it once. Not sure what that other person is doing with their iMac.

 

[gugy]

….and then add hundreds, maybe thousands of dollars for a monitor?

True but it doesn't make much sense to leave that computer power alone.
The only explanation I can see is the nMP cannot handle the 5k but that's very unlikely to be true.
I really wonder why they are holding this back. Professionals like me that have MacPro's cannot wait to get these displays.

 

[macosxuser01]

Where is the updated Thunderbolt Display????

Just use the iMac as a Thunderbolt display. A 4K motinor usually goes for about $2000-$3000 so mind as well just get iMac and use it as the display if you have a Mac Pro

 

[n-evo]

I genuinely feel sorry for everyone who thought new Thunderbolt Displays would be introduced today as well.

 

[iSee]

Where is the updated Thunderbolt Display????

A good question, but completely irrelevant to this thread.

 

[AppleGoat]

Jennifer Lawrence must look amazing on this

 

[neuropsychguy]

It is over 3k if you want decent (aka good but last-gen) specs with the i7 and 16gb+ of ram.

Or you can upgrade the RAM yourself after the fact. 16 GB is about $136 - $150. Pop that in and you have 24 GB of RAM for about $150 more.

 

[bpeeps]

i like how this story is a little footnote on the sidebar when click bait non Apple stories are plastered on the front page day after day.

They typically post it on the iOS blog while the Apple event is up, and then move it to the main page when the Apple event is over. Kind of annoying, but hey we don't run MR.

 

[iSee]

Apple has lost its way. Give it proper specs and price it for $2999 please.

Upgrade it?

 

[cpnotebook80]

You can use the iMac as a display if you want. 4k displays have a similar price anyway.

oh that is cool. So I can connect my nmp or mac pro to the imac?

 

[ethanwa79]

Just use the iMac as a Thunderbolt display. A 4K motinor usually goes for about $2000-$3000 so mind as well just get iMac and use it as the display if you have a Mac Pro

No

 

[omenatarhuri]

The top end AMD GPU is ONLY 7% faster than the 780M. With it having to power a 5K display, I advise Mac gamers to stick with the regular iMac.

http://www.game-debate.com/gpu/inde...mpare=radeon-r9-m295x-4gb-vs-geforce-gtx-780m

Even if Apple couldn't get access to the 980M they should have waited.....

http://www.game-debate.com/gpu/inde...e=geforce-gtx-980m-8gb-vs-radeon-r9-m295x-4gb

The comparison is written out of their asses. They made up the specs of m295x on that site.

 

[Ragnar51]

Just Ordered My New iMac

i7 chip, with 3tb fusion drive and 4 gb video memory. Should be here in about 10 days Also got a new time capsule to go with.


Kevin in CT

"And on the brave and crazy wings of youth
They went flying around in the rain
And their feathers, once so fine, grew torn and tattered
And in the end they traded their tired wings
For the resignation that living brings'

"Before The Deluge" by Jackson Browne

 

[glazed]

Memory upgradable

With the previous 27 inch we could upgrade memory. Do you think it will be possible to buy an 8Gb version and upgrade it to 32GB afterwards?

 

[designaholic]

Nope, same model, same specs here as well. Dropped 160 on AppleCare for it, never had to use it once. Not sure what that other person is doing with their iMac.

Perhaps lots of rendering and then fries an egg on it while he waits

 

[mehdijobs]

No new Thunderbolt Display

I really dont get it. Why would they release a 5k iMac when the Mac Pro doesn't have a proper display to work with. SO the best device to do photography, graphic design or video editing is the new iMac? what about the Mac Pro???

 

[CBJammin103]

Wow, I must the *the* lucky one who is still using a 2011 i7 iMac, unfried

I'm using a perfect-condition 2009... internal updates but the display is as good a ever.

 

[NMBob]

Wow, I must the *the* lucky one who is still using a 2011 i7 iMac, unfried

Mid-2010 i7 and the eggs sitting on top are a little moldy, but still raw and uncooked.

 

[designaholic]

With the previous 27 inch we could upgrade memory. Do you think it will be possible to buy an 8Gb version and upgrade it to 32GB afterwards?

Of course you can. That's exactly what I always do off the bat... will be buying 4 x 8GB cards from Crucial.