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

[megalaser]

I think Apple is out of the standalone display business, if you listen carefully to what he was saying, half the time he referred to it as an iMac and half the time as a display, then he said 'and we're even throwing in a computer inside' - that suggests to me that they are ditching standalone displays. It's no huge loss because you could always buy an entry level 27 inch 5K iMac or one of the many LG displays, plus they know that there are going to be huge choice in 4K displays by this time next year. I think the Thunderbolt display is a discontinued product.

 

[PatriotInvasion]

So I was wrong. I didn't think Apple would leapfrog 4K and go to 5K for under $3,000. That said, $2,499 is still a lot of dough for a computer...sporting an $800 premium over the base configuration 27-inch iMac. It's also just a display update in the same case design.

I will sit back and wait for that price to drop to $1,999 in a year or so while allowing the hardware to catch up with the display. Regardless, nice to see Apple staying at the forefront of display technology and pushing the iMac line to new heights.

 

[neoelectronaut]

Well holy jeez. I was all set to buy a MacBook Air when my current iMac kicks the bucket but this has made things a bit more complicated.

 

[chris14465]

So you telling me my recently bought $2999 Mac Pro machine with Thunderbolt 2 will NOT support a possible 5k Thunderbolt Display when it comes out because it has only Thunderbolt 2?
Crazy.

 

[canman4PM]

Must resist....My late 2008 24" iMac is still going strong, beautiful, and more than capable of running Yosemite.

So I am still very happy with my iMac

Me too. Mine's a year older but I had it made fully loaded. And it too, is Yosemite-capable.

My only concern is have they upped the computer's ability enough to keep up with this display over the long haul. Will I still be able to run the latest OS 7-8 years from now. This is a concern, as I will also fully load my next iMac and that's over $4,200CAD. It's a lot to spend if it can't. I might wait another gen. I thing a gen or two will make the price even more reasonable. Remember how much more the rMBPs were compared to the regular MBPs at first? Though the gap between the fully loaded iMac and fully loaded riMac is only $400CAD.

 

[AllergyDoc]

$2,299 with education discount and only $119 for AppleCare.

 

[megalaser]

They want you to buy a 27 inch iMac and use it as a 5K display for the Mac Pro.

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???

 

[leman]

iMacs always uses mobile gpu
someone has some performance gpu between these AMD and 780M ?

The base M290X is slightly below 780M, I can't find any benchmarks on M295X

Yeah I wonder what the frame-rate is going to be for even fairly basic games?

Essentially the same as the non-retina high-end iMac. I hope you do not have any ambitions to run games at the native resolution, that would be plain silly. Unless its really old games...

 

[Michaelgtrusa]

Look at this https://vine.co/v/OqP76t61eYL

 

[omenatarhuri]

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?

Says user accessible on Apple website so yes.

 

[osofast240sx]

yups

once again the MacPro users are being ignored

You got the Mac pro what more do you need

 

[petsounds]

They want you to buy a 27 inch iMac and use it as a 5K display for the Mac Pro.

That's highly wasteful from an environmental standpoint.

 

[AppleInLVX]

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

No kidding. I don't get that comment. My 2010 iMac is still going strong, no complaints at all. In fact, this 5K screen was pretty much the only thing that would have made me upgrade.

 

[canman4PM]

Where is the updated Thunderbolt Display????

I think you'll see it in the near future. The display panels are probably all ear-marked for the iMac for the short term until the initial demand dies down.

 

[richardbb85]

sounds great til i heard the price

 

[ThisIsNotMe]

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

You mean a MacPro?

 

[xnu]

Friggin haters? 5K is what the price is for

Also, for all you GPU haters out there: the 290X is amazing! Everyone knows Apple won't shove the ABSOLUTE best gpu, so i was surprised. In a scaled, its rated about 6500! Granted, the 980 is about 9000, but still. Around 3000 is all thats needed for 30FPS games, etc.

Haters...

Hoorrrrraaayyyyy 30fps in my new computer.

 

[Traverse]

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???

But most of their Macs can't drive a 5K display. What I wanted more than any iDevice was a 23/24" 4K Thunderbolt display to use with my 15" rMBP.....

 

[chfilm]

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.

And how is that supposed to work via TB2?!

 

[Serban]

Look at this https://vine.co/v/OqP76t61eYL

fake...look at those black bezels

 

[HurtinMinorKey]

5K monitor with 8 bit color at 60fps is about 6.7 Gbps, so TB1 and TB2 should both provide enough bandwidth.

 

[Traverse]

Well holy jeez. I was all set to buy a MacBook Air when my current iMac kicks the bucket but this has made things a bit more complicated.

I would wait for reviews. The first generation retina devices often have under power issues. The iPhone 4, iPad 3, and somewhat the 2012 rMBP.

 

[Serban]

so this 5K iMac will run at 60 hz?

 

[firewood]

Specs are terrible; core i5 and mobile AMD gpu.

A quality 4k display in a nice enclosure costs more than this iMac.

Thus Apple is essentially paying buyers to take a bundled computer with these specs by discounting their 5k display price.

 

[Designer Dale]

did mini ever had the quad core option? I see the $699 is with the dual core i5. And the option is a dual core i7 (for an extra $300). Not very cool.

Yes. Still available, too.

Quad Core Mini at PowerMax

Dale