Say what? Dell's forthcoming 5k display is suspected to cost $2500. For just a display. That display with your i7 pc would cost $4500.
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Apple Announces 27-Inch iMac With Retina 5K Display Starting at $2500
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Say what? Dell's forthcoming 5k display is suspected to cost $2500. For just a display. That display with your i7 pc would cost $4500.
The new chips from Intel will probably be available for a 2nd gen Mac Pro in early 2015. Then there's the question about new AMD GPUs.
Pricing is in line with the market. Buy a computer with "proper specs" and then add a 27" 5K display. You'd have to sell your car for that.
WHERE IS THE TB DISPLAYS AT 5K????????????
Yea I was really hoping for an update TB display.
The original post was about the Mac Pro, which has dual D300, D500 or D700 graphics cards.
These can drive three 4k monitors, so they ought to be able to drive at least one 5K.
Don't lie online. A i7-5820k system with 16GB DDR4, GTX 780Ti is going to set you back $2900+ before you even buy a monitor.
http://secure.ncixus.com/ncixpc/ncixpc.cfm?uuid=6CBE9B01-C53B-47A0-83DD58896982241B-6075183
With a GTX 980 even more. With a 4K IPS (not LCD) monitor another $1000 on top.
The Apple Retina is 5K IPS - For $2500 base spec this is simply amazing.
Yes this is not as good compared to a $4000 PC system of the above spec but then that is a stupid comparison anyway. Compare Apples to Apples (or PC's of the same worth).
What you mean is TN (Twisted Nematic). Those are infamous for their inferior image quality compared to IPS. TFT (Thin Film Transistor) is more a general category for flat screen monitors.
Yeah, but unfortunately TB2 doesn't have the bandwidth to drive a 5k monitor @ 60hz. TB3 can, which is why we'll probably see a Mac Pro update with TB3 next year, along with a 5k Cinema Display with TB3. But that probably means early adopter Mac Pro customers are SOL for 5k unless some third-party vendor rigs up a dual TB2 converter.
You sure have a point, but maybe some of us don't want to be irresistible to the opposite sex
I find funny people complaining about the specs of this computer, specially it is not suited for gaming.
If anyone knows about FPS games besides stupid battlefied noob run and gun. There is game called Arma 2 and Arma 3. I have an older Imac mid 2011 with and upgraded second ssd 6g in it and it runs that game pretty nice. Medium quality graphics. That iMac was not the top model. If you add that I live in Panamá, central America and my ping is around 80. I am pretty happy to kick the butt and guts of a lot of people running custom gaming pc's worth 3 or 4k.
So this new iMac with this ridiculous display paired with the R9 M290x or the 295x will kick ass big time.
I play everyday, play in PVP leagues etc. So it will be a nice upgrade. Can't wait the 20 days it will take to arrive here. Just ordered it 20 minutes ago with the R9 295x and 1TB flash. Muahaha
If anyone knows about FPS games besides stupid battlefied noob run and gun. There is game called Arma 2 and Arma 3. I have an older Imac mid 2011 with and upgraded second ssd 6g in it and it runs that game pretty nice. Medium quality graphics. That iMac was not the top model. If you add that I live in Panamá, central America and my ping is around 80. I am pretty happy to kick the butt and guts of a lot of people running custom gaming pc's worth 3 or 4k.
So this new iMac with this ridiculous display paired with the R9 M290x or the 295x will kick ass big time.
I play everyday, play in PVP leagues etc. So it will be a nice upgrade. Can't wait the 20 days it will take to arrive here. Just ordered it 20 minutes ago with the R9 295x and 1TB flash. Muahaha
It's even more wasteful from a financial standpoint, (unless you are AAPL of course).
Meh. Was thinking of upgrading from my iMac G4 this year but I guess I'll just wait til the next refresh...
Dell is charging a high premium for their display because it's new and 5k; realistically it only costs marginally more than 4k displays to make.
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And I'm still paying retail markup; Apple is buying parts for far cheaper than me.
Agreed tho, if I went with a 4k IPS display then my build would cost an extra 1000 dollars
*IPS is LCD, I think you mean TN.
What applications can take advantage of the new iMac display mode? Will web browsing look better too?
I think anything that looks better on a retina macbook will look better on this too.