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DisplayPort Standard with 8K Support for Notebooks and All-in-Ones Heading for Mid-2016 Launch
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i use 3 1440p monitors and 1 4k tv....but i have Classic mac pro with a gtx 980 while all the other bum macs struggle.
More like 8GB DDR3, i5, and a single 2gb graphics card with a 5400RPM HDD
BUT
For only $1,500 more you can upgrade to 32gb DDR3, a 256GB SSD, and an i7! Now that's a bargain.
Enjoy it while you can - that grater is dying a little more every day (aren't we all).
(Just kidding - I have 2 old iMacs that I still use for grid computing)
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The point of higher resolutions isn't just to watch higher resolution content, it's to do work at a higher resolution. Video editing with 4k full resolution in a window (or multiple windows) with space available for the editing interface. Apps in general on a big monitor with a ton of detail to see what you're working on.
I could almost fit a photo at 1:1 on that.
Actually who am I kidding, since the photos are 2:3 the display would be short by about 600 pixels.
Too bad ATV 4 doesn't support 16K. I might send mine back and wait until they support it.
johnnyturbouk
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I think before apple even fathoms on conceptualising an apple 8k iMac, they should concentrate on utilising half decent materials in the current lineup, the previous iMac was rather lacklustre. No thunderbolt 3, no ddr4, and no DP1.3.
There appears to be a fair amount of confusion here, albeit understandable (unless I'm the one completely out to sea). This article is not about DisplayPort 1.4--it's about Embedded DisplayPort 1.4. The former is the unspecified future successor to DP 1.3, which was the standard that was finalized last year and that will allow us to have external 5K displays at 60Hz with a single cable. Based on my admittedly limited understanding of the matter, the latter, eDP 1.4, is most easily conceptualized as the internal version of DP 1.3. This will allow us to have a 5K iMac without the current internal jiggery pokery that Apple has had to deploy and may permit us to witness the return of Target Display Mode. eDP 1.4 just brings the wholesome goodness of DP 1.3 to notebooks and all-in-ones, along with a super-sized serving of version number confusion.
The CW is that the first DP 1.3 cards will arrive in the middle of next year when Nvidia rolls out its successor to Maxwell. I wouldn't be surprised if eDP 1.4 appears shortly thereafter since it's basically the internally-formatted version of DP 1.3. The mid-2016 arrival cited in the article may not be too off.
Now, the question of when this will appear on Macs is a different beast. I imagine we will see eDP 1.4 (5K iMac) implemented before external DP 1.3 connections (the thing needed for external 5K displays with one cable). Since Apple and Intel made the questionable decision to multiplex DP and PCIe data in TB, and Apple made the decision to dump standalone mDP ports for TB ports, advances in display signal standards have been tied inextricably to advances in TB. DP 1.3 will not be rolled out in TB 3--you'll need to wait for TB 4, at the earliest, to see that. So, even if DP 1.3 appears in products by Nvidia in the middle of next year (and presumably AMD soon thereafter), as Mac owners we'll need to wait longer, perhaps much longer, before we see it. Given that TB 3 hasn't yet arrived on Mac, it's anybody's guess when we'll see TB 4.
The CW is that the first DP 1.3 cards will arrive in the middle of next year when Nvidia rolls out its successor to Maxwell. I wouldn't be surprised if eDP 1.4 appears shortly thereafter since it's basically the internally-formatted version of DP 1.3. The mid-2016 arrival cited in the article may not be too off.
Now, the question of when this will appear on Macs is a different beast. I imagine we will see eDP 1.4 (5K iMac) implemented before external DP 1.3 connections (the thing needed for external 5K displays with one cable). Since Apple and Intel made the questionable decision to multiplex DP and PCIe data in TB, and Apple made the decision to dump standalone mDP ports for TB ports, advances in display signal standards have been tied inextricably to advances in TB. DP 1.3 will not be rolled out in TB 3--you'll need to wait for TB 4, at the earliest, to see that. So, even if DP 1.3 appears in products by Nvidia in the middle of next year (and presumably AMD soon thereafter), as Mac owners we'll need to wait longer, perhaps much longer, before we see it. Given that TB 3 hasn't yet arrived on Mac, it's anybody's guess when we'll see TB 4.
What I don't get is why does Apple think they are so "cool" to bring out 8k, 12k...or whatever future-k? Seriously. They can't even produce proper mac computers like iMac and mac pro to justify those eye power screen. Hey, Apple. Just because you like to make things look "beautiful" on the outside does not mean you make things look good on the inside. It's more like John Carpenter's movie, "They live." We can see through all your craps on the inside without those glasses.
Get real..and balance it out.
Get real..and balance it out.
FAIL! I won't be happy until I get 16k displays. Also, make sure I get an 8-core CPU *just* to drive the display. You can give me a regular old 4-core CPU to handle my computing duties.
8k on my 15" display? Right..... I have 2k right now and I'd never pay a penny more to have anything higher. I can't see any pixels right now, why would I want to see no pixels later at a higher cost?
8k on my 15" display? Right..... I have 2k right now and I'd never pay a penny more to have anything higher. I can't see any pixels right now, why would I want to see no pixels later at a higher cost?
In Milwau
I am still maxed at 50Mbs down / 5 Mbs up with Time Warner Cable (and this is the highest residential speed they can provide) Tried to switch to ATT and the max they offer in my area is ... 24Mbs! I live downtown Milwaukee, WI a 700,000 city! The ISPs here are a total joke.
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I am still maxed at 50Mbs down / 5 Mbs up with Time Warner Cable (and this is the highest residential speed they can provide) Tried to switch to ATT and the max they offer in my area is ... 24Mbs! I live downtown Milwaukee, WI a 700,000 city! The ISPs here are a total joke.
johnnyturbouk
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Screens are so 21st century, i want an imac that is the size of an apple watch, that project directly into my visual cortex. Only issue is whether to upgrade the stock 5400rpm hdd?
ISPs in most of the USA are a joke. It's because of monopolies and lousy infrastructure (because of monopolies).
Think Adobe will ever update their apps to work with higher res monitors?? Have you tried to read any of their interfaces on a 4k or higher monitor??? Text is much too small. Weak Adobe, weak. Where's the "text size" slider in the preferences???
So no Target Display from rMB / rMBP to 5k iMac / 5k Thunderbolt display until they got TB 3.1 or TB 4, right?
I don't really get the thing of offering such monster resolutions if the hardware isn't yet ready to handle basic functions.
I'll bet you it's coming! SVG pictures may look like 256 color pictures of yesteryear at first, but in theory, you could get SVG to make a pretty good picture someday. With enough colored dots, anything is possible!