New 15" rMP now available on Apple Store in UK. And a cheaper riMac
Same for me in US. Still Haswell.
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New 15-inch MacBook Pro and 27-inch iMac Expected to Launch This Wednesday
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Same for me in US. Still Haswell.
Yep, so now there is a new lower end 27" iMac Retina 5K for $1,999. That takes the place of the former higher end non-retina iMac that was the same price. The $2,299 (after $200 price cut) model is still the same one as before, just with a new lower price.
The verge has just confirmed it!
A month after updating the 13-inch MacBook Pro with its new Force Touch trackpad tech, Apple has today revamped two of its bigger siblings, releasing new versions of its 15-inch MacBook Pro and 27-inch iMac. As with the 13-inch model, the new 15-inch MacBook Pro now boasts a Force Touch trackpad, while the new 27-inch iMac is losing its hybrid hard drive setup but selling for a lower price, $1,999.
http://www.theverge.com/2015/5/19/8623803/apple-retina-imac-macbook-pro-updates
A month after updating the 13-inch MacBook Pro with its new Force Touch trackpad tech, Apple has today revamped two of its bigger siblings, releasing new versions of its 15-inch MacBook Pro and 27-inch iMac. As with the 13-inch model, the new 15-inch MacBook Pro now boasts a Force Touch trackpad, while the new 27-inch iMac is losing its hybrid hard drive setup but selling for a lower price, $1,999.
http://www.theverge.com/2015/5/19/8623803/apple-retina-imac-macbook-pro-updates
If you check in the BTO page, they are still listed as 4th Generation Intel processors. And the CPU clock speeds are the same.
Incredibly. Cut out an iMac model leaving a large price gap, and replace the 15" MBP with 2 more expensive MBPs.
New 15" rMP now available on Apple Store in UK. And a cheaper riMac
Broadwell isn't ready then it seems. Only force touch trackpad and new discrete graphics. Oh, and faster storage. Looks like I won't be upgrading this time round.
Apple has just released a new 15 inch MacBook Pro with the same Haswell processors and the Force Touch trackpad. I hate to say told you so, but I did. I would have liked to believe you but I guess I'll be waiting for the next refresh.
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Thanks for those stats, but now, please compare it to an ATI or nVidia GPU... Intel is so far behind. Plus, not having dedicated RAM really hurts performance.
Also, for such an expensive computer, the least Apple could do is add a decent GPU, not a crappy and cheap Intel Iris Processor that sucks your RAM to do its job.
You did, and you were WRONG. According to Apple support, they're Broadwell.
See my screenshot from post #265.
100% incorrect. This is Haswell. Broadwell would have brought slightly higher clock speeds and 1866MHz LPDDR3 memory.
If you try to customise the specs, the order page even refers to it as fourth gen which is Haswell...
'Enjoy incredible performance from the fourth-generation quad-core Intel Core i7 processor.'
Your Apple support person is misinformed!
I have a Late 2012 27" iMac (3.2 i5, 680MX GPU) and I love it.
It is near silent, even under load, runs very cool and has plenty of CPU and GPU grunt for whatever I throw at it (gaming in bootcamp mainly).
Even under heavy gaming the temperatures are nice and low - around 70 C with stock clocks (It has plenty of overclock headroom, but I don't bother since it is more than powerful enough for me as is).
The screen is excellent, and if you sit at an average distance away from it (around 33") then it's physically indistinguishable from a retina screen unless you have razor eyesight (that's simply physics). If you are closer to it then you will be able to tell the difference, but even then, it's an outstanding screen.
By all accounts the major downside of going for the retina iMac is that it runs hot due to the GPU they stuffed in there. The 680MX I am running is cool and quiet, as is the 780M in the current non-retina (they're basically the same card). The AMD card in the retina runs hot and causes throttling issues if you push it hard.
If you never intend to work it hard then the retina screen may be worth the premium to you.
I believe the 680MX is equal to the GTX 775M and the 780M is a small increase over that (~15-20%).
Try asking them the actual model number of the CPU instead of asking if they know the nickname of a processor series is?!
There's nothing stopping others from calling. Unless otherwise informed, I'm now waiting for next year's model.