Was really going back and forth between the portability of the MBP and "cool" new features vs a late 2105 iMac. Just pulled the trigger (via Amazon for 1899) and bought the MK472LL/A 27-Inch Retina 5K Desktop (3.2 GHz Intel Core i5, 8GB DDR3, 1TB Fusion). I'll upgrade the memory myself to 32gb since it's SO much cheaper to do it with aftermarket RAM than Apple's options.
I would have missed a big screen. And I didn't want to "risk" the new one coming out and seeing a price bump (like the MBP) and not enough of a bump to warrant the extra spend. Also didn't want to risk stock being unavailable based on the specs I wanted when/if the new iMacs are announced.
Given I'm coming from a 2009 iMac 2.92 dual core with 4mb of RAM - I have no doubts this one will scream in comparison anyway
I would have missed a big screen. And I didn't want to "risk" the new one coming out and seeing a price bump (like the MBP) and not enough of a bump to warrant the extra spend. Also didn't want to risk stock being unavailable based on the specs I wanted when/if the new iMacs are announced.
Given I'm coming from a 2009 iMac 2.92 dual core with 4mb of RAM - I have no doubts this one will scream in comparison anyway