The latest iMac with 5K retina display

[scooterscot]

omg these things are going to sell like hotcakes. Invest! Invest!

After the disapointment that was the recent iPhone and iWatch, my faith is now restored. Beautiful design and general wowness.

Apple - iMac with Retina 5K display

[d000hg]

I can't wait to see one in the flesh but only hope I won't be silly enough to buy one

[scooterscot]

I can't wait to see one in the flesh but only hope I won't be silly enough to buy one

I've already configured my dream machine, almost £4k! But then the last iMac I bought was in 2006, which I continue to use to the present day, and cost me £1800 at the time. So £225 a year. Not bad.

[d000hg]

Isn't this the Lisa all over again, impressive but far too expensive? I can't see even most Mac users buying this, since it is a new model rather than a replacement for the existing iMac... graphic design types maybe? Power users would have the Mac Pro - are they going to sell the 5k screen as a standalone product like they do the current iMac display?

[DaveB]

Isn't this the Lisa all over again, impressive but far too expensive? I can't see even most Mac users buying this, since it is a new model rather than a replacement for the existing iMac... graphic design types maybe? Power users would have the Mac Pro - are they going to sell the 5k screen as a standalone product like they do the current iMac display?

It's a £400 premium on the standard display. If you are in the market for a new Mac it's worth considering. It's also the only iMac with a 4 Ghz processor option. The next one down only has the option for 3.5 Ghz.

[sartois]

A mere £3519 for the highest spec machine... as much as I like shiny Apple toys I will pass on this one. Although it would be nice if it was possible to just buy the display without the mac parts inside.

[Bunk]

A mere £3519 for the highest spec machine... as much as I like shiny Apple toys I will pass on this one. Although it would be nice if it was possible to just buy the display without the mac parts inside.

That's the thing, the Thunderbolt display is desperately in need of an update. The iMac has been super thin for a few years now and the standalone screen is still the big thick clunky thing.

[SpontaneousOrder]

Looks marginally thicker than my current iMac - which is thin, so that's not a problem.

[IR35 Avoider]

My wife has just bought a new Windows machine, which I'm slightly jealous of as it boots in about 5 seconds. (Not a fast processor, but it has SSD disk plus UEFI, I think it's called.) Anyway, it's actually capabable of doing everything I use a PC for. (I don't play games, most strenuous use is probably Monte Carlo simulations of my retirement!)

It cost less than a tenth as much as that iMac.

So I suppose the iMac is for people who are willing to pay ten times as much for a sexier PC.

Or do its users actually have funtional requirements that it meets, and a Windows machine costing 90% less doesn't?

Edit: a tenth might be an exaggeration, I have only a hazy idea of iMac price, however the point remains valid: if the iMac is more than several hundred pounds then it's already costing multiples of what a machine that does everything I need costs.

(Wife's machine was a £200 Zoostorm from Ebuyer, to which was added a £125 22" monitor capable of use in portrait mode.)

[Tasslehoff]

My wife has just bought a new Windows machine, which I'm slightly jealous of as it boots in about 5 seconds. (Not a fast processor, but it has SSD disk plus UEFI, I think it's called.) Anyway, it's actually capabable of doing everything I use a PC for. (I don't play games, most strenuous use is probably Monte Carlo simulations of my retirement!)

It cost less than a tenth as much as that iMac.

So I suppose the iMac is for people who are willing to pay ten times as much for a sexier PC.

Or do its users actually have funtional requirements that it meets, and a Windows machine costing 90% less doesn't?

Edit: a tenth might be an exaggeration, I have only a hazy idea of iMac price, however the point remains valid: if the iMac is more than several hundred pounds then it's already costing multiple of what a machine that does everything I need costs.

In my opinion, no.

Does it look great, yes.

Is it functionally worth 10 times more than a PC that can essentially the same stuff? No chance.