The Retina iMac versus the Mac Pro, on paper
21 Oct 2014 • marco.orgDell’s shipping a 5K monitor soon using two DisplayPort 1.2 cables. It’s slated to cost $2500 — the same as the iMac’s starting price.
Man, that’s a tough choice. Do I want just a screen with potentially buggy MST or an entire beautiful Macintosh? (with likely an even better screen)
The 5K Retina iMac is out, and it looks incredible so far on paper — so incredible that I’m seriously considering selling my new Mac Pro to get the Retina iMac instead. In fact, the case for the Mac Pro for anyone but advanced video editors, 3D modelers, and heavy OpenCL users is now weaker than ever.
The entire article is a good read.