Review: 27-inch iMac with Retina 5K Display

24 Oct 2014 • sixcolors.com

Throw in extra RAM (though you can add that later, too) and switch from a Fusion Drive to pure SSD storage, and you’re looking at a bill that’s entirely comparable to buying a Mac Pro… but in addition to getting one of the fastest Macs around, you’re also getting a 5K retina display. It sounds like a pretty good deal in exchange for grabbing a slice of the future.

As for me, I ordered the 4.0GHz i7 upgrade with the faster GPU and a 512GB SSD. I pledge my allegiance to iMac Nation. Long may its millions of pixels reign.

I’m thinking along exactly the same lines except I’m not sure my “slice of the future” requires the 4.0GHz i7. I’ve been quite satisfied with the 2.5GHz i5 that powers my Retina Macbook Pro. The faster GPU seems to be a safe bet to hedge against the possibility Apple has maybe stretched things a little to thin with the R290x and those 15.x million pixels - you certainly can’t argue with the performance numbers from my last post.