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There have been products that, when released, live up to the buzz surrounding them, while other promising products seem to fall to the wayside once they make it to the public. An early adopter's dream is to get their hands on one of those products that ex...

Beautiful 5K display, Lots of computing power...

Hard to access ports...
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5K in the second generation. Apple uses new Skylake processors for the current iMac Retina 5K version, but also a new graphics card from AMD as well as new input devices. A sophisticated build quality and powerful hardware create a convincing package, but...

design, slim chassis, build quality and materials, system performance in Mac OS X, high-resolution 5K display, input devices with rechargeable battery...

maintainability, port access, no USB-C, no Thunderbolt 3, less SSD storage with FusionDrive, charging mechanism Magic Mouse 2...

Once again, the second iteration of Apple's Retina 5 K all-rounder leaves a very good impression. The manufacturer has produced a device with high quality chassis and an elegant design. The new input devices impress us and finally have rechargeable batter...
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Some doubted an all-in-one could deliver what a professional needed, but the 2015 iMac with Retina 5K display is looking to not only disprove that but squash such suspicions completely. Updated this year with Intel's newest "Skylake" sixth-generation proc...
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ReviewMonday, November 09, 2015, 05:35 pm PT (08:35 pm ET)A 27-inch 5K iMac is no longer a novelty, but 2015's model is an upgrade bound to satisfy most Mac users — though Apple did, strangely, decide to hold back on certain key advancements. Display The...

Even better 5K display with wider color gamut, Handles tasks like 4K video with ease, Stylish and practical design, Decent builtin speakers...

Base model performance suffers from weak graphics, slow disk drive, Needs USBC & more default RAM, Expensive compared to similarlyperforming PCs, Magic Mouse 2 is terrible...

Apple's philosophy this year can be summed up with the cliché "if isn't broken, don't fix it." Skylake and better graphics hardware at least keep the iMac relevant, and people new to the Mac platform may be happy, mostly because of the incredible display...
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The best all-in-one there is, now in both 4K and 5KLast year's iMac brought the Retina display to Apple's desktop product line in dramatic fashion. The 27-inch 5K screen was a jaw-dropping addition that made the all-in-one impossible to look away from. An...
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It's October, which means it's time for sweater weather , pumpkin spice everything and new iMacs.Apple on Tuesday updated its 27-inch iMac with Retina 5K display with better specs. It also introduced a new model, a 21.5-inch iMac with Retina 4K display.La...

Amazing screen with even better color detail, Reduced price, New accessories have built-in rechargeable batteries...

Fusion Drive not available on base model...
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maclife.com Updated: 2017-01-06 03:02:24
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We absolutely loved the 5K iMac when it first appeared late last year. The base model rivaled the Mac Pro for computing power and gave us that amazing 14.7-million-pixel screen. The only downside was that it certainly didn't come cheap at $2,499. Earlier...

Astonishing 5K display. Plenty of CPU power. Great connectivity.

No SSD...
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The 27-inch Apple iMac with 5K Retina display is already one of the best value-for-money Macs that Apple has ever released. It was something of a surprise, then, to see Apple recently introduce an even cheaper model, making that incredible high-resolution...

Incredible display, Outstanding value for money, Classleading design, fit and finish, Great connectivity options, Lots of great apps out of the box...

Performance tradeoff comes with lower starting price, Not much else, near perfect...

The new entry-level iMac with 5K Retina display takes a good thing and makes it even better, by reducing the asking price. Sure, there is a performance trade-off to be had, but it does not detract much from the overall value proposition - in, fact, it mak...
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computershopper.com Updated: 2017-01-06 03:02:24
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Last fall, Apple quadrupled the resolution of its 27-inch iMac, soaring from an already impressive 2,560x1,440 pixels to a phenomenal 5,120x2,880. With seven times the sharpness of a full HD 1080p screen, the iMac with Retina 5K Display blew away even som...

Spectacularly vivid and detailed display, Symphonic sound, Elegant software...

Sluggish startup, No front-mounted USB ports, No HDMI-in...

Apple trims maybe $200 worth of performance and $500 off the price of its stunning 5,120x2,880 all-in-one desktop, making a hard-to-resist photographers' and videographers' machine that much harder. Read More…...
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When Apple released the first 27-inch iMac with Retina 5K display late last year, all it took was just one look at the gorgeous images on the display and you knew you wanted it. Then you took a look at the $2499 price tag and suddenly you didn't want it a...

Gorgeous display, Very good performance overall...

Hard drive will affect performance on diskintensive tasks...

The iMac with Retina 5K display is one of the most impressive desktop computers to come from Apple, and now there are two models from which to choose. The $1999 Retina 5K iMac is the better choice as an everyday computer for typical users—you probably wo...
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5K 60Hz SHOOTOUT: iMac 5K vsMac Pro 'tube' and 'tower'Posted May 1st, 2015, by rob-ART morgan, mad scientistMay 4th, 2015, added GTX 970 to the mixOS X 10.10.3 has added 60Hz support for the Dell UltraSharp 27 Ultra HD 5K Monitor at 5120x2880 when dual mD...
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REAL WORLD SHOOTOUT:iMac Retina 5K i5 w/M290X versusiMac Retina 5K i7 w/M295XPosted Friday, October 31st, 2014 by rob-ART morgan, mad scientistThe iMac with Retina 5K Display comes in two CPU 'flavors': The quad-core i5 and quad-core i7. Both ship with th...
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