Glad I didn't buy an Apple Mac Pro, because
 

Glad I didn't buy an Apple Mac Pro, because ... this amazing piece of sexy started shipping today: Apple - iMac with Retina 5K*display

From $2,499 eek.
I'd love to have one but not for that much.

It's beautiful!

Sigh, the selling point of a computer isn't supposed to be its sex appeal

Beautiful machine!

$4400 decked out.

At least it's way cheaper than the Mac Pro. First generation that I am seriously considering NOT buying the Mac Pro desktop.

Mark you're getting the apple hand job....you realize that correct? or are you so far gone you can't tell shit from beans anymore???

a 27 inch monitor at 5120‑by‑2880 is completely UNFUCKINGREADABLE and I know that how?

because .... I'm using a 30 inch monitor at 2560x1600 and the fonts look like FUCKING ANTS...have fun with an almost double rez and a smaller monitor :1orglaugh:1orglaugh:1orglaugh

does it come with a turtleneck?

yup for 3k you get the same as the pc I bought 3 years ago...just with out the unusable monitor, but I did get 2 nvida cards, Bluetooth, dvd/blue ray burner, wifi, card readers all built in and my ssd c drive is only 120GB but I only keep the OS on c drive... WTF is a 1TB c drive for?

Me too. I've been thinking about it for a while because I want something super-fast... but the Mac Pro's 4K monitor is an extra $1000 I think.

The New iMac may not be as fast as the Mac Pro, but its much cheaper, has the highest res monitor I've ever seen, and comes in a super sexy design which I am already used to (I have 2 iMac 27's on my desk).

Yum..

Grape, the font size is adjustable. If you're on a high res monitor and the font size is too small, it's an easy adjustment to get it to look the way you want.

2007 487HP Ferrari vs 2015 700HP Hellcat

I know which one I'm picking.

The Ferrari. You, the Hellcat, I'm sure.

Quality over quantity for me. Can't even count the amount of HP, Dell, Sony laptop and PC's I've blown through. Shit quality.

Software (Windows) not optimized to work with the hardware....so in a few years you have a laggy POS. I ran a 1200 user Exchange/Active Directory environment for 6 years. So I think I know my shit.

Even custom built can't match the tight hardware/software integration that Apple provides.

To each his own. But I usually find that hte people who are anti-Mac have never used one for more than a week.

I'm happily typing this from my brand new Macbook Pro Retina 15". My 10 year old 15 inch Macbook Pro is still to this day being used flawlessly by my niece and my sister has my 2008 Macbook Pro Unibody. Still working flawlessly. How many PC/Windows based shitty laptops can you say that about?

I have a 2005 Sony Viao Laptop running 24/7 in one office that controls security equipment and a weather station that tweets, Facebooks and updates sites non stop.

I did change the hard drive when it was 7 years old and windows crashed. To me if I was doing a clean reinstall why not replace the HD.

2 computers ago my hp tower ran my business worked for 8 years. I did upgrade the memory, HD and OS (from 95 to XP) and had to replace a fan.

I call bullshit. We all know that apple computers are magical and other computers breaks, lags, crashes.

i wrote some long elaborate post in some other thread before so i'll keep it short: my experience is completely the opposite

(happily typing this on my Samsung while my Macbook Pro (which had cost twice as much) collects dust because Apple wants $1000 to repair the display)

adjustable to a point, right now I view webpages at 225%

cool story bro.... typing on the wintell machine right now with no issues. not anti-mac.... in 1994 when a guy was teaching me HTML, remember the old days of using a txt editor? ..I was learning on a mac with 75 chip of some sort... you macophiles will now what that is, ..... thing is I was going to upgrade t from 486 to Pentium...could decide between mac or wintell.... the guy had a crash and LOST all his data...made my decision...

my only issues with mac is, mac intentionally making the mac eco system NOT compatible with anything...here's a question for you: why do they have mac repair technicians....:2 cents:

daaaaaaammmnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn :warning

the only apple I buy is aapl stock, and that's due to peeps like the OP over-spending on apple shit = supporting huge profit margins.

cha-ching.

Silly over-opinionated assholes arguing about which OS is the best :1orglaugh

You guys are always good for a laugh :thumbsup

Indeed, and this single fact alone is that would not justify buying such a thing and supporting such a backwards philosophy.

Nailed it :thumbsup
I only respect apple company for utilizing the sheeple market for big bucks :2 cents:

not arguing at all ...makes no diff to me

Had it just been about the OS.. But there are people who actually believes Asian produced hardware inside a case with an Apple logo, is superior to Asian produced hardware in a case without.

There are people who believe all kinds of silly shit. My point is - who gives a fuck what kind of computer somebody uses? Only a moron...that's who! :1orglaugh

looks awesome - must have to get one :)

If it can make you more money, go for it.

Why would you want to go over 4K in this day and age? Your eyes won't see the difference on a 27" anyway and there are more important factors in producing realistic (motion) pictures and graphics than the '5K' sales pitch they are giving you.

Buy 3 screens for that money, a decent graphics card and feel like a boss.

I've been building custom gaming rigs and servers for years and years, never once had trouble with anything. If you can't build a quality rig that lasts then you're doing something wrong.

Good point. I am super productive using 2 monitors, and wonder about getting a 3rd. Anyone who works on desktops but is stuck on only 1 monitor would do much better expanding the desktop to 2 monitors instead of replacing an existing computer.

do you have any grey poupon?

Mac mac mac

I wish they would update their cinema display. I was hoping they did it after the iMac was made thinner even though there was a computer inside of it, and now there's a huge resolution bump and still no display upgrade. That sucks!

The fact that you can't afford Apple products should be the only decided factor you need. :2 cents:

I have to agree with you on this. The hardware is build to last (unlike the iPhone that people tend to upgrade every other year) the computers really last. My partner has a 15" Macbook Pro (late 2009 series) that I recently worked on when he got a new one. The computer had it's hard drive maxed out and 4 gigs of memory...ran like an old computer BUT never died on him (unlike the 4 laptops I went through)!

I took the old drive out and replaced it with a 250 ssd, doubled the memory to 8 gigs, and it's now running like a new computer (even with the old cpu). It will go for years! The only bummer is no retina display of course!

The integration of the OS with the hardware can not be bet and the latest free upgrade to Yosemite is really great. Runs fast and is visually amazing - highly recommended!

I have a friend who buys this shit and puts it on new credit cards. Unfucking believable. I can see this if he was some kind of game or computer graphics developer. This geek wannabe has been in school for 20 years doing some sort of anthropology-biblical research shit. Always broke and "I'll get your drink next" type of guy.

I do not remember giving you my bank account statement.
And if I did you made a strange conclusion from looking at the statement, but since you are not the brightest in the bunch... :)

Very nice indeed.

It's not a hard conclusion to draw, from your demonstrated (non)ability to grasp simple concepts.