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whether we're talking about Ford versus Chevy cats versus dogs or PC versus MAC

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I think they're Comes A Time in every enthusiast's life when he asks himself I

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mean is the grass really greener on my side of the fence or do those other guys

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know something that I don't so given

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that apple is now offering not only the usual os10 experience but also an

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entirely Unique Piece of Hardware in the new 27in iMac that I would have wanted

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the opportunity to check out anyway a 5k Retina Display I decided to pick one up

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but to justify the expense of an iMac because you can bet your butt Apple did

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not send us a sample we've got quite a lineup of content planned around it

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including today's General overview a separate video of my thoughts as a

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longtime PC user after using the Mac as my daily driver at work for a few weeks

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and more so make sure you're subscribed

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so you don't miss any of I switched to Mac

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2014 Corsair gaming RGB keyboards feature Precision cherrymx RGB key

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switches for 16.8 million color per key

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backlighting for virtually unlimited customization click now to learn more

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now for many of you this won't be anything new before you power it on the

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late 2014 unibody 27in iMac is not

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markedly different from the previous generation one but for me opening it up

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was actually an entirely novel experience the last time I used an iMac

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it had a brightly colored bubble on the back of its tube display and the last

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time I even saw one up close they were still the thicker white design I mean

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it's not like I've never been to an Apple store before and it's not like I

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willfully ignored them I just didn't ever care enough to walk up and inspect

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them closely so I opened it up and I was just struck by the Excellence of the

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packaging on the PC itself and accessories which include one power cord

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that plugs into the back of the unit to power the Monitor and the PC inside a

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10K keyless scissor switch Mac keyboard and a Magic Mouse you also get a quick

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start guide some important information two Apple stickers and a small cleaning

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cloth then I was struck by how light the

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machine is I mean it's not like you can lift it with one finger light or

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anything like that but still got some heft to it at just under 10 kilog but if

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I didn't know better you could probably have convinced me that it's just a

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monitor in there and I would have batted an eye and boy it have her beautiful

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speaking of batting eyes I mean we can talk about hardware specs all day and

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don't worry that's coming but sometimes it's not about hardware specs sometimes

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people buy a Jag instead of hot rotting a neon because they want the experience

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of driving a Jag more than they just want to go fast and while I'm not

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necessarily one of those folks I do get it this computer starts at

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$2,500 but when you look at it at least it actually looks like it cost

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$2,500 something that most gaming PCs

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don't really manage to do even if they have more horses under the hood and in

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some cases a lot more so we'll begin at

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the back where we find the thick solid silver aluminum stand with a built-in

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Cable Management hole for power that looks wonderfully elegant and is

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definitely strong enough to hold the machine but feels a little bit limited

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for something that I just paid this much for all it can do is tilt and I guess

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swivel if you want to physically rotate the computer if you want height adjust

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you can get a stand for your desk a fairly inelegant solution and if you

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want pivot and didn't buy the version of

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the iMac 5K with a pre-installed vase amount on the back then go cry in the

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corner because you can't remove the original Stand without a complete tear

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down other than that the back is pretty bare there's a massive Apple logo that

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you can put the included stickers next to if you want to really show people

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what a cool guy you are there's a tiny microphone at the back of the display at

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the top that you can use for video calls I mean sorry excuse me FaceTime calls

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got to get used to the new lingo and there's an exhaust vent for the during

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light workload so far stunningly quiet

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cooling system moving down there's the power button and rear and also front I

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guess IO unfortunate design compromise

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number two I think the power button is fine just give your PC the old reach

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around fum back there for a bit and turn her on but while the gigabit Ethernet

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port and for that matter dual Thunderbolt 2 ports won't need to be

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accessed often I mean only when you need to plug in a new RAID controller or up

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to a single external 4k monitor or dual 1440p monitors the four USB 3 ports SDXC

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reader which I'm thankful is included by the way and headphone jack all will and

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will probably result in scratches on your beautiful machine at some point if

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you don't want to clutter your workspace with external hubs or dongles which you

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might end up needing to do anyway because my assumption that the headphone

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jack could also be used with a microphone via a four pole adapter was

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incorrect that is just a headphone jack

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so if you want a mic that isn't on the back of your PC you will need something

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like this moving around to the sides makes my anger subside a little bit as I

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can focus on the beauty of the machine again the edges are perfectly finished

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the glass is exactly even with the aluminum I truly remarkable and the

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edges are a mere 5 mm thick on the sides

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and top with only the bottom taken up by

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Speaker ports and air intakes for cooling the internals boy is she ever

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pretty which I guess leads us to the front yes whether she's more than a

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pretty face or not remains to be seen over the next couple of weeks of using

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this computer at work as my daily driver but she sure has a pretty face her 5K

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display features a massive 50 160x

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2880 60hz panel for an effective quadrupling

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of the pixel count and effective doubling of the resolution of a 1440p

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monitor with a custom Apple ton or timing controller to make this a single

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tile display which is mindblowing given that single tile 4K 60 HZ monitors

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started arriving a near 6 months ago

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it's IPS so colors pop although like all

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Apple displays even if the rumors that it's using the same panel as the

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upcoming Dell up2715k which has a 10bit per Channel

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color support panel are true it's limited to 8 bit per Channel color due

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to OS and application support although that isn't really a problem unless you

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spend your whole day looking at grayscale gradients if you spend more of

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your time watching movies editing photos Etc you will love it and all its

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pre-calibrated goodness colors pop or

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don't if you select a flatter pre-made profile text is phenomenally crisp even

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if your face is inches from the screen and the viewing angles are out standing

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say what you will about glossy displays and their disadvantages if you're in a

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room without strong backlighting you know so you don't have to use it as a

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vanity mirror uh they sure look nice when they're positioned correctly which

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I guess leads us finally to spec time one of the arguments I found online for

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why Apple went with a whopping 14 1 12 megapixel 5K display versus a more

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mundane 4K one I mean we're talking about 75% more pixels here is to allow

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video editors to work on a native 4K preview with tools spread out around it

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but I don't know if I buy that I mean it's a good computer with up to a core

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i74790k although that K is going to be underutilized you won't be overclocking

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it up to 32 gigs of RAM an R9

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m295x Tonga based 4 gig GPU and a 3 and

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1/2 in Drive Mount to go along with Apple's proprietary PCI Express based

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SSD but I feel like for serious content

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creation this argument would have been stronger for a dual tile 5K Cinema

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display for use with the Mac Pro and for the consumer grade iMac Ultra HD might

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have been a better bet for it for no other reason than that it would allow

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Apple's Target display mode a way of recycling your iMac in the future as a

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monitor once the internal guts are outdated to work with the 5K retina iMac

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what you see is what you get so stick

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