whether we're talking about Ford versus Chevy cats versus dogs or PC versus MAC
I think they're Comes A Time in every enthusiast's life when he asks himself I
mean is the grass really greener on my side of the fence or do those other guys
know something that I don't so given
that apple is now offering not only the usual os10 experience but also an
entirely Unique Piece of Hardware in the new 27in iMac that I would have wanted
the opportunity to check out anyway a 5k Retina Display I decided to pick one up
but to justify the expense of an iMac because you can bet your butt Apple did
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now for many of you this won't be anything new before you power it on the
late 2014 unibody 27in iMac is not
markedly different from the previous generation one but for me opening it up
was actually an entirely novel experience the last time I used an iMac
it had a brightly colored bubble on the back of its tube display and the last
time I even saw one up close they were still the thicker white design I mean
it's not like I've never been to an Apple store before and it's not like I
willfully ignored them I just didn't ever care enough to walk up and inspect
them closely so I opened it up and I was just struck by the Excellence of the
packaging on the PC itself and accessories which include one power cord
that plugs into the back of the unit to power the Monitor and the PC inside a
10K keyless scissor switch Mac keyboard and a Magic Mouse you also get a quick
start guide some important information two Apple stickers and a small cleaning
cloth then I was struck by how light the
machine is I mean it's not like you can lift it with one finger light or
anything like that but still got some heft to it at just under 10 kilog but if
I didn't know better you could probably have convinced me that it's just a
monitor in there and I would have batted an eye and boy it have her beautiful
speaking of batting eyes I mean we can talk about hardware specs all day and
don't worry that's coming but sometimes it's not about hardware specs sometimes
people buy a Jag instead of hot rotting a neon because they want the experience
of driving a Jag more than they just want to go fast and while I'm not
necessarily one of those folks I do get it this computer starts at
$2,500 but when you look at it at least it actually looks like it cost
$2,500 something that most gaming PCs
don't really manage to do even if they have more horses under the hood and in
some cases a lot more so we'll begin at
the back where we find the thick solid silver aluminum stand with a built-in
Cable Management hole for power that looks wonderfully elegant and is
definitely strong enough to hold the machine but feels a little bit limited
for something that I just paid this much for all it can do is tilt and I guess
swivel if you want to physically rotate the computer if you want height adjust
you can get a stand for your desk a fairly inelegant solution and if you
want pivot and didn't buy the version of
the iMac 5K with a pre-installed vase amount on the back then go cry in the
corner because you can't remove the original Stand without a complete tear
down other than that the back is pretty bare there's a massive Apple logo that
you can put the included stickers next to if you want to really show people
what a cool guy you are there's a tiny microphone at the back of the display at
the top that you can use for video calls I mean sorry excuse me FaceTime calls
got to get used to the new lingo and there's an exhaust vent for the during
light workload so far stunningly quiet
cooling system moving down there's the power button and rear and also front I
guess IO unfortunate design compromise
number two I think the power button is fine just give your PC the old reach
around fum back there for a bit and turn her on but while the gigabit Ethernet
port and for that matter dual Thunderbolt 2 ports won't need to be
accessed often I mean only when you need to plug in a new RAID controller or up
to a single external 4k monitor or dual 1440p monitors the four USB 3 ports SDXC
reader which I'm thankful is included by the way and headphone jack all will and
will probably result in scratches on your beautiful machine at some point if
you don't want to clutter your workspace with external hubs or dongles which you
might end up needing to do anyway because my assumption that the headphone
jack could also be used with a microphone via a four pole adapter was
incorrect that is just a headphone jack
so if you want a mic that isn't on the back of your PC you will need something
like this moving around to the sides makes my anger subside a little bit as I
can focus on the beauty of the machine again the edges are perfectly finished
the glass is exactly even with the aluminum I truly remarkable and the
edges are a mere 5 mm thick on the sides
and top with only the bottom taken up by
Speaker ports and air intakes for cooling the internals boy is she ever
pretty which I guess leads us to the front yes whether she's more than a
pretty face or not remains to be seen over the next couple of weeks of using
this computer at work as my daily driver but she sure has a pretty face her 5K
display features a massive 50 160x
2880 60hz panel for an effective quadrupling
of the pixel count and effective doubling of the resolution of a 1440p
monitor with a custom Apple ton or timing controller to make this a single
tile display which is mindblowing given that single tile 4K 60 HZ monitors
started arriving a near 6 months ago
it's IPS so colors pop although like all
Apple displays even if the rumors that it's using the same panel as the
upcoming Dell up2715k which has a 10bit per Channel
color support panel are true it's limited to 8 bit per Channel color due
to OS and application support although that isn't really a problem unless you
spend your whole day looking at grayscale gradients if you spend more of
your time watching movies editing photos Etc you will love it and all its
pre-calibrated goodness colors pop or
don't if you select a flatter pre-made profile text is phenomenally crisp even
if your face is inches from the screen and the viewing angles are out standing
say what you will about glossy displays and their disadvantages if you're in a
room without strong backlighting you know so you don't have to use it as a
vanity mirror uh they sure look nice when they're positioned correctly which
I guess leads us finally to spec time one of the arguments I found online for
why Apple went with a whopping 14 1 12 megapixel 5K display versus a more
mundane 4K one I mean we're talking about 75% more pixels here is to allow
video editors to work on a native 4K preview with tools spread out around it
but I don't know if I buy that I mean it's a good computer with up to a core
i74790k although that K is going to be underutilized you won't be overclocking
it up to 32 gigs of RAM an R9
m295x Tonga based 4 gig GPU and a 3 and
1/2 in Drive Mount to go along with Apple's proprietary PCI Express based
SSD but I feel like for serious content
creation this argument would have been stronger for a dual tile 5K Cinema
display for use with the Mac Pro and for the consumer grade iMac Ultra HD might
have been a better bet for it for no other reason than that it would allow
Apple's Target display mode a way of recycling your iMac in the future as a
monitor once the internal guts are outdated to work with the 5K retina iMac
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