Comments on: Exclusive: Apple is planning to launch a 27″ 5K iMac with AMD Graphics

By: Jack March

Jack March — Thu, 16 Oct 2014 18:54:00 +0000

So, what was this about no 5k?

By: Jose Angel Acosta

Jose Angel Acosta — Sun, 12 Oct 2014 15:50:00 +0000

Only 5K enabled device will be the Mac Pro (update) thru HDMI2 and using an 3rd Party Display (sold at Apple Mac Store)

By: Jose Angel Acosta

Jose Angel Acosta — Sun, 12 Oct 2014 15:45:00 +0000

Despite *pixel doubling* Upcoming iMac Retina will go upto 4K/27″ (doubling HD) on i7/4771 + nVidia 970M/980M Same Price point, Doubt on iMac21.5 to go retina until Tech is Ready for 5K (Intel Skylake + Next Gen dGPU)

By: Dustin Damron

Dustin Damron — Thu, 02 Oct 2014 19:36:00 +0000

No mention of Thunderbolt 2 support. Maybe it’s a given. Crossing my fingers on that one.

By: Tallin

Tallin — Tue, 30 Sep 2014 02:06:00 +0000

“The source says the new 27″ iMac will use a 5120 x 2880 panel as leaked in the OSX Yosemite code a few months ago. This resolution is double the current resolution of the 27″ iMac which is 2560×1440.” Math much?

By: Shameer Mulji

Shameer Mulji — Mon, 29 Sep 2014 16:44:00 +0000

I guess the next question is when in October? The Dalrymple, over at The Loop, has “noped” October 21st, so that basically leaves the 14th or 28th.

By: bregalad

bregalad — Mon, 29 Sep 2014 16:38:00 +0000

The 4790K does not have Intel vPro technology nor is it listed as “conflict free”. It also draws 88W instead of the usual iMac maximum of 84W and costs more than the chip it replaces. For those reasons I suspect Apple will use the regular 4790.

By: Supacon

Supacon — Mon, 29 Sep 2014 16:16:00 +0000

Well, it will surely be an exciting next few months for Apple fans!

By: Jack March

Jack March — Mon, 29 Sep 2014 16:14:00 +0000

My source is very sure it will be unveiled next month or next press event with this resolution, that’s all I know.

By: Supacon

Supacon — Mon, 29 Sep 2014 16:12:00 +0000

Why would Apple update the iMac now, months before suitable Broadwell processors hit the market? Also, doesn’t this require Thunderbolt 3, which requires Skylake chipsets (surely which won’t be out until more than a year from now)? No doubt if you’d want to connect external 5K monitors to it, you’d require that, at least.

Maybe one reason is just to put awareness of such products into the public consciousness so that developers and users become accustomed to 5K displays and develop an infrastructure for it. The technology surely can’t be fully baked at this point. If they *do* have a 5K retina iMac for sale this year, I think it’d be prudent to pass on it and get a more polished version after a new refresh is for sale.