Apple announces iMac with Retina display 5K 14.7-megapixel
Apple has just unveiled an all-in-one iMac with display 5K family, with prices starting at $ 2,499. Apple has today lifted the veil to the system all-in-one having ” the display with the highest resolution in the world. ” iMac with Retina display 5K integrates an LCD IPS panel 27″ resolution 5,120 x 2,880, with four times the pixels of the traditional model and 67% of the pixels contained on a 4K panel.
Certainly a redundant solution, which meets the needs of niche very specific market.
According to the words of Apple, the display is designed to get the best ” performance, image quality and energy efficiency “, is based on the oxide-TFT technology and integrates a single timing controller to manage nearly 15 million pixels, characterized by four times the bandwidth of the controller’s display traditional ” non-Retina. ”
Through the use of an LED backlight and more efficient technologies of organic passivation, the new display consumes 30% less than traditional units to the same brightness threshold, despite the considerably higher number of pixels. iMac with Retina display 5K is sold pre-calibrated at the factory.
To ensure optimal performance despite the significant increase in the number of pixels, the iMac has been updated also on the hardware. The base model is available with an Intel Core i5 quad-core 3.5GHz (with Turbo Boost 3,9GHz) and 8GB of DDR3 SDRAM, while the calculations are delegated to a graphics GPU AMD Radeon R9 M290X with 2GB of video memory.
Provided for in the list is also an option with Intel Core i7 4,0GHz, which can reach 4.4GHz with Intel Turbo Boost Technology. Changing the CPU will bring an increase in the price of $250 on the market. The most demanding users in terms of graph can choose the AMD Radeon GPU M295X with 4GB of dedicated GDDR5 video memory, also adding $250 to the list price.
The new iMac will be offered with Mac OS X installed natively Yosemite, along with the iWork suite, iMovie and Garage Band, all available for free. Let’s go to the painful notes, or prices: it is not surprising that the new iMac with Retina display 5K are offered at a price extremely exaggerated, the result of quality choices, certainly, but also the modus operandi typical of Apple.
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