IMac Retina 5K: first look

That was the very thing long-awaited eventWe've all been looking forward to. Many believed that "the nail" will be the presentation of the new iPads, but the iMac with Retina-display overshadowed them, leaving far behind. And indeed, the new iMac is not evolution, but a revolution! Apple once again set a new quality standard for the next few years. Let's see what we have waiting for you in the future, which occurred today.

Rumors that Apple is going to introduce the new iMac with Retina display went for a long time, so its announcement on yesterday's presentation was not a surprise. As expected, the update has received only 27-inch model, the youngest 21-inch - stayed with the same resolution (and on sale left iMac 27 "with a conventional screen).

As said Dan Riccio, iMac starts with the display and the new iMac it is simply stunning - 5210h2880 pixels. Incredible resolution even for 27 inch, Apple called its Retina 5K. The density of pixels per inch is 218 ppi, and their total number is equal to 14.7 million.

If we compare with the old iMac to a conventional display, its resolution is four times smaller. Even compared to 4K displays, the number of pixels in the new iMac 67% more. What to say about Full HD, which contains 7 times fewer pixels than the new iMac.

How did it all works and how much energy consumption, you may ask. In fact, with such incredible resolution display it proved to be very energy efficient and Apple even managed to reduce its energy consumption by 30%.

This has been achieved through the use of technology "organic passivation", which also affects the image quality. In addition, the new iMac equipped with a special controller the TCON, which literally controls each pixel, making it clear when and what he needs to do.

As for the design, it has remained unchanged, however, and here Apple has found something to surprise us. The minimum shell thickness at the edges and was so small, yet it has become even thinner - 5 millimeters. This created problems joining the front and rear portions due to their small thickness but Apple successfully I coped with them using a special welding technique, which is used in aircraft and military industry.

The company has not stinted on Softpedia stuffing their news. Even in the basic configuration uses Intel Core i5 with a frequency of 3.5 GHz, which increases to 3.9 GHz using Turbo Boost technology; if you wish, you can choose a processor Core i7 4.0 GHz overclocked to 4.4 GHz. For the first time users will have 8 GB of RAM in the initial configuration, the maximum amount it will be 32 GB. The graphics subsystem is based on the AMD Radeon R9 discrete graphics: the base model is the R9 M290X c 2 GB of memory, the older - R9 M295X with 4 GB of memory. As used Drive Fusion Drive 1TB (standard) or SSD disk volume from 256 to 1 TB. In addition, Apple has equipped iMac Retina camera FaceTime HD, Wi-Fi adapters with support for 802.11ac, Bluetooth 4.0, Ethernet port, three USB 3.0 ports and two - Thunderbolt 2.

By the way, in a stuffing lies the answer to why Apple has established the Retina display-only 27-inch model - with the treatment of such a high-definition integrated graphics simply can not cope. The new processors, which it will be under the force only appear at the beginning of next year. I think that's when we will see the Retina-display to the iMac 21.5-inch, and, of course, in the new MacBook Air.

Of course, work the new iMac will be running the latest OS X Yosemite, which is pre-installed on them "out of the box." Also, the new owners will be free to download branded bags Apple iWork and iLife applications.

Home sales start today. Prices for iMac Retina considerable and start at $ 2500, the top model will cost you $ 4400. In Russia, for the base model with quad-core Intel Core i5 processor clocked at 3.5 GHz Memory 8 GB, graphics card AMD Radeon R9 M290X and storage Fusion Drive 1TB will have to pay 124990 rubles.

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Apple has managed to surprise us and even though the novelty is not a big surprise due to a succession of rumors and leaks, the journalists, who were lucky to be among the first to test the iMac Retina, were delighted. I liked it and users, moreover, in the near future we are likely to wait for just such quality standards. And I asked them, as always, Apple!