Who wants a 5K Retina iMac (me, me,me!)

Expectations are  high that Apple will announce a Retina iMac at Thursday’s presentation. 4K? Perhaps 5K in resolution? 

Would this model replace the current 27” model? Would Apple keep both models in stock, at least for a while, until the costs of production of the 5K model came down? 

Ben Lovejoy of 9 to 5 Mac has some interesting speculation on just who would want a 5K iMac instead of a Mac Pro and a 3rd party 4K or 5K monitor(s). One point he makes is that at full resolution, the text gets very tiny. Go to the old 2560 x 1440 resolution with super-sharp pixels and you’ve got something. 

I’m very curious as to what Apple will release on Thursday. I’ll have comments Thursday evening.

 

Tom Briant

Editor, MacValley Blog