Apple iMac with Retina Display

Apple iMac with Retina Display

Apple iMac with Retina Display

Apple iMac with Retina Display

Apple has finally brought the Retina Display to the big time, taking the wraps off a new iMac. Dubbed simply the iMac with Retina Display ($2,499), it features a new “Retina 5K” display featuring 5120 x 2880 pixels in a 27” screen, for a total of 14.7 million pixels, making it the world’s highest resolution display. Announced at Apple’s October 16th event, alongside the release of OS X Yosemite, the new iMac with Retina Display will be available starting today.

With the push to the Retina 5K Display, Apple had to create a number of additional new technologies, including a custom-designed timing controller with four times the bandwidth to drive the new display, a new Oxide TFT material for faster pixel charging, and new technology to save energy and produce sharper images with new power-efficient LEDs. The end result is that despite displaying four times the pixels of the prior version, the new display promises to use 30% less power. The iMac includes additional improvements, including CPUs ranging from 3.5GHz quad-core i5 to 4.0 quad-core i7, GPUs ranging from AMD Radeon R9 M290X upgradeable to an R9 M295X, ThunderBolt 2 support and Fusion Drive technology.

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