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Forget 4K display, Apple brings Retina 5K iMac

WASHINGTON: Long rumoured and highly anticipated Retina 5K iMac from Apple finally debuts boosting resolution up to 5120 x 2880 pixels.

Apple known for introducing unique and new technology, as company didn’t disappoint either by introducing 27-inch Retina 5K iMac.

Apple just unveiled its highest-end All-In-One (AIO) PC ever, introducing the new 27-inch iMac with a whopping Retina 5K resolution of 5120 x 2880 pixels.

Apple creating a new Timing Controller (TCON) that tells each pixel what to do and when to do it. In other words, this supercharged TCON drives all 14.7 million pixels, while also boasting four times the bandwidth. The panel, meanwhile, has 23 layers, but is just 1.4 mm thin and requires 30 percent less power.

New Retina 5K iMac comes with a 3.5GHz Intel Core i5 processor, 8GB of RAM, and a 1TB Fusion Drive for the base model.

As Apple points out, for the first time ever the iMac can be configured with a 4GHz Intel Core i7 processor with Turbo Boost speeds of up to 4.4 GHz. At the same time, while the new iMac already packs AMD Radeon R9 M290X graphics, it can be configured with better R9 M295X graphics for up to 3.5 teraflops of computing power.

The new 27-inch Retina 5K iMac can also be configured with up to 32GB of memory, a 3TB Fusion Drive, or up to 1TB PCle-based flash storage.

Moreover, the new iMac also comes with two Thunderbolt 2 ports that deliver 20Gbps each, i.e. twice the bandwidth of the previous generation.

In terms of pricing and availability, the new 27-inch Retina 5K iMac starts at $2,499 for the base model and will be immediately available for purchase.

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