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whether we're talking about Ford versus Chevy cats versus dogs or PC versus Mac I think there comes a time in every enthusiasts life when he asks himself I mean it's the grass really greener on my side of the fence or do those other guys know something that I don't so given that Apple is now offering not only the usual os10 experience but also an entirely unique piece of hardware in the new 27-inch iMac that I would have wanted the opportunity to check out anyway a 5k Retina display I decided to pick one up but to justify the expense of an iMac because you can bet your bottle did not send us a sample we've got quite a lineup of content planned around it including today's general overview a separate video of my thoughts as a longtime PC user after using the Mac as my daily driver at work for a few weeks and more so make sure you're subscribed so you don't miss any of I switched to Mac 2014 corsair gaming RGB keyboards feature precision Cherry MX RGB key switches for sixteen point eight million color per key backlighting for virtually unlimited customization click now to learn more now from any of you this won't be anything new before you power it on the late 2014 unibody 27-inch iMac is not markedly different from the previous generation one but for me opening it up was actually an entirely novel experience the last time I used an iMac it had a brightly colored bubble on the back of its tube display and the last time I even saw one up close they were still the thicker white design I mean it's not like I've never been to an Apple store before and it's not like I willfully ignored them I just didn't ever care enough to walk up and inspect them closely so I opened it up and I was just struck by the excellence of the packaging on the PC itself and the accessories which include one power cord that plugs into the back of the unit to power the monitor and the PC inside a 10 keyless scissor switch Mac keyboard and a Magic Mouse you also get a Quick Start Guide some important information to Apple stickers and a cleaning cloth then I was struck by how light the machine is I mean it's not like you can lift it with one finger light or anything like that but still got some heft to it at just under 10 kilograms but if I didn't know better you could probably have convinced me that it's just a monitor in there and I wouldn't have batted an eye and boy is it ever beautiful speaking of batting eyes we can talk about hardware specs all day and don't worry that's coming but sometimes it's not about hardware specs sometimes people buy a Jag instead of hot rodding a neon because they want the experience of driving a Jag more than they just want to go fast and while I'm not necessarily one of those folks I do get it this computer starts at twenty five hundred dollars but when you look at it at least it actually looks like it cost twenty five hundred dollars something that most gaming PC's don't really manage to do even if they have more horses under the hood and in some cases a lot more so we'll begin at the back where we find the thick solid silver aluminum stand with a built in cable management hole for power that looks a wonderfully elegant and is definitely strong enough to hold the machine but feels a little bit limited for something that I just paid this much for all it can do is tilt and I guess swivel if you want to physically rotate the computer if you want height adjust you can get a stand for your desk a fairly an elegant solution and if you want pin it and didn't buy the version of the iMac 5k with a pre-installed base amount on the back then go cry in the corner because you can't remove the original stand without a complete teardown other than that the back is pretty bare there's a massive Apple logo that you can put the included stickers next to if you want to really show people a little cool value are there's a tiny microphone at the back of the display at the top that you can use for video calls I'm sorry excuse me FaceTime calls kind of get used to the new lingo and there's an exhaust vent for the during light workloads so far stunningly quiet cooling system moving down there's the power button and rear and also front I guess IO unfortunate design compromise number two I think the our button is fine just give your PC wheel reach-around fumble back there for a bit and turn it on but well the Gigabit Ethernet port and for that matter dual Thunderbolt 2 ports won't need to be accessed often I mean only when you will need to plug in a new RAID controller or up to a single external 4k monitor or dual 1440p monitors the 4 USB 3 ports SDXC reader which I'm thankful is included by the way and headphone jack all will and will probably result in scratches on your beautiful machine at some point if you don't want to clutter your workspace with external hubs or dongles which you might end up needing to do anyway because my assumption that the headphone jack could also be used with a microphone via a 4-pole adapter was incorrect that is just a headphone jack so if you want to like that isn't on the back of your PC you will need something like this moving around to the sides makes my anger subside a little bit because I can focus on the beauty of the machine again the edges are perfectly finished the glass is exactly even with the aluminum image is truly remarkable and the edges are a mere 5 millimeters thick on the sides and top with only the bottom taken up by speaker ports and air intakes for cooling the internals boy is she ever pretty which I guess leads us to the front yes whether she's more than a pretty face or not remains to be seen over the next couple of weeks of using this computer at work as my daily driver but she sure has a pretty face her 5k display features a massive 50 160 by 2880 60 Hertz panel for an effective core drooping of the pixel count and effective doubling of the resolution of a 1440p monitor with a custom Apple t-con or timing controller to make this a single tiled display which is mind-blowing given that single tile 4k 60 Hertz monitors started arriving a mere six months ago its IPS so colors pop although like all Apple displays even if the rumours that it's using the same panel as the upcoming Dell you p27 one 5k which has a 10 bit per channel color support panel are true is limited to 8 bit per channel color due to OS and application support although that isn't really a problem unless you spend your whole day looking at grayscale gradients if you spend more of your time watching movies editing photos etc you will love it and all its pre-calibrated goodness colours pop or don't if you select a flatter pre-made profile text is phenomenally crisp even if your face is inches from the screen and the viewing angles are outstanding say what you will about glossy displays and their disadvantages if you're in a room without strong backlighting you know so you don't have to use it as a vanity mirror they sure look nice when they're positioned correctly which I guess leads us finally to spec time one of the arguments I found online for why Apple went with a whopping 14 and a half megapixel 5k display versus a more mundane 4k one I mean we're talking about 75% more pixels here is to allow video editors to work on a native 4k preview with tools spread out around it but I don't know if I buy that I mean it's a good computer with up to a core i7 4790k although that K is going to be underutilized you won't be able to blocking it up to 32 gigs of ram and r9 and 295x2 a taste for gig GPU and a three and a half inch drive mount to go along with apples proprietary PCI Express based SSD but I feel like for serious content creation this argument would have been stronger for a dual tile 5k cinema display for use with the Mac Pro and for the consumer grade iMac Ultra HD might have been a better bet for it for no other reason than that it would allow apples target display mode a way of recycling your iMac in the future as a monitor once the 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