Just bought the 5k iMac

So, it's up and running, 27 inch 5k retina. It's beautiful. My last mac was a 27 inch 2010 model.

So far I have noticed that I'll need CS6 as CS5 is double pixelated. Most of the old apps need an update for the retina. This really sucks.

It's super fast and no wheel of death in sight.

My two tech savvy teens and sight supervisor "Charlibear the cat" setting up my new toy.

Congrats! Got mine last week and did my first wedding, I absolutely love it!

I've been running my home made PC for 10 years now, wow, and it's still doing the trick, well sort of. I can even run Photoshop CC 2014, but it's gettting quite slow (I only used quality parts, but nowadays 2GB ram doesn't cut it LOL.)

Last autumn I tried to go to the dark side (no not Nikon) and ordered a custom loaded 27" iMac (which took 3 weeks to get delivered from Apple), and it developed a few dead pixels in a few days, sent it back, waited for another iMac to arrive 3 weeks later, it had the dreaded "cool to warm" gradient going from top to bottom, then tried again and the third had what looked like thumb print inside the screen, so back it went and my Apple experiment ended there to await the new iMacs a year later.

So I waited for the new announcement, and the 5K looks very nice, would have been better if they would have stuck with Nvidia and used the 980M video (much more powerful and much cooler/energy efficient than the AMD option they chose).

OS X is very elegant, but seems a bit finicky compared to WIndows (especially when it comes to videos other than mp4 or quicktime). I think it's just a matter of getting used to it.

What is pixel doubling? How does this new iMac feel compared to the 2010 (speed wise)? How is Yosemite (to me the design looks a lot like Windows 7 ironically, I kind of liked the old 3d look without transparency pre-Yosemite)

What hdd options did you go for? Last year I tried the 3TB fusion which was nice, but I will be keeping my images stored strictly on external USB 3 drives, so would say 512GB SSD option be better? Is it big enough?

Thanks for sharing!

The specs on the new imac 5k are amazing. In the 4 ghz form it beats the Mac Pro and includes the monitor! My 2011 27 inch loaded iMac died this past weekend. 10 days left on the warrantee. Looks like the main board went. I'm dropping it off at the Apple Store for repair. I would like to get the new one but I have had great use out of the soon-to be fixed one. Was planning on using it as a monitor with a 6 core pro but the 5k iMac is more appealing. Next time.

Enjoy your new toy!!

Mike.

I'm not jelous at all.... not one bit..... want to donate your old one to me?

Aronis wrote in post #17254758
The specs on the new imac 5k are amazing. In the 4 ghz form it beats the Mac Pro and includes the monitor! My 2011 27 inch loaded iMac died this past weekend. 10 days left on the warrantee. Looks like the main board went. I'm dropping it off at the Apple Store for repair. I would like to get the new one but I have had great use out of the soon-to be fixed one. Was planning on using it as a monitor with a 6 core pro but the 5k iMac is more appealing. Next time.

Enjoy your new toy!!

Mike.

Wow, that's pretty sad, it's only 3 years old? Since the PC I built has lasted me 10 years without a hitch, that doesn't seem long. Maybe they will replace it with a new iMac?! A friend of mine had a 24" iMac that gave him headaches (video issues/heat related, I think it was a known issue with that model), after 2 years of bugging the Apple store they upgraded him to the newest 27" model. Lucky I guess?!

mercersmoments wrote in post #17245146
So, it's up and running, 27 inch 5k retina. It's beautiful. My last mac was a 27 inch 2010 model.

So far I have noticed that I'll need CS6 as CS5 is double pixelated. Most of the old apps need an update for the retina. This really sucks.

It's super fast and no wheel of death in sight.

My two tech savvy teens and sight supervisor "Charlibear the cat" setting up my new toy.

What are the specs of your riMac?

Saw one in the campus bookstore next to a Thunderbolt screen. I've always thought the Thunderbolt was impressive, but you can see a jump in clarity and definition with the 5K Retina iMac. And the fact that you can upgrade the RAM on them is a bonus. Sweet machines.

drisley wrote in post #17250414
OS X is very elegant, but seems a bit finicky compared to WIndows (especially when it comes to videos other than mp4 or quicktime). I think it's just a matter of getting used to it.

This can be fixed with VLC.

mercersmoments wrote in post #17245146
So, it's up and running, 27 inch 5k retina. It's beautiful. My last mac was a 27 inch 2010 model.

So far I have noticed that I'll need CS6 as CS5 is double pixelated. Most of the old apps need an update for the retina. This really sucks.

It's super fast and no wheel of death in sight.

My two tech savvy teens and sight supervisor "Charlibear the cat" setting up my new toy.

After owning it for some time, what's the verdict?

davidfig wrote in post #17271956
This can be fixed with VLC.

+1 for VLC.

I presume Photoshop Elements 13 look fine on this model?

drisley wrote in post #17255014
Wow, that's pretty sad, it's only 3 years old? Since the PC I built has lasted me 10 years without a hitch, that doesn't seem long. Maybe they will replace it with a new iMac?! A friend of mine had a 24" iMac that gave him headaches (video issues/heat related, I think it was a known issue with that model), after 2 years of bugging the Apple store they upgraded him to the newest 27" model. Lucky I guess?!

It's all fixed. No charge to me....and all my data is intact...LOL....they replaced the Video card and the mother board. Yes I was surprised the thing die at just three years but it was always on.....my older one in the office 21 inch i3 is only on two days a week for office hours and an occasional extra few hours. Perhaps that helps the longevity.

Don't think that any computer is immune to failing. They all do. That is why I build my own windows machines so that I know what parts I can replace or upgrade without running into the Proprietary BS you can with Dell or others. I would certainly entertain DIY repair on iMac after the warrantee (I now have 90 days more) but those parts may be hard to get for a bargain. The motherboard price was $737.50, the video card $339.77. It appears that the CPU is part of the motherboard and was not reused. I should have asked, but those parts are a bit pricey., but probably worth replacing. We will see how long it runs since the repair. The motherboard I have in my home built (running windows 7) is an Asus Crosshair V Formula Z which runs $219 and the video cards are Asus GTX 680 which are $265 each (got two). I actually have a backup mother board (long story, it was the ram dam it the ram). I love the mac's though......

Back to the retina. IT IS AMAZING. I looked at it at the Apple Store....I was planning using my iMac 27 as a monitor for a new Mac Pro (6 core etc) but after seeing the image on the 5 k display and the processor specs on the iMac 4.0 GHz processor, the Mac Pro looks like a rip off.....so I am going to wait for the V5 Xenon Processors which are due out soon for the next version of the Mac Pro, then maybe.....LOL....

I am going to hold off any any new computers....still want a new zoom. White Glass....LOL...

racketman wrote in post #17273372
I presume Photoshop Elements 13 look fine on this model?

Great question......

davidfig wrote in post #17271956
This can be fixed with VLC.

I didn't like VLC. A bit laggy on the 2013 iMac even compared to my 10 year old PC running Window Media Player Classic. Also no support for multi-instances.