Customer Ratings & Reviews

The moment after setting up and seeing the desktop for the first time, I literally forgot to breathe for about 5 seconds. That says something about how amazing this display is. Even though we've all seen retina displays before on the phones and computers, this is simply not on the same scale: being about to see some many pixels on one panel. I used to be a PC supremacist, talking specs here specs there. But if we compare a regular PC all in one to the iMac with retina display, you simply can't compare the color correctness, the contrast (How black the black is, how white the white is), the pixel density. And being the first commercially available 5k panel, it's worth it to get the display for 2499, let alone they decide to throw in a powerful computer in there as well. Believe me when I said there is nothing else like this, because there really isn't anything like this out there.

This Computer screen is amazing! It is the largest screen I have ever owned for a computer. I was intimidated at first by the Macintosh, having only ran the other kind, but I am learning and most of the functions are very intuitive and user friendly. this is the latest and greatest Mac offered. I thought this would be the way to go to slow the obsolescence factor down a bit. I think I made a great choice. Highly recommended.

This is a great machine and with the lower price it is now at a great price. I purchased this for my parents and they love it. I've read that some people was seeing graphic slowdown/choppy graphics. I haven't seen that and assume it was corrected in an update before I purchased this unit. My only issue was the 8GB ram, I feel that is a little low for this unit. Wasn't a big deal as I bought more with my purchase and installed it myself in no time.

Avid Apple user and wanted this desktop for kids school and my work. The screen is unmatched. The 5K resolution is beautiful. Speed is phenomenal. And bought while on sale - $300 off - a rarity with Apple! Still high priced. Would like to see touch screen capability.

I have been an iMac owner since 2009 and I have been so happy with it that when my daughter needed her own computer I decided to give her my old iMac and purchase a new one. I feel much more comfortable with the iMac user interface than I do with a PC. The graphics are beautiful and the speed is terrific! I was dismayed to discover that I had to buy a separate CD/DVD drive since the new iMacs are too thin to accommodate the housing for the hardware. Fortunately the price of the CD/DVD drive was reasonable and very easy to install (just a USB cord that plugs into the back of the iMac). Overall I am very pleased with my new iMac.

Compare to other desktop, it's bit pricy. But when I open the box, I love the crystal clear screen and invisible box. Giving 4 points because some sporadic network connection issue. Situation gets improved after downloading latest version. It is fairly easy to add another 16G memory I bought from crucial.com. Now I have 24G. Happy about that.

this computer is awesome screen is huge, speed is quick and the wireless mouse and keyboard make for less clutter with no wires love that there is no tower more leg room under the desk

This is the best computer I have ever owned. I was worried that the Fusion hard drive would not come close in speed to my MacBook Air (which of course, is completely solid state flash) but boot up speed for turning on and also opening any programs blows my Air outta town! Recommend getting this over any other iMac because of speed alone. Screen is phenomenal but we all know resolutions are always getting better and in one year I'm sure I'll want the 5 "million-k" haha but whats's under the hood is what really matters!

I use the iMac to design games programming in Unity3d and C# on Mac and PC. I am running Visual Studio 2013 Ultimate under Parallels 10.0 to do my work. The screen is nothing short of spectacular. Parallels performance with the hybrid 1GB drive is comparable to that of 2014 Retina MacBook Pro with the 500GB SSD. I have been using and programing Macs and PCs since 1984 and this is the best Mac experience ever. When compared with 2014 Retina MacBook with attached 28 inch 4K Dell screen, I still prefer working on iMac.

Purchased the 27-inch retina display iMac a few weeks ago. This is my second iMac and I am most impressed with this machine. Apple has done an excellent job in the design and execution of the computer hardware and the operating system, which in my estimate is superior to windows. The machine processes all information lightning fast, boots up within 15 seconds and is trouble free. The retina display is outstanding. One of the main things I like about Apple products is that they simply work and do so without the problems normally experienced in windows operating systems. The only drawback is that once you view the retina display, looking at your other computer monitors might prove to be a depressing experience.

Mac products are excellent and integrate well. I brought an iPad after fretting for over a year and once I bought it, it seemed to do about 90% of what a laptop would do but not the same as having a desk top. I bought the desk top apple computer after my desk top PC started to run lines in the screen. Well, I was already somewhat familiar with the workings of the desk top, but I still had quite a ways to go to get use to the desk top version and be comfortable with this product. A few things I miss are the right click, a CD/DVD insert, easy access to the USB port and access to my printer. I can see where Apple is going by not going with these features. It is forcing me to think more wireless integration and depend on the internet for software downloads and access. So I am okay with being retrained to embrace the thought process since I already am one of those people that shops and banks online. As the bank manager once said, you are one of those people that strictly uses online banking, except of course when I had to go into the bank for one of those few things that I couldn't do online. Since I was converting over to the Mac but still need my business side depending on Windows, I had the windows app downloaded to my Mac. It does not feel 100% comfortable running windows on a Mac but it works. I did excel spreadsheets on my PC which you can run a spreadsheet on a Mac but without a right click a few process are a little longer. Working without a CD/DVD is circumvented by buying a CD/DVD player, but I am realizing that technology is being replaced by downloading software from internet websites so we will probably see the CD and DVD go the way of the cassette player. Also, thumb drives can easily replace that medium and currently this computer has USB ports. I wonder how long movies are going to be made on DVDs. And CDs have a similar story. So considering this, I am not sure this is a negative to have apple without a CD/DVD player. Of course, this is from a guy who has cleaned out a lot of DVDs and CDs recently and donated them to charity. Did I mention, I already have digital copies of all those old CDs. I have been shopping on iTunes for music for the last several years so having the apple desk top has made that integration of digital copies somewhat seamless. And since apple keeps my records of songs it automatically downloads those songs to a new apple producst. I now buy DVDs with digital copies so that is where I am restarting my movies. It is nice because, I can access movies so much faster. I know it is in digital form on my computer with associated back up. It sure beats keeping a stock pile of DVDs. And guess what when I have company they can also easily access my movies along with the cable and netflix. Oh did i mention I have apple TV, so it is all integrated and so much easier to integrate than the PC ever was. The integration of my desk top as the workhorse has made the whole experience much less labor intensive. Sort of scary to have every thing integrated. When I save a password in my IPad while I am away, it immediately updates to my desktop when I get home. And when I plan something on my IPad, it also saves on my desk top. Oh did I mention that when my friends text me on my iPad when I am working on my desktop, I can respond on my desk top. The integration is so convenient and smart. So lifestyle wise I think it really has made my life practically painless to go from my desktop to my labtop back to my iPad. It all works together well. I travel for work sometimes so it just nice to have that level of integration. The pain of retraining has been worth it with this apple product.

Screen has weird marks propagating up from the corners. This happened after about 6 months of use.

This is my first iMac and the first Apple desktop computer bought in ten years. My last was a PowerMac G5 and it was a beast too, but it was huge, hot, and noisy. In comparison, this iMac is beautiful, quiet, and powerful. I process digital captures in raw format shot with a Nikon D800E and other cameras. These are large files. They don't load instantaneously, but they load quickly and are stunning on the 5K display. I recommend upgrading the RAM immediately because image processing uses up RAM. I also use this computer in my business for the usual applications. It's fast and responsive and the screen is large enough for my old eyes. Highly recommended.

what can I say about Apple, this is my third Apple machine and the idea this time was to get faster, better looking results from my video editing. I am a professional in the video business and now all my machines are Macs. This one is the fastest and has the best looking display so far. I am using the Adobe CC suite for my business and this machine handles it beautify.

Bought to setup for a friend, and saved a few bucks from a Open Box Buy. The resolution on this thing is crazy. How awesome to be be able to have multiple windows open, and see everything clearly. Obviously full screen web pages do not utilize the whole screen. I recommend sitting back a bit farther than usual, just so you can appreciate all the detail. When the new OS X comes out, I believe this type of a resolution will be ever better with the new management they'll have for multiple windows.

As will all iMacs, a grey desktop system. Not overly powered, but with the monitor, an amazing deal. Fifth iMac, and this is a nice improvement in terms of performance, but the screen is amazing. Literally showing it off to everyone. It's a bit of a novelty, as other than photo editing, not of a huge use. Makes everything easier to read, clearer, and nicer, but nothing is in 5k that you can view, or even in 4k. Given this, would still pay the extra few hundred for the 5k as it is impossible to explain. Those that love macs will love this system. Those that love macs and love 'neat tech things' will love this model.

Just like any other Apple products, this iMac is simply great, it's definitely worth the money, screen resolution is amazing, super fast processor, very user friendly.

Bought this computer to record music and cannot believe the difference it made from a Windows PC! Everything moves exceptionally fast without any bogging down during mixing. I was a little disappointed that the keyboard comes without a numeric pad. For the price of the computer you would think this would come standard?! Had to buy an aftermarket Logitech, but other than that I love the computer!

I was doing a lot of video recording with a GOPRO camera and needed something really fast for editing and converting.. this was the machine for that. I had always been a PC Windows guy but I am now a MAC convert. Does all the browsing, email, and document stuff with included software, and just eats up the video and photo editing and keeps asking for more. See ya Windows.. Im never going back to a PC. Oh and did I mention that the 5k display is just incredibly awesome!

The fact that the entire computer is integrated with the monitor is awesome. The computer is extremely fast and the screen resolution is extreme;,clean and crisp.