Is iMac with retina worth the extra money?

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nhanekom

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At the moment I still do my photo editing on a 9 year old MBP, so even the bottom-of-the-range iMac today will already be a huge improvement for me, but I get what you're saying. If I'm going to spend R25k, I might as well spend the extra R10k and get something that's going to perform much better and probably last me longer.
 
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nhanekom said:
At the moment I still do my photo editing on a 9 year old MBP, so even the bottom-of-the-range iMac today will already be a huge improvement for me, but I get what you're saying. If I'm going to spend R25k, I might as well spend the extra R10k and get something that's going to perform much better and probably last me longer.
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I think you might as well, that said I understand it may be 'overkill' for your needs. You'll never look back though and will ask how you put up with a 9 year old MBP for so long. :p

Unless the r5K iMac is going to have you and your family eating bread and water for months...
 
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nhanekom said:
At the moment I still do my photo editing on a 9 year old MBP, so even the bottom-of-the-range iMac today will already be a huge improvement for me, but I get what you're saying. If I'm going to spend R25k, I might as well spend the extra R10k and get something that's going to perform much better and probably last me longer.
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Until last month I was doing my editing on a series of MBPs ranging from 17" to, until recently, a 13" non-retina - the retina display on my new 15" is impressive. If I was going to switch to desktop, and I hope I never have to, then it would be the retina iMac.
 
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bwana said:
iMacs are frowned upon at the office :eek:
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Ours too! :D

Only the Mac Pro "dustbins" suffice... still no 5K display :(.

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