Dell has a 5120x2880 monitor for ~ $1700 at Amazon. HP has one for $1300 at B&H. Zooks. That's a bundle. The fact that Apple can sell an iMac with a display like that for $2000 - $2300 shows that they're not putting screaming CPUs and the like in it. :-( Pushing that many pixels, I'd worry that it's going to be a turtle without a fabulous graphics card.
J has a 27" iMac at work. It's a year or two old, and non-Retina. It's a nice machine, but it gets hotter than I would expect is good for it. Don't stand by the top vent! ;-)
I like expandability, especially in something that I hope to keep a while. I like plenty of cooling, also too, something that you won't get with an iMac.
Trouble is, you're also paying a premium for the design aesthetic of the MacPro. But if it were me, and it obviously isn't, I'd look very hard at the MacPro and get two decent but not obscene monitors to go with it. You'll soon be able to get a 27" 3.8k IPS LG screen for $600.. Apple claims you can connect 3 each 4k monitors to the MacPro (with different interfaces). You just need a place to put them! :-)
I'm rambling now... Enjoy your decision, and don't let them drive you nuts!
Cheers,
Scott.
J has a 27" iMac at work. It's a year or two old, and non-Retina. It's a nice machine, but it gets hotter than I would expect is good for it. Don't stand by the top vent! ;-)
I like expandability, especially in something that I hope to keep a while. I like plenty of cooling, also too, something that you won't get with an iMac.
Trouble is, you're also paying a premium for the design aesthetic of the MacPro. But if it were me, and it obviously isn't, I'd look very hard at the MacPro and get two decent but not obscene monitors to go with it. You'll soon be able to get a 27" 3.8k IPS LG screen for $600.. Apple claims you can connect 3 each 4k monitors to the MacPro (with different interfaces). You just need a place to put them! :-)
I'm rambling now... Enjoy your decision, and don't let them drive you nuts!
Cheers,
Scott.