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But they didn't upgrade the Mini, iMac, or Mac Pro. The Mac Pro has been the current model for at least two years. The iMac is a hack that uses two logical display panels to produce the 5K resolution, because there isn't enough bandwidth for a single one. The Mini is nearing the 3 generations old mark.

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Why even mention the way the iMac display works? Using the machine you would never know and its a very nice computer. The complaints about the mini and pro are legit but there is barely anything to complain about with the iMac.

It will matter once Apple decides to drop support for the current iMac. (Who knows, maybe the ARM switch will eventually happen? The G5 iMacs became obsolete over night when the Intel switch happened.)

As it stands, you can neither recycle it as an external display nor can you run Linux on it at full resolution.

Not really a "pro" complaint - just something to keep in mind if you plan to hand it on.

> The Mac Pro has been the current model for at least two years

It was released in October 2013, so more than 3 years.

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