>New iMac with Retina 5K starts at $2499.<p>That's an enticing price if Anandtech's guess[1] of $2500 for the (yet unreleased) Dell 5120x2880 monitor is accurate. The Dell display doesn't include a Mac computer inside it. If Dell had to recalibrate its price in response to Apple's announcement, would it be something like $1899 street price?<p>EDIT to add: I find it interesting to compare this new display announcement to the CinemaDisplay 10 years ago.
When Apple debuted the 30" 2560x1600 CinemaDisplay in June 2004, no other major manufacturer had a comparable display. Dell didn't introduce their 2560x1600 3007WFP until January 2006. Apple was the only player for that high resolution and that strength was reflected in the price: $3299. It stayed at that price for over a year (Apple finally lowered it to $2499 in October 2005). Today, Dell announced their 5k monitor <i>6 weeks before</i> Apple. I guess it's getting harder and harder these days for Apple to create products that catches their competitors else off guard.<p>[1]<a href="http://www.anandtech.com/show/8496/dell-previews-27inch-5k-ultrasharp-monitor-5120x2880" rel="nofollow">http://www.anandtech.com/show/8496/dell-previews-27inch-5k-u...</a>
27" Retina iMac at 5120x2880 which they are calling "5K"<p>edit: Dell previewed a similar screen last month[1] a "world first" but won't ship til December (5K iMac shipping today if I heard right?). No price on Dell screen, rumor was $2,500 but Apple's throwing in a computer for the same price so I doubt that will hold up.<p>[1] <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8272702" rel="nofollow">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8272702</a>
<a href="http://p.events-delivery.apple.com.edgesuite.net/14pounqefvoiubefvpiub10/m3u8/atv_mvp.m3u8" rel="nofollow">http://p.events-delivery.apple.com.edgesuite.net/14pounqefvo...</a> for VLC Windows users
"6x faster than other browsers at typical JavaScript on websites."<p>Bold claim. <a href="http://live.arstechnica.com/apples-october-16-2014-media-event/images/IMG_0250.JPG" rel="nofollow">http://live.arstechnica.com/apples-october-16-2014-media-eve...</a><p>Would be interesting to know what the technology is behind this (if the claim is even half true).
Hmm. iPad Mini, iPad Mini 2, iPad Mini 3, iPad Air, and iPad Air 2. Wasn't one of the key insights that Steve Jobs had when he returned to Apple that they had too many variations of their products with no obvious differentiation? As much as I love their products, it seems like they're rapidly slipping back down that slope...
Ars Technica Liveblog, always a nice source:<p><a href="http://live.arstechnica.com/apples-october-16-2014-media-event/" rel="nofollow">http://live.arstechnica.com/apples-october-16-2014-media-eve...</a>
Also live blogged here: <a href="http://live.theverge.com/apple-ipad-live-blog/" rel="nofollow">http://live.theverge.com/apple-ipad-live-blog/</a>
New Mac Mini @ 499$ lowers the barrier to entry for mac/ios development.<p>(Yes there was always the resale market, but apple is driving down the price overall. You won't find a used mac mini over 499)