Hands- and eyes-on with the new iPads and the iMac’s big 5K display

CUPERTINO, CA—Apple’s media event today was light on surprises. Apple really didn’t show anything that hadn’t already been leaked by the rumor mill (or by Apple itself), but that doesn’t mean that the upgrades to the iPad and Mac lineups are unwelcome.

We spent some quality time with the hardware after the announcement, and our impressions are below. As for the software, you can already grab OS X Yosemite for yourself now, and iOS 8.1 and Apple Pay will follow on Monday (at least for iPhone 6 and 6 Plus owners).

The Retina iMac

Andrew Cunningham

The new Retina iMac.

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The new iMac is the result of a simple equation: Current 27-inch iMac plus Retina display equals Retina 5K iMac.