5K display aside, Apple's new iMac is barely changed from 2013's desktop
Except for the 14.7-million-pixel display of Apple's new 5K Retina iMac, the machine is virtually the same as last year's model and sports an identical do-it-yourself repair score, according to iFixit.
iFixit, known for its teardowns of consumer electronics devices, took apart a 5K Retina iMac last week to gauge its repairability.
In the end, iFixit gave the new iMac a score of 5 out of a possible 10, the same result as the September 2013 27-in. iMac, reinforcing the point that the 5K Retina model is -- the display and its supporting chipsets notwithstanding -- essentially the same as last year's system. On the positive side, iFixit noted that the 5K Retina model retains the non-Retina 27-in. iMac's user-upgradeable RAM, and do-it-yourselfers can replace the hard drive and the Intel CPU, albeit only by cutting the adhesive tape that seals the display to the frame.
