New iMac

[Kronos]

1. Yeah that new iMac is really nice

2. The only intel Mac I have around here is a 2010 base model iMac that I bought 2nd hand in 2011, still going strong and would still sell for a real sum today

3. OS4 HW (and I'll just assume you mean NG here as the market for CS/BPPC is a collectors one with different rules) only holds it value so good because there is relativly low supply with new HW neither really improving over the last one nor getting much cheaper.
Prices would drop to rockbottom once someone somehow manages to offer G5-class performance at a price that is actually inline with it's computing value (just look up some ARM based stuff like the AmazonTV-box or the ODROID-U3+ to get an idea).

[Kronos]

a) who buys a Mac for gaming

b) if you run FPS-based games there is 0 point at useing the native resolution even if your eyesight 100%

[Kronos]

So the short story here is:

If your a l33t gamer (iMac buyers are very rarely) have the skills and time to built a system from scratch (still not the typical iMac demography) can live with having a full tower cluttering over your desk (completly different market, but who cares) and are willing to spend a few 100$ more you can buy something better than that iMac.

Well not really, as you also have to wait a few months for the components to become available.


So yeah it's prooven that iMac costs twice as much as it should !!!