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Big prices for i5’s. The i9’s are stratospheric.

Hmmmm. Are they?

Apple iMac 27”: w/ Retina 5K Display, 3.6GHz 8-core 9th-generation Intel Core i9 9900KH Coffee Lake processor, Turbo Boost up to 5.0GHz, 64GB 2666MHz DDR4 memory, Radeon Pro Vega 48 with 8GB of HBM2 memory, 2TB SSD storage, Magic Mouse 2, Magic Keyboard - US English 9900KH — $ 5,249.00
Dell XPS Tower Special Edition: Desktop, 3.6GHz- 9th Generation Intel® Core™ i9-9900K 8-Core Processor (16M Cache, Turbo Boost up to 5.0 GHz), 64GB DDR4 at 2666MHz, 2TB M.2 PCIe NVMe SSD, Killer 1535 802.11ac 2x2 WiFi and Bluetooth 4.2, Thunderbolt 3 PCIe Network and IO Card, Dell Premier Wireless Keyboard and Mouse - KM717— $3,868.94 plus requires a 5K 27” monitor: LG 27MD5KB-B UltraFine 27" 16:9 5K (5120 x 2880) IPS Monitor: 500 cd/m² Brightness, Thunderbolt 3 / USB Type-C Inputs — $1,309.00. TOTAL SYSTEM COST: $ 5,177.94

4 That $71.06 is a very small difference. . . and the Apple iMac comes loaded with a slew of software worth far more than that. You could save money by getting a refurbished LG or Dell 27" 5K monitor. Those are available on Amazon for under $1,000.