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I believe that the specifications and pricing for all of the non-Retina iMacs stayed the same. The addition of a Retina iMac was the change. With the Mac Minis, there were price cuts and specification changes, though some of those changes (no more user-upgradable RAM, no more quad-core CPUs on...

I am comparing standard models. $1799 non-Retina 27-inch iMac - 3.2 GHz Core i5, 1 GB VRAM $1999 non-Retina 27-inch iMac - 3.4 GHz Core i5, 2 GB VRAM $2499 Retina 27-inch iMac - 3.5 GHz Core i5, 2 GB VRAM http://store.apple.com/us/buy-mac/imac All have quad-core CPUs, 8 GB of RAM, and 1 TB of...

$700 more than the 3.2 GHz model. But looking at the 'off-the-shelf' 27-inch iMacs, the 3.4 GHz quad-core Core i5 model has a somewhat closer CPU/GPU specification match to the Retina iMac. That model is $1999, hence $500 difference.

It may cost a bit more than a regular 27" iMac, but for $500, you get a Retina Display, an upgraded GPU, and an upgrade to a Fusion Drive. Meanwhile, a Dell monitor with the same resolution as the $2499 Retina iMac goes for, you guessed it, $2499 … for just the monitor.