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<blockquote data-quote="MacInWin" data-source="post: 1612306">You don't need Time Capsule, Time Machine can use any external drive. Yes, you can share two machines to the same backup drive, although it's more risky (If the backup drive fails, you lose backups to BOTH machines.)Not sure what you were thinking in this:The two screens are independent, and I don't think the new iMac can be used as an external monitor for the MBP. I know the old iMac's cannot do that, and I'd be very surprised if the new ones could. Again, with a Thunderbolt display, the resolution is different from both the MBP and the iMac. You can force them to the same resolution, but that's kind of defeating the purpose of having a 5K iMac. I don't know anything about the new iMac screens, but the current Thunderbolt is pretty impressive and the Retina screens are great on the MBPs, too. I'll also second Nick's comment. That's a lot of money to plunk down with no experience with Apple products and OS X. You might want to at least try to play with something in the store before making the commitment.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="MacInWin, post: 1612306"] You don't need Time Capsule, Time Machine can use any external drive. Yes, you can share two machines to the same backup drive, although it's more risky (If the backup drive fails, you lose backups to BOTH machines.) Not sure what you were thinking in this: The two screens are independent, and I don't think the new iMac can be used as an external monitor for the MBP. I know the old iMac's cannot do that, and I'd be very surprised if the new ones could. Again, with a Thunderbolt display, the resolution is different from both the MBP and the iMac. You can force them to the same resolution, but that's kind of defeating the purpose of having a 5K iMac. I don't know anything about the new iMac screens, but the current Thunderbolt is pretty impressive and the Retina screens are great on the MBPs, too. I'll also second Nick's comment. That's a lot of money to plunk down with no experience with Apple products and OS X. You might want to at least try to play with something in the store before making the commitment. [/QUOTE]

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