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Hey Jacob,
I recently upgraded from an early 2013 MBP (2.7GHZ, 500GB SSD, 16GB RAM, GeForce GT650) to a late 2017 iMac 5K (4.2GHZ, 1TB SSD, 32GB RAM, 8GB GPU) for the same reasons. The new iMac can playback an edited timeline of 4.6K RAW 3:1/4:1 in real time at full resolution, including footage that has had basic colour correction. However, once you begin heavily colour grading clips the playback begins to lag and I'm having to bypass the corrections in the editing tab - which has been made easy/possible with Resolve 15. Furthermore, working with such large file sizes the 1TB internal SSD isn't very suitable and I'm having to store the files and edit them from external SSDs (expensive). Just a couple of things to consider before making your purchase.