Wouldn't that argue for a 4K monitor? Sign me up for a 4K 30" OLED ACD with matte screen please!!!!
I'd love that too! But I'd be terrified of the price tag.
Wouldn't that argue for a 4K monitor? Sign me up for a 4K 30" OLED ACD with matte screen please!!!!
Why? Do you sit the same distance from your 27" monitor as you do a 15" MacBook Pro?
Heres hoping they'll introduce sensible pricing points... (Over everything else).
Why? Do you sit the same distance from your 27" monitor as you do a 15" MacBook Pro?
Apple:
Introducing the new all-in-one Mac Pro.
Need a tower and a proper GPU? Silly you...
And it is the Pro because we say it's Pro..
One thing I've never understood about this website.... and it never fails. On every thread, on every single product Apple makes, whether its a Thunderbolt cable or an outdated overpriced Mac Pro, there's always somebody on here arguing AGAINST getting a better deal on Apple products. Maybe their parents buy their stuff.... or they are just so rich that prices don't matter. Either way, I don't get it.
Wouldn't you be happier if that same product was maybe 10 percent cheaper? Obviously Apple is doing well and would still make money on pretty much everything they sell. Why argue against that? Do you really own THAT much stock?
It would be really great if they could fit a GPU into the display. That would make it the best external notebook display ever.
Since it's Thunderbolt that would be perfectly doable.
I agree completely. This is the perfect response to the usual fan-boy argument from self proclaimed professionals that there doesn't need to be an entry level Mac with some level of expansion because those are "Pro" features!
They always ignore the fact Apple offered an entry level desktop or tower system for the entirety of the G3 - G5 era then overnight, the cheapest user expandable system they offered shot to £1699 on their switch to Intel with only the woefully under-specified Core Duo Mac Mini and the aforementioned all-in-one iMac as an alternative.
These days, it's even more crazy not to offer an entry level system without having to opt for the Mac Mini or iMac because so many parts are common to both their desktop and laptop systems and they could likely just build a screenless iMac in the same case as the Mac Pro, call it simply the Mac and charge a mid price point between the entry level iMac and Mac Pro, £1299 maybe.
One thing I've never understood about this website.... and it never fails.
You're not reading it wrong.
Your HDMI devices are (likely) outputting it wrong.
Most HDMI devices (and cables, if I'm not mistaken) do support Full HD resolution only, rather than the 27" CD's native resolution. This includes most (all?) of Apple's Computers as well.
And because even most uninformed people know HDMI but not DisplayPort, chances are that some will purchase this thing and/or try via HDMI - and then find out later that it's native resolution isn't supported. Lest we forget all the other functionality (except sound).
So put it short: HDMI would be a bag of hurt on this display.
This is why it won't be included.
I agree. Unfortunately, despite what some would like to believe, Apple is a company that works for the almighty dollar, that's it. There isn't a substantial market anymore. Apple can do a better job and sell more products if they are small, sleek, clean, and easy, than if they are upgradeable, which requires them to be a bit bigger and adhere to certain standards (like the addition of PCI-E slots, etc.)
Those of us who were using computers in the 90's remember the blazing speed of technology improvements. We ALL upgraded our computers. CPU, RAM, graphics card, sound card, 2D accelerator, controller cards.... However, the last decade or so things have slowed down. Computers are less upgradable AND fewer and fewer would even know how to upgrade them if they could. There just isn't as much of a market for it. Sure, there are a few like you and I, but we are outnumbered by the 'sleek and small' market.
If there was a consumer grade but upgradable desktop from Apple, I'd own it. I don't need a dual socket motherboard or Xeon CPU's. But if I could have a quad core i7 desktop with a couple PCI-E slots and room for a couple of hard drives, it'd be perfect! Unfortunately, the only way to do that right now is with a hackintosh!
They're probably bringing out one with less connectivity that's half a mm thinner and charging insignificantly less for it then using spin to make everyone think they've practically re-invented the monitor.
It would be really great if they could fit a GPU into the display. That would make it the best external notebook display ever.
Since it's Thunderbolt that would be perfectly doable.