Might be a supply issue (the XDR with or without NanoTexture is a couple weeks backordered) or the Nanotexture iMac 5K is a poor enough seller Apple can afford to stop making it until the new model ships.
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27-Inch iMac With Nano-Texture Display Unavailable From Apple Until Late March
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Probably just reserving that display option for use with the Apple Silicon iMac. I doubt that many willing to pay the higher cost for the nano display would want an Intel iMac at this point anyhow. Better, I hope they are moving manufacture from China to somewhere geographically far removed from China. Too many supply chain eggs in one basket leaving the bulk of Apple production so vulnerable to the growing political instability in that neck of the woods.
almost impossible since the iphone is a touchscreen that needs oleophobic coating
I always loved Matte and did have the 17" too. Which was the best laptop from apple.
I wanted to get the nano for the iMac until I saw them side by side.
The blur, sparkle and loss of details suddenly put me off. Even my partner was not convinced.
On its own it looks ok but once you compare it you simply can't get the nano as the loss is just not worth it (unless you have bad environment in your setup)
I wanted to get the nano for the iMac until I saw them side by side.
The blur, sparkle and loss of details suddenly put me off. Even my partner was not convinced.
On its own it looks ok but once you compare it you simply can't get the nano as the loss is just not worth it (unless you have bad environment in your setup)
for the imacs besides China, in general for EU the imacs comes from Ireland
For iphones, now besides china they have india also...so Apple is moving to have a least 2 manufacturers for every device
Nano-texture upgrade was quite pricey from what I remember, I doubt it will be standard, it will most likely be a BTO option, if they have it at launch at all.
Perhaps they could reduce the bezels to keep the same form factor.
This or an announcement alongside for a display <$2k and M1 Pro/Max Mac mini combo.. I'm tempted to get an orange 24" but patience
I hope not because I vastly prefer the glossy screen and it would likely be a deal-breaker for me when it comes time to replace my 2020 iMac 5K.
I expect Apple would rather charge $500 for a component that likely costs them $200 (or less) rather than make it standard and raise the base price $400 to cover it.
forget the iMac! give me a Apple Monitor around $1K
Mini + Apple Monitor is the way to go!
Mini + Apple Monitor is the way to go!
I was just thinking about this yesterday. I bet the M1 iMac Pro is going to essentially be a nano coated Pro XDR with 2021 MacBook Pro guts.
As others have suggested just because this option is delayed and regular 27” iMacs CFO models are not really delayed, it might mean that Apple is gearing up for its replacement. But Apple hasn’t stopped the availability yet of that option, so likely any replacement will be synced to the same six month spaced announcements they been doing with this transition. So mid April or May is likely.
Not likely. The subtle way it works is that, instead of applying a random rough texture to the screen to reduce glare, a very specific texture is applied at a VERY small scale. At this small scale, the texture is engineered to avoid the common anti-glare haze by having adjacent points reflect in different directions. THIS is why you should avoid touching them and be careful while cleaning them. Disturb that nano-texture pattern and you ruin the tech and I doubt it could be “fixed”, more likely just replace the screen.
With a surface that delicate, natural oils from your fingers would have those nano-pits effectively filled pretty quickly.
At some point, it comes down to human perception. I’ve always preferred glossy screens and don’t have a problem focusing on the screen even as light streams over my shoulder and my fingers and face are reflected in the screen (bobbing as I type on a surface that’s kinda stable but mostly bouncy). There ARE those that have a level of perception that keenly focuses on every motion and every discernible image, though. For those folks, even working in a dark room only helps SOME because they’d still see themselves reflected in the screen (unless the screen brightness is VERY low). For them, the nano-texture (or any other matte, really) provides a screen that can prevent distractions and help them get stuff done.
It almost certainly won't be 32. It will either be 5K 27" (most likely) or maaaaybe 6K 30".
32" was never rumored and it wouldn't make sense if they want to keep the ppi they have on current screens (iMac and XDR Pro Display). And I doubt they would go with something like 6.2K display
27" would be great if they gave us a Pro Display XDR at 27"
I couldn't see pairing an iMac Pro at 27" with an XDR at 32"
I'd rather have the 60Hz refresh rate and no Target Display Mode then a 30Hz refresh rate and Target Display Mode.
So I am okay with Apple having to ditch TDP for a timing controller that could drive the panel at 60Hz instead of 30Hz.
Fair, but is there some fundamental reason we couldn't have both? Genuinely curious.
When LG launched the 5K (5120x2880) panel, it required two DisplayPort 1.2 controllers to drive it - each channel drove one half of the panel at 30Hz. This is why the Dell and HPE displays had two DP 1.2 inputs and required video cards that had two DP 1.2 outputs - one input drove the left half of the display at 2560x1440 and the other input drove the right half of the display at 2650x1440.
Apple developed a custom timing controller for the iMac 5K when it launched in 2014 that allowed the panel to be driven as a single 60Hz 5120x2880 panel. However, it no longer meant the panel could be driven from an external video source like the earlier non-5K panels.
That's interesting. But I still wish they'd come up with a way to do both, however it's done.
I heard there are people hardware modding iMacs to serve as displays -- are they getting 60hz out of them, I wonder?