The problem with the XDR is that you are using all of the bandwidth of that Thunderbolt cable to drive the screen. The only bandwidth left is enough to support USB 2 speed ports on the monitor hub. You would still need another thunderbolt connection to support higher speed data connnections for drives and such. You won’t get a single cable connection when using a monitor with that many pixels.
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Apple Completed Development on External Display 'Months Ago,' Could Launch During Tuesday's 'Peek Performance' Event
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Could be an option as long build and image quality is the same if not superior.
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Honestly just buy a Dell and be done with it then. They're around $400 and are bezel-less.
Why would a 27” Apple display cost $2,500?!
A 27” 5K iMac with an entire computer built in starts at $1,799.
A 27” 5K iMac with an entire computer built in starts at $1,799.
Not even $1,500, LG has good 27" monitors with port options at $650-$750 and are good. Current Apple LG offerings are U.S. 27" 5K $1,299.95 and 24" 4K at $699.95 with just USB-C ports.
Unless Apple discontinues their LG offerings, we will see an expensive Apple Monitor regardless. Not a Consumer level, just those who want "all Apple". Will probably be glassy screen which still is a pain on the eyes if you do video or graphic/photo work for long hours. When I bought my 27" Thunderbolt for $1,000 there were plenty of offerings at the time that were half the cost and better...but...I wanted an "Apple Monitor".
This is JUST a monitor for $2,500, not a consumer level, but semi-Pro.
like to see an offering for a 24" along with the 27" or 32". Can't image what the price would be on a 24" with Apple.
Seriously? It costs twice as much as the base M1 iMac sans the actual iMac?
Apple completed work on an external display "months ago" and has since planned to launch it shortly after the latest 14-inch and 16-inch MacBook Pros, Bloomberg's Mark Gurman said in his latest Power On newsletter.
Apple is rumored to be working on two external displays, one being a direct successor to the high-end Pro Display XDR and a more affordable consumer-level display. According to Gurman, Apple completed development on a next-generation external display "months ago" and planned to launch it shortly after it debuted its latest MacBook Pros in October 2021.
Apple is expected to announce a new high-end and redesigned Mac mini during Tuesday's "Peek performance" event, and the launch of a new affordable external display alongside it seems logical. The display could cost around half of the Pro Display XDR, placing it around $2,500.
A report this week from 9to5Mac suggested that Apple is working on a display with a 7K resolution and an A13 chip built-in. That display, however, is apparently separate from the more affordable option the company has been working on.
Alongside a new Mac mini and the possibility of a new external display, Apple is expected to announce a new iPhone SE and iPad Air with 5G and faster performance, an updated 13-inch MacBook Pro with the M2 Apple silicon chip, and a possible "wildcard" product announcement.
Article Link: Apple Completed Development on External Display 'Months Ago,' Could Launch During Tuesday's 'Peek Performance' Event
Yes, almost all monitors for "consumers" are less than $1,000. $1,500 would be a good monitor from Apple. If Apple prices the Studio monitor at $2,500 is will not be for the typical consumer.
A new Apple display won't be cheap. Apple has no need to compete on price.
A guide to working out how much it will cost: Find the highest priced 27" consumer display on the market. Keep raising the price upwards from there until it's *just* enough to make you gasp, then add on a further 25%.
And it'll still sell in large quantities. I'll probably buy it. *sigh*
A guide to working out how much it will cost: Find the highest priced 27" consumer display on the market. Keep raising the price upwards from there until it's *just* enough to make you gasp, then add on a further 25%.
And it'll still sell in large quantities. I'll probably buy it. *sigh*
The only way this new standalone display costs $2500 is if it is the new 32" 6K edge-lit display that was reported being developed alongside new 27" 5K and 24" 4.5K standalone displays a few months back and is meant to be a lower-priced compliment to the Pro Display XDR for folks who do not work in HDR video all day.
Frankly, I hope we get all three rumored displays:
Frankly, I hope we get all three rumored displays:
- 32" 6K at $2500
- 27" 5K at $1500 (using the same edge-lit panel as in the Intel iMac 5K)
- 24" 4.5K at $1000 (using the same edge-lit panel as in the M1 iMac)
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These are ridiculously obscene prices for monitors with those specs. They would have to be at *least* mini-led to justify that.
Honestly I love Apple and they used to be pretty cutting edge when it comes to display tech, but if they dare release a 27” edge-lid 60Hz display for 1,500 then they’ve lost me as a customer. Normally I find a lot of reasons to defend their choices and pricing but that would honestly be ridiculous. A 34” ultra wide OLED 175hz monitor costs 1299. And yes I know the pixel density is not the same, but overall the picture quality will be on such an entirely different level that it would put any new edge lit Apple display to shame.
Yep. They also have a really great 42" 4K display on a swivel arm that's like $500 that's great for non-pro folks.
I honestly can't understand why anyone would buy an Apple branded display at those prices when there are better options for so much less.... but less sexy.
2500? Nope, I can find an okay 4k display for 400 dollars and a great one for 800 to 1000 dollars. An aluminum chassis is not worth that kind of markup.
Who really does need 7K in a monitor though? Or really even 5K or 4K. Almost no one. The native resolution would be so tiny you'd go blind trying to read anything on the screen if you didn't scale up. Only people that want to brag about how much money they have would buy this.... and the tiniest population of pros who probably don't even yet have a real world use case outside of future proofing if say, working on 8K footage which is almost non-existant.
Welcome to Apple.
Seriously, LG wants $1300 for their 5K display with the same panel Apple will be using and when they sold a monitor with the same 4K retina panel as used in the 21.5" iMac 4K that was at least $1000.
Barely anyone sells a 5K display and nobody sells a 4.5K display other than Apple (in the iMac). You can't really compare them to commodity 60Hz 4K "office grade" monitors that one can find for $500-800.
I just did a spot-check of 27" and 32" 4K MiniLED monitor pricing and they are all in the multiple thousands, which I guess is not surprising considering they are aimed at high-end gaming or professional video and image work.
Back in the days when 15" CRTs were "consumer" and cost $300, Apple's display with speakers cost $400.
I happily forked over the Apple tax in 6 colors.
Today, my "professional" work displays, 32" curved 3840x1440 and 23" 1080P cost $500 and $200 respectively.
I use them for work. Some of that work includes color correction. They're great for that. For an Apple product, I'd happily pay Apple tax again... As in, I'd pay $700 instead of 2 separate displays, but it seems they're repeating their mistake with their Manta "Studio Display" they tried originally charging $2500 for.
Apple's got to get back in touch with what consumers want. If they don't lower prices "when they can" to increase market share, they will be forced to lower prices "when they have to" to decrease the loss of market share.
Apple’s been around a very long time doing the same thing. They don’t chase market share, they design products that they like and then charge what it costs them to make it plus 30%. They seem to be doing ok.
Of all the chatter of late, the return of a not $6k Apple display has me the most excited.
I thought the days of the stand-alone Apple displays were long gone (sorry, the $6k option is so beyond any consideration it simply doesn’t exist, lol). I happily welcome their return with open arms, ready to embrace a dear friend I never expected to see again.
Maybe the days of pairing my MBP with a Dell display can finally be placed in the rear view. That idea, alone, makes me grin. For me, it’ll all come down to price. $1,999 is my guess at where Apple will land. But I’d be much moremotivated tempted by $999.
Anything less is an insta-buy.???
I thought the days of the stand-alone Apple displays were long gone (sorry, the $6k option is so beyond any consideration it simply doesn’t exist, lol). I happily welcome their return with open arms, ready to embrace a dear friend I never expected to see again.
Maybe the days of pairing my MBP with a Dell display can finally be placed in the rear view. That idea, alone, makes me grin. For me, it’ll all come down to price. $1,999 is my guess at where Apple will land. But I’d be much more
Anything less is an insta-buy.???
Nonsense! I run 4k 27" at 150% (scaled, looks like 2560 x 1440) and it looks great.