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Apple Says It's Out of the Standalone Display Business
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And there you go. It's the right move. It makes perfect sense as I outlined here:
It really doesn't make any sense for them to have their own. Apple uses 3rd party displays internally, like LGs, in their own monitors anyway; so why go through the hassle of incorporating a monitor into your own logistics operation when you can just collaborate with the 3rd party you're sourcing the actual display from. Plus the 3rd party has their own massive manufacturing line for it so it's a no-brainer. On top of that it's not a big money maker so it's just leeching valuable resources like support, storage, etc. Better to offset all that onto the 3rd party, give input on specs, and just endorse it.
It really doesn't make any sense for them to have their own. Apple uses 3rd party displays internally, like LGs, in their own monitors anyway; so why go through the hassle of incorporating a monitor into your own logistics operation when you can just collaborate with the 3rd party you're sourcing the actual display from. Plus the 3rd party has their own massive manufacturing line for it so it's a no-brainer. On top of that it's not a big money maker so it's just leeching valuable resources like support, storage, etc. Better to offset all that onto the 3rd party, give input on specs, and just endorse it.
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makes sense. let display makers make displays. like when apple stopped making printers. not their biz, others do it better and with more competition, models, price wars etc. i'll miss the option for an apple styled/color consistent product, but my bet is that another company will come in with a brushed aluminum finish or shiny black or whatever a potential future mac pro finish is. that's just aesthetics, which while important to some, def not necessary to get the work done.
Obviously their not. But keep making those pessimistic future predictions.
Apple can't decide if they want to be an ecosystem or not.
LG makes some great displays now. I know there was an initial ghosting issue or some kind of debacle with their displays on the early rMBP but it seems they've ironed it out. We have a 4K LG TV that is fantastic and the screen on my 2015 rMBP (LG) is awesome as well. All Apple would do anyway is use an LG panel, put some metal around it and up charge by 125% so I don't see how this is bad news?
With a hundred thousand employees. What does it take to buy panels from another manufacturer (like they always did). Stick it an aluminum case with an Apple logo on it, and charge obscene amounts of money. No... instead, we have Ive's out designing Christmas Trees, Tim running political Events, and Shiller trying defend Apple's decision like a delusional fan boy.
Apple Phone Corp. is now a one trick pony. Just Like Nokia, Motorola and Rim before them, they all thought they were too big to die. With Apple solely relying on the iPhone, its just a matter of time. RIP Apple.
Apple Phone Corp. is now a one trick pony. Just Like Nokia, Motorola and Rim before them, they all thought they were too big to die. With Apple solely relying on the iPhone, its just a matter of time. RIP Apple.
The apple displays were always more expensive to equal/better displays. If they came out with one, this page would blow-up over the cost. I have no problem with them not making stand-alone displays.
You should have found 2 LG display in this article thats as simple and smooth, and with better resolution and color and better hub
Isn't that exactly what these LG displays do?
This is exactly what the new LG displays are. You can charge your laptop with the same Thinderbolt 3 cable. In fact it's better since it's a unified port, unlike the separate Thunderbolt and MagSafe cable of the Apple TBD. It's literally no different. It's just manufactured by LG instead of Apple (the TBD you have also has an LG display inside.)
Fine, but can one company -- ANY COMPANY -- put in 5 seconds to figure out how to make these displays not so BLOODY UGLY? I mean, this $1300 LG monitor -- way to make a home look like an accountant's office.
It is just the beginning...
Next accesspoints and accessories, then desktops, then ipads, then laptops, then watches and finally phones....
But they make a hell of a Christmas tree and a cool car that does not work
Next accesspoints and accessories, then desktops, then ipads, then laptops, then watches and finally phones....
But they make a hell of a Christmas tree and a cool car that does not work
Does it though? Dell's 5K is a year old and costs $1100 and requires dual display ports to run it, so is an extra $200 for a device with a single cable and native Mac support really "Apple Tax"?
Sort of sad but understandable. Sure loved the Cinema/Thunderbolt Display. Nothing else offered the connectivity, including video cam and speakers. Crazy expensive. But for a Mac laptop user, it was, often, the best option.
RIP Cinema/Thunderbolt Display!
RIP Cinema/Thunderbolt Display!
Would it have killed LG to put a little industrial design into those horrendous displays?
It's my guess that at some point Apple will discontinue the Mac Pro and Mac mini and only carry the iMac. I also believe that the iPad line will replace the MacBook Air and low end MacBook Pro at some point.
Apple is in the Jonathan Ive and Jimmy Iovine business.