Can we make the new "where is the new MacBook pro" post this one please? Tim really needs to watch it.
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Apple Says It's Out of the Standalone Display Business
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I just recently purchased a LG 16:9 display (3440 x 1440 NON-curved 10 bit IPS) with thunderbolt 2 connectivity for my 2015 maxed out MacBook Pro 15".
It's probably the best display I have ever hooked up to a computer of any kind (pc or mac) and the thunderbolt connectivity (which acts as a hub for other devices) works flawless of course.
Sure the LG monitor stands aren't the best or whatever, but quality of the display image is more important than the look of the bezel or the stand and this display is gorgeous from an image quality perspective. I bet that 5k display is also. (i do video editing for a living).
TBH - I am actually glad that Apple is working with another manufacturer for monitors because maybe Apple can focus on making better computers and less on accessories now...
It's probably the best display I have ever hooked up to a computer of any kind (pc or mac) and the thunderbolt connectivity (which acts as a hub for other devices) works flawless of course.
Sure the LG monitor stands aren't the best or whatever, but quality of the display image is more important than the look of the bezel or the stand and this display is gorgeous from an image quality perspective. I bet that 5k display is also. (i do video editing for a living).
TBH - I am actually glad that Apple is working with another manufacturer for monitors because maybe Apple can focus on making better computers and less on accessories now...
They're going to where the big money is. Big money is not in personal computing.
I wish they'd do this with the Mac Pro. Just 'partner' with HP or Dell to make a Xeon tower that runs macOS - a kind of officialised Hackintosh.
They'd have to open iOS development/app submission to other platforms. Considering iPads have Swift Playgrounds now, definitely heading towards that.
On a different note, does anyone know of any display makers that have a GPU built into the display? I've seen GPU enclosures, but no displays with built-in GPUs.
So you (Apple) should advertise the leader of the race to the bottom..? What kind of strategy is that?
Maybe Apple should license iOS to the worst making tablet maker from China. Take your pick: many tablet-manufactures over there standing in line....
Apple is starting to lose its high profile standard.
Sad to say, I've given up on Pro and Apple. When my Mac Pro dies which it eventually will, due to the next macOS update, no doubt, then I will move on.
They obviously have moved beyond their customers and their former core. Apple is a bank, it's a car manufacturer to be (WTF?), a music industry streaming service and an app store, all based on phones and tablets.
Well obviously they've got enough on their plate.
Other people, however, got to work too.
I never thought I'd say this, Microsoft has never looked better. At least I'm not putting any hopes of high quality and standards in them, so I can't be disappointed.
They obviously have moved beyond their customers and their former core. Apple is a bank, it's a car manufacturer to be (WTF?), a music industry streaming service and an app store, all based on phones and tablets.
Well obviously they've got enough on their plate.
Other people, however, got to work too.
I never thought I'd say this, Microsoft has never looked better. At least I'm not putting any hopes of high quality and standards in them, so I can't be disappointed.
Anybody else remember years ago Apple telling a story about "oh, the other guys sell the monitors that we reject"
Now we can have reject monitors in the ugliest possible form factor. Ive signed off on this??? We can't have MagSafe or 32GB because it would make the MacWhatever 0.1mm thicker. But Sir Ive is good with the most hideous monitor ever produced? The real issue here is that Monitors are for desktop computers. And desktop computers are the enemy at Apple. Why make a monitor if you aren't going make computers?? And they aren't.
Now we can have reject monitors in the ugliest possible form factor. Ive signed off on this??? We can't have MagSafe or 32GB because it would make the MacWhatever 0.1mm thicker. But Sir Ive is good with the most hideous monitor ever produced? The real issue here is that Monitors are for desktop computers. And desktop computers are the enemy at Apple. Why make a monitor if you aren't going make computers?? And they aren't.
Steve also had a background in calligraphy along with his attention to detail and aesthetics.
I wasn't hoping for Tim to step down, but lately I'm beginning to think differently (pun intended).
Disappointing. I see the logic in partnering with a panel supplier, but what's the point in having the design team put so much effort into every tiny detail of a MacBook Pro and then partner it with what looks like the cheapest monitor you could find in the bargain corner of the local supermarket? It's lazy.
Putting "Pro" in the name doesn't magically create a professional workstation. The word has no meaning in Apple's current product lineup.
I didn't see the original article mention this LG monitor. It also has USB-C, 4k and 27". Wouldn't this work for the new MBPs as well? http://www.lg.com/us/monitors/lg-27UD88-W-4k-uhd-led-monitor
LG 27UD88-W
Lame. I simply wanted a beautiful 5k monitor to go with an updated Mac Pro. I know I am not the only one. Like is Apple so worried about share holders that this can not be done.
That video right there is EXACTLY why I'm so pissed at Apple right now. EXACTLY.
Which makes me even sadder of what Apple could have been had Steve not died in 2011.
I'm really starting to lose all faith in Apple... And I Wouldn’t be mad... If there were another brand like Apple… Same standards. Same quality... etc I could switch to... Sadly, there isn't. Me being p*ssed off is much more about there not being an alternative, then Apple ****ing things up. Because that was only a matter of time. It's called hubris + lack of vision and strong principles (Cook).
For all the naysayers, you realize these two LG monitors are probably using the same basic panel 4K & 5K that Apple already uses in the 21" and 27" retina iMacs (they come from LG). I would highly doubt you're getting a crap panel.
For me, the Surface Studio, and that ad for it, was very Apple-like. Why couldn't Apple have made that? Apple's really losing its edge.
Elegance? As a photographer I would just like an accurate an well-performing calibrateable display that integrates with the Mac. Seems the LG hits that.
If others would rather have a nice piece of "display art" in brushed aluminum, that's fine. I'm sure there's someone out their who will take your money and oblige.