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Apple Stores Can Upgrade a Studio Display's Stand After Purchase
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How does this mean it's a mess? Apple clarified that you could do more with the display than they initially suggested.
I’m pretty sure they won’t waste the sealed backplane, at least used in the refurb department.
This is disappointing to see Apple designs a monitor especially after the XDR that has no user-replaceable cable and stand. Something that should be very basic.
The power cable is "fixed" in that you will never be able to plug a third-party cable into it. It does technically pull out, but it's difficult and there's no reason to do so.
It’s only a waste of time, resources and money on the customer’s part. Apple makes out like a bandit.
It isn’t user serviceable. But it can be done. Not a hard concept. The built-in stands are rock solid. That likely wouldn’t be the case if they were user-swappable, as we can see with the LG UltraFine 5K.
HobeSoundDarryl
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I really like it, except for the price tag.
I may just get 2 or 3 decent 27” 4K monitors instead of just one 5K, and still get some money back!
Any suggestions?
I may just get 2 or 3 decent 27” 4K monitors instead of just one 5K, and still get some money back!
Any suggestions?
HobeSoundDarryl
macrumors G5
Perhaps if we were willing to pay Apple an additional $999 for a stand, they would have made it like the XDR?
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Apple no longer charges labor for repair work which this would likely fall under. So only labor at AASPs most likely.
This will be a ****ing bear of a job, most likely with many components being removed to do this.
It’s really hard to believe that Apple, with all its financial and engineering resources, can’t design a beautiful, cost-effective, height adjustable and swiveling stand that comes standard on all iMacs and displays.
Just absolute absurdity.
The thing should have been built with Vesa mounts, and the stands Apple sells should connect to the Vesa mounts. They could have even made some really expensive looking screws for it.
The thing should have been built with Vesa mounts, and the stands Apple sells should connect to the Vesa mounts. They could have even made some really expensive looking screws for it.
I think they can, and they would prefer to design products that maximize profits from things no one would ever try to profit from. Like swiveling a monitor.
Or just buy another display altogether and don't reward Apple for this ridiculous anti-customer design.
Apple sold the 27” iMac for years with a fixed stand, and people didn’t complain about it. It still sells the 24” model with a fixed stand. A VESA mount was an option at purchase.
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It looks like the Mac Studio was designed by Apple engineers and the Mac Studio Display by Jonathan Ive.
HobeSoundDarryl
macrumors G5
They certainly can. I would assume that by the time they got done with it, its price at probably $1499-$2499 was judged by even the bean counters to be too much (more).
See $20 pieces of cloth and $600 wheels.
What they've likely done here is engineered in a way to get the big profit without having to add it to the (what many are calling) high price up front. Later, when some may need this change, the premium for the work/part will probably be quite Apple-like.
Then some of those people will bring it back home "as is" and stack up some books under it or pay someone to hold it in portrait and save money, etc.
Yeah, the problem is apple rather than macrumors posting stuff without really looking into it, just so all the Tim Cook-haters have their daily fresh meat to bitch about.
how is it anti-customer? How often does anyone want to change their monitor mount type except when, apparently, it’s an Apple monitor?
And what’s preventing customers from just buying the VESA variant and mounting to whatever standard VESA stand they want to?
You need to stop making sense. Please, for all that is good and decent, stop it!
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Oddly the height adjustable stand model is 8-10 weeks backordered while the standard tilting model was available in stores here all weekend. Severe supply constraint on the stands or are they pushing those orders out to the announcement of the mini-LED version coming in June? Maybe height adjustable will be standard and those who paid $1999 will be auto upgraded? Kidding, I can dream right? But, the disparity in delivery times is a little odd, just for a difference in the stand.
Apple just seems to becoming a worse and worse company when it comes to repair, service, and just basically simple ease of use. I was pondering selling my M1 Air for a 14in Pro but now I'm wondering if I even want to support a company that makes it a PITA to do basic things. Its like every time I start to really like Apple again, they then start doing things like this.