And with a VESA stand, you can use it for future monitors too.
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Apple Stores Can Upgrade a Studio Display's Stand After Purchase
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I’ve had other tilt and height adjustable stands that require “zero” effort. In truth, “zero” isn’t accurate but I think I know what you mean. There’s no stand that requires no effort except electrically powered ones and even then, pushing a button takes some effort ;-)
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Does it also need regular maintenance and an oil change every few months?
Don't forget the service booklet!
Don't forget the service booklet!
No real mess. The camera will get updated software and the stand issue is not worse, but better than was announced. It will sell just fine for years to come.
“Better than announced”…
That is one of the lowest bars for satisfaction I’ve ever seen, considering what was announced.
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They are all designed to clamp to a desk or mount through a cable pass though hole.
Buy a cheap VESA mount a spray paint it what ever color you like.
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It was going to sell well even if it was not changeable after purchase, so I don't see how this is a mess. Yes, I agree Apple should make their mounts standard 75 or 100mm square VESA mounts like almost every other display maker. But they don't, so this is what we have to deal with if we want a first party 5K display with reliably working ports and less jello in the stand.
And maybe Luke Miani was wrong after all about the SSD modules in all the different Mac Studio configurations not being upgradeable, and just screwed up by not putting his machines in DFU mode and using Apple Configurator 2. ?
Ergotron LX is what I always use since 10 years ago. In fact, that is the VESA mount that Apple showed during the Studio Display reveal.
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I actually did not realize you could have them add a VESA mount to be back of an iMac. Do you know how much it costs?
Did someone link the Macrumors forum in the PCMR or Android groups because I’m noticing a lot of accounts just complaining about everything Apple does. This is a good thing but we have four pages here of people upset about it ?♂️???
As always, these forums seem to really attract plenty of people who like to gripe about things. I wouldn't take this as a true sampling of consumer opinion.
Ars Technica has a pretty good review of this monitor and why 5K resolution (which very very few monitors have) specifically is important to some set of users.
Im curious about this too. If I buy a refurbished m1 iMac how much is it to convert to vesa.
10 years ago I bought the vesa mount for 2 27" imacs and installed it myself. Easy peasy.
I do not. Jason Snell confirmed with an Apple PR rep that it could be done, however.
You've missed all of the important points, entirely.
For one thing, I am not buying the version that doesn't come with a stand for the same price as the one that comes with a stand. A stand that is not adjustable, and can't be rotated, which makes it completely worthless.
I don't consider VESA an alternative to a stand. Neither does the rest of the display market. Only Apple has created this distinction for the purposes of form and profit over function. I consider a model that only comes with VESA as missing a stand, and worth less than one that comes with a stand.
I am not going to support Apple and subsidize their expensive basic stand by buying their VESA model at $1599.
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I really don't understand the level of entitled outrage that people seem to feel about this display. It's not like Apple's selling people a monitor without disclosing what type of stand it comes with—you're given 3 very clear choices on the outset before you make the purchase. How many people are realistically going to initially buy the tilt stand and later on decide they actually wanted a VESA mount version? 5% if we're being generous?
Maybe it's nitpicky, but calling it a Vesa "adapter" implies it would "adapt" an iMac with a stand to instead have a VESA mount. If the iMac is coming with a VESA mount installed, call it a VESA mount, not an adapter.
So, if anyone shuffling around on the carpet under their desk trying to route the plug through a mount hole and, as a result, fries their monitor (or bends the pins) Apple can just say, “Did you remove the cable? Oh, see, that was the FIRST thing you did wrong because it’s not removable.”
That would have only been in-store and only if the Apple folks in-store haven’t been told to inform them that they can’t change out the stand.
As a result, this should be the same fairly tiny group of people that fail to follow any basic instructions (which is why inedible products must contain “do not eat” verbiage). I don’t feel sorry for them, that’s just the way they are.
Yes, I was being chippy. No, I don’t hate Tim Cook. I’ve been exclusively Apple for thirty years; more of my energies go into appreciating their stuff than criticising it. I have an opinion. I respect others’ opinions. I maintain that the messaging wasn’t great with this.
I don’t understand why the Studio Display doesn’t reuse the MagSafe brick from the M1 iMac. Simple, practical, would cut inventory, all that.
I had hoped that we’d turned the corner on form over function. I don’t think it’s unreasonable to ask that the company which took something as ingrained as how a watch strap is attached and re-engineered it with such brilliance that we all thought, “Why didn’t anyone else think of that?” strive to find as elegant a solution for the humble monitor stand. It’s on the back of the ****ing monitor after all - would another visible fixing or whatever really matter that much?
That is all.
I don’t understand why the Studio Display doesn’t reuse the MagSafe brick from the M1 iMac. Simple, practical, would cut inventory, all that.
I had hoped that we’d turned the corner on form over function. I don’t think it’s unreasonable to ask that the company which took something as ingrained as how a watch strap is attached and re-engineered it with such brilliance that we all thought, “Why didn’t anyone else think of that?” strive to find as elegant a solution for the humble monitor stand. It’s on the back of the ****ing monitor after all - would another visible fixing or whatever really matter that much?
That is all.