All at once I refreshed my entire space with some Twelve South accessories that were on sale, and a automatic sit/stand desk for fairly cheap at Walmart ($85) and it isn't like SUPER stable but a decent desk I think for the price especially for how much a lot of the better quality ones go for.
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But I digress, this might sound corny but ever since I was getting ready to go into college I always wanted an Apple Studio (and then Cinema) Display, and loved using them in the design labs in my colleges art building. I hadn't honestly really used another monitor to much before this and boy is it a game changing monitor for me.
To me, it was almost like buying another computer. The camera quality while technically may be worse than say my phone's back cameras, especially when maximized, I have used it for Zoom, Discord, and FaceTime, switching between the two, and unnamiously everyone likes the quality of the display camera better. I do think it is doing some "glamifying" a bit, as my blue eyes are like a striking blue when using it, the imperfections in my face seem a little smoothed out, and my hair seems to appear slightly brighter but I'm not complaining.
The sound from the speakers is as far as I am aware, the best sound I've ever heard out of an Apple computer or monitor ever, although sometimes it can have a tad to much bass, but incredibly impressive room filling sound.
The screen itself is just so much man. I love it. In some ways depending on your workflow, I'd argue it's like having 4 monitors in one, otherwise it's very good with two apps open. It is incredibly bright, crisp, vivid, and makes my 65' Sony 4KTV ("HDR" capable) and my MBP monitor look like crap in comparison. While Apple claims it doesn't have any actual HDR, 600nits technically gets you certain grades of it, and it is noticeable to an extent, specifically if you are watching a video on YouTube.
The build quality is out of control. It's a hefty boy with an incredibly thick stand, and it's pretty thick overall. Pretty sure if I threw this hard enough at someone they'd die upon impact. It just feels super premium, all the way to the unboxing experience.
Also, I think Apple is sort of lying about what the A19 inside is doing, I suspect besides being the controller for the ports on the back, the Spatial Audio, and the camera its at least doing some of the lifting to make this display pixels. It's hard to really put into words other than my Mac feels a little...faster? Maybe it is a placebo effect. Which also it is great to have 2 Thunderbolt 5 ports in the back, as I feel it helps future proof it for when I upgrade my Mac and perhaps get a second monitor in the future, and no more wires all over the place just a single wire going to the wall, with a super thick (like almost slim Jim thick) $70 Thunderbolt cable (included) going from the Mac the monitor.
If I had any gripes so far it would be these:
-I have a 2 bedroom apartment. If I say "Hey Siri" in my Kitchen this thing for some reason can hear it all the way across the apartment in the other room and will take whatever Im asking away from my phone in some instances. Seems to be more of a how Siri works problem.
-It doesn't come with the polishing cloth. I mean the cloth is nice, but it's not nice enough not to include it especially how expensive it is.
-No Apple stickers
🙁 (Yeah I know)
Also another tip don't pay full price. I got this the first Tuesday it was out after it was announced from the Apple Store, and I guess just by talking to the guy he gave me the student discount just for the heck of it so I got like $160 off.
I hope this helps, and I hope you get one and enjoy it as much as I have. Giving it a 9.9/10!
