Apple Studio Display Contains 64GB of Storage, But Only 2GB Used

[centauratlas]

I have a feeling this Studio Display is something else disguised as Display, i mean, it is going expand its functions/role in the ecosystem and so they are charging so much for it.

Perhaps it is the "Apple TV" someone was asking for in the other thread?
Or it is the long awaited update to the 17" Powerbook?
Or they can make it into a wifi router if there is appropriate hardware in there? e.g. DisplayAirPort
Or a thread control for HomeKit - that is easy.


Who knows for sure though, maybe they will have additional plans or it is just economies of scale as the article suggests.

 

[smulji]

This thing seems stupidly over-engineered and then intentionally crippled.

Sounds a lot like the M1 iPad air / iPad Pro.

 

[8CoreWhore]

They'll add functionality over time.... If your computer is not connected... it can still do certain things.... the question is what things? So we need people to be creative and come up with ideas... HomeKit? HomePod? eMail? etc... etc....

 

[jonnysods]

I also wonder why it runs iOS?

 

[Sir_Macs_A_Lot]

Apple probably has boatloads of 64GB storage just lying around since Tim once thought he could get away with offering a measly 64GB version of so many of their products. Then customer start complaining and he begrudgingly complies, bumping the minimum to 128GB. So putting these in the Studio Display isn’t wasteful.

 

[Putzi360]

How long will it take for the first guy to install Doom on it?

 

[FasterQuieter]

it would make sense to give this Apple TV functionality, but I wonder how capable the A13 is at scaling everything to 5K.

 

[bodonnell202]

I have a feeling this Studio Display is something else disguised as Display, i mean, it is going expand its functions/role in the ecosystem and so they are charging so much for it.

Nah, more like they put in the logic board from the 9th gen iPad to run center stage rather than develop something custom for the Studio Display.

 

[Apple Mac Daz]

This 64 GB is not RAM.

This is storage.

We still don't know how much RAM it has (someone please correct me if I'm wrong).

I did actually mean storage 😃

 

[troublador]

Yes, very.

Er, was I talking to you, dear?

 

[mikeboss]

 

[Mescagnus]

Install ATV+ and enable Siri control and boom! The fabled Apple TV? Any sign of a WiFi chip?

Maybe insert a WiFi+Bluetooth dongle to one of the display's ports?

 

[upandown]

How can only 2gbs be used if it has the full iOS installed?

 

[aliasfox]

How can only 2gbs be used if it has the full iOS installed?

It probably doesn't have the GUI layer, as you're never supposed to interact with the display directly. GUI elements take up a lot of storage space. That the build number is the same might mean that the software's "hooks" are there for the interface, just not being downloaded and used.

 

[Bearxor]

This thing will run iPadOS just as soon as Apple lets M1 iPads run macOS.

(So never)

 

[NEV3S]

Haha there is a certain irony that you have to pay extra to get 64 Gb on some Apple TV’s with no explanation for its use, but here you get 64 GB for free but can’t use it!

for free? last i checked, the monitor was pretty expensive.

 

[jsnuff1]

This is just another example of Apple corporate bloat these days. Make a nice 999 display that you know is a display which is what people need. Why am I paying an extra 500 bucks because you decided to stick an iPhone in there?

 

[_Spinn_]

So this thing is basically an iPad without the touchscreen 🤣

 

[CrysisDeu]

In my setup with m1 12.9“ the lag is minimal to non-existent depending on my wifi-status in daily business.
It might be to much for sensitiv tasks, but definitely not for office.
Put a wireless charger in the base and you have a whole new world of possibilities.

You might be talking about Huawei MateView

 

[bpeeps]

It needs airplay and/or tvOS functionality. That would be dope. What if apple will actually release a tv with tvOS inside?

You can airplay to the studio/mini already. Why does the monitor need airplay itself.

 

[BigMac?]

You might be talking about Huawei MateView

Yeah, it comes close, but unfortunately the wrong ecosystem ?

 

[ghanwani]

Peek usage now, peak usage later.

 

[dysamoria]

face id

Apple is increasingly chocking the capabilities of their tech. Here's another example:

I think there are good reasons to do so, I'd be so curios to know what they are!

I can't follow this guy at all. I can't stand his over-the-top enthusiasm voice, and can't tell when he's annoyed or impressed, because it all seems to be the same expression. He's complaining and then not complaining, and it seems to switch in mid-sentence. I don't know if it's editing or his actual way of talking, but the subject and focus of what he's saying also seems to keep switching in-between sentences, or in mid-sentence. Then there's the constant vocabulary confusion/mistakes (saying MHz when he should say GHz, CPU when he should say GPU, etc)... and the useless filler phrase "go ahead and"...

I give up.

From the several minutes I watched, I am assuming what he's saying is that there's something about the Mac Studio that seems to NOT let software actually run the hardware at full power...???

 

[dysamoria]

So you're saying Apple just added 64GB of storage to make the Studio Display more expensive? ?

No, I'm not. But if this thing was designed with purpose-built components, it might be less expensive. It would probably be less convoluted.

 

[dysamoria]

It’s always amusing to read comments by people who have never designed anything nor could they yet second guess apples engineers.

It's always amusing to read comments by people who think people being engineers makes the choices of said engineers beyond reproach or critique by people who aren't engineers. Appeal to authority isn't a logical argument against what I'm saying. Other people here have offered up actual argument; you're just barking.