When ?
It really does make sense for multi monitor setups that there should be a "no frills" version.
Answer: The 24 and 27 inch displays you quoted as part of your own leading question.
The 24" did not include a camera like the 27"
Pro Display XDR Studio - just to add to the confusionSo in his latest Power On newsletter this week, Mark Gurman once again noted his belief that Apple will be releasing a 7K display likely with the same CenterStage camera and Spatial Audio as the Apple Studio Display. He believes it will be announced with the Apple Silicon Mac Pro like the Pro Display XDR and Mac Pro were in 2019.
He does not provide any other info, but at 7K the screen size would likely be ~36" to maintain a Retina DPI and I would expect it to have ProMotion and MiniLED.
I would expect it to replace the current Pro Display XDR, but it might also be a new option above the Pro Display XDR. They could not call it the "Pro Display XDR Pro", so maybe it will be the "Pro Display XDR Max" or "Ultra".
At least currently, no one but Dell makes an 8K computer monitor, and that's an older design that requires two cables (and it doesn't work with MacOS, though that may be Apple's fault). You can get an 8K TV, but they're too large to have a high enough PPI to work well as a computer monitor (Apple's fonts, I've found, require ~220 ppi, which is the minimum Apple uses in their Mac retina displays). To get 220 ppi in an 8K TV, you'd need a 43" diagonal (give or take, depending on the aspect ratio).
Wait, Gurman is talking about a 7k display? I hadn't seen that referenced (this Macrumors article doesn't cite Gurman with regards to 7k display rumors, of course, though that doesn't mean he hasn't talked about it.)So in his latest Power On newsletter this week, Mark Gurman once again noted his belief that Apple will be releasing a 7K display likely with the same CenterStage camera and Spatial Audio as the Apple Studio Display. He believes it will be announced with the Apple Silicon Mac Pro like the Pro Display XDR and Mac Pro were in 2019.
He does not provide any other info, but at 7K the screen size would likely be ~36" to maintain a Retina DPI and I would expect it to have ProMotion and MiniLED.
I would expect it to replace the current Pro Display XDR, but it might also be a new option above the Pro Display XDR. They could not call it the "Pro Display XDR Pro", so maybe it will be the "Pro Display XDR Max" or "Ultra".
If this new monitor is targeting the same market as the XDR, then I’m not sure that 120Hz refresh would have that much value, especially if it causes bandwidth problems like that. They might stick to 60Hz for now.
That's really my thinking as well. Maybe I'm missing something but most people asking for 120hz either want it for things like gaming (not really the Mac user base) or for feature parity with other Apple devices (iPad Pro, iPhone 13 Pro, 2021 MacBook Pros). Maybe with Thunderbolt 5 in a few years? I don't figure it's realistic to expect it in a really large display(5k+) very soon.
I've heard it's nice for being able to reduce motion blur while scrolling through a document or website. Note I'm not talking about how fast you can scroll, but how fast you can scroll while text stays legible.
For sure— I use all of the aforementioned devices. The experience is a solid step up (and clearly a lot tougher for some to go without than others). I wonder if the desktop Mac experience would benefit as much as smaller screens do.
