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Apple Unveils $1,599 27-Inch 5K 'Studio Display' External Monitor

KPOM said:
There are no buttons or built-in controls. All display adjustments are directly through the Mac.
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such as sound,brightness,display mode ? nice

as for the first twos ,though ,you can accomplish that via DDC already,be it on a mac or windows

and it's actually a weakness to me,because no buttons means that if you wanna use it with a windows pc ,or an android phone (dex) or tablet,you are ****ed .perhaps even an ipad wont work am i right ?

the only thing that's handy is being able to change display mode (cinema,srbg,reader,vivid) from the mac .this is what i'd enjoy a lot,being able to change the said modes without reaching for the monitor
 
fireguy286 said:
This looks....nice, but doesn't feel like the Apple level entry point. I suspect Gen 2/ ProMotion with the upgrades will make a lot of regret jumping on this now.
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Do you know how long in Apples timeline for monitors it’s going to take for another version of this monitor? 2030?
 
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0089294 said:
such as sound,brightness,display mode ? nice

as for the first twos ,though ,you can accomplish that via DDC already,be it on a mac or windows

and it's actually a weakness to me,because no buttons means that if you wanna use it with a windows pc ,or an android phone (dex) or tablet,you are ****ed .perhaps even an ipad wont work am i right ?

the only thing that's handy is being able to change display mode (cinema,srbg,reader,vivid) from the mac .this is what i'd enjoy a lot,being able to change the said modes without reaching for the monitor
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The LG was marketed as a Mac product. The Apple Studio Display works with the iPad Pros with Thunderbolt and the new iPad Air. The LG UltraFine 5K also works with USB-C-equipped MacBooks and iPads, but only in 4K.

Yes, I'm hoping Apple hasn't nixed DDC support for something proprietary, as I used ClickMonitorDDC to control brightness on my work Windows PC.
 
CWallace said:
You know folks, it's not like the Studio Mac only works with the Studio Display.

So if you want to pay less - or more - for a non-Apple display, you can.
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In addition, Apple did mention that the Mac Studio is "modular":

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Where is the modularity in the Mac Studio? They didn't mention anything regarding user-replaceable RAM, storage, etc...

Is the modularity defined as the ports in the front and back of the box?
 
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anshuvorty said:
In addition, Apple did mention that the Mac Studio is "modular":

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Where is the modularity in the Mac Studio? They didn't mention anything regarding user-replaceable RAM, storage, etc...

Is the modularity defined as the ports in the front and back of the box?
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Yes. It is not user-upgradable. It's basically the iMac Pro with the display and system split into 2 pieces.
 
As much as I would’ve wanted this, it doesn’t quite tick off all the marks for what I want in a monitor.

The closest at this time is the Alienware AW3423DW.

Heavily leaning towards that but I’m waiting for more reviews on it, especially that Creator Mode. But I’m liking what I’m reading so far on it from the handful of people that got theirs early.
 
anshuvorty said:
In addition, Apple did mention that the Mac Studio is "modular":

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Where is the modularity in the Mac Studio? They didn't mention anything regarding user-replaceable RAM, storage, etc...

Is the modularity defined as the ports in the front and back of the box?
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I think the only thing they meant with modularity was a display separated from the computer.
 
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neander said:
I think the monitor market will look very different a year (2?) from now or so.. they can't keep charging high dollars for 5-10 year old technique. (low light edge led ips panels) Samsungs new will shift the whole monitor market hopefully in starting to produce better quality/value propositions.. Its been stale for years now. You should be getting a lot more bang for your buck in the high 1000$ or even less market, Oled tvs is going to disrupt this further as well.. Mini Led/FALD monitors is just too costly to produce in those smaller sizes and not very cost-effective for the manufacturers it seems..

Heck I even bet that Samsungs smart monitor for 200 bucks with VA panels is better for like 95% of the time/what you see than this new Apple monitor for MOST consumers.

Apple announcement today feels a bit off in regards to that.. should have been released a couple of years ago at the minimum.
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Exactly, this new display will age swiftly and poorly.
 
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Current setup: 2x 27" Thunderbolt displays with a 14" M1 Macbook Pro docked on a Rain Design M-Stand with OWC Thunderbolt 3 dock (also provides power), wired Apple keyboard and wired Razer mouse.

Throw away $3,600 to upgrade to 2x 27" Studio displays, ditch the dock, and move over to wireless Apple keyboard and (anything but Apple) wireless mouse (to avoid the dongles)?

Pros: Double the resolution (only vaguely matters for me), much better webcam (Thunderbolt webcam is OLD I sometimes am embarrassed by the quality and use extra Canon DSLR for this which is too much stuff sitting out all the time), and I assume the speakers/mic are solid for webcam (although I go noise cancelling headphones b/c ADD), matte finish finally an option again (someday make an option again for the Macbook Pro that's way more likely to encounter glare??)
Cons: For $1,599 I wish they were using a better panel (nothing crazy, just better than reusing the panel off the now discontinued 27" iMac that was $1,799 and included a wireless keyboard/mouse not to mention entire computer), wouldn't have hated 30"+ (didn't anyone else have the 30" Cinema Display??), a few more ports would have been nice (these double as a dock)

Overall, I'm happy to see Apple finally released new displays at a price point pretty typical for an Apple display (and the stand is included).

I'll probably hold out for some of you early adopters to lose your retirement in the stock market this year and try and get them off you on eBay for $1300 each :p
 
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anshuvorty said:
In addition, Apple did mention that the Mac Studio is "modular":

View attachment 1969995

Where is the modularity in the Mac Studio? They didn't mention anything regarding user-replaceable RAM, storage, etc...

Is the modularity defined as the ports in the front and back of the box?
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Why is someone still asking about "user-replaceable RAM" at this point in regards to Apple Silicon-based machines which we all already know have the memory in the chip packaging? Storage? You can easily add fast external storage.
 
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LonestarOne said:
Compared to all the other 5K monitors with reference modes? Please post the price and specs for those.
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People keep bringing up 5k resolution and I think this is a bit of a red herring. For a 27" monitor at 4k, the minimum viewing distance is 21". Most desks are 24"-30" deep with the majority being closer to 30". 4k is plenty of resolution to not be able to see the pixels on a 27" monitor on a desk. The 5k is really kind of wasted on that size which is probably why the resolution never took off. Also, the fact that it is so hard to find comparable monitors (with regard to resolution) is because no one makes them presumably because there is no market for them.
 
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Grolubao said:
So why would anyone buy this instead of a iMac 27"?
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Well for one, you can't buy an iMac 27" anymore since it has been discontinued as of this morning. ;)

But even if you could, many have lamented that they have to sell the entire machine when it comes time to upgrade the CPU and GPU. Now you can keep using the Studio Display (just as a number of folks are still rocking Apple Thunderbolt Displays) and replace the computer module.
 
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ahurst said:
Not that I think the new Apple display is a particularly good value, but are there really that many people cross-shopping 42" monitors and 27" ones? That's the difference between my iMac and my TV, and my iMac is already on the large side of comfortable for my desk space and visual field. You'd have to have a really deep desk to keep it at a similar visual PPI.
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Right -- I'm personally going to be buying both and for utterly different purposes. The Apple for my Mac stuff, the LG for gaming on console and PC. I don't think these are the same market at all.
 
CWallace said:
Well for one, you can't buy an iMac 27" anymore since it has been discontinued as of this morning. ;)

But even if you could, many have lamented that they have to sell the entire machine when it comes time to upgrade the CPU and GPU. Now you can keep using the Studio Display (just as a number of folks are still rocking Apple Thunderbolt Displays) and replace the computer module.
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+1 - I want a MacBook Pro with external Apple displays. Even still, I am slightly offended that they reused the panel from the outgoing $1,799 27" iMac that included an Apple wireless keyboard/mouse and are selling the display alone for $1,599. Like just change anything about the panel so I don't feel dirty handing over $1600 lol.
 
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