Apple Unveils 32-inch 6K 'Pro Display XDR' Monitor Starting at $4,999

[neomorpheus]

Am I the only person that hopes Apple sells exactly zero of these things? Friggin’ grand for a stand....they have lost their minds...

That would be fantastic, but apple knows that they have still have a good amount of rabid fanbois that will pay for this and everything else just because of their blind loyalty.

Hell, just see how many are here and at ArsTechnica defending apple and these crazy prices.

 

[Abazigal]

That would be fantastic, but apple knows that they have still have a good amount of rabid fanbois that will pay for this and everything else just because of their blind loyalty.

Hell, just see how many are here and at ArsTechnica defending apple and these crazy prices.

As have been repeated numerous times, if you see it as a $6000 monitor and not a $1000 stand (because who is going to buy the stand by itself), the price doesn’t seem all that unreasonable.

I guess people just need something to complain about, now that the iPad has gotten mouse and external storage support.

 

[wol]

Cue in obligatory Steve Ballmer quote on the iPhone iStand:

"There's no chance that the iPhone iStand is going to get any significant market share. No chance. It's a $999 subsidized item. They may make a lot of money.
...
999 dollars? I said that is the most expensive phone iStand in the world. And it doesn't appeal to business customers because it doesn't have a keyboard. Which makes it not a very good email machine. ... Right now, we're selling millions and millions and millions 10s and 10s and 10s of phones Surface Studio 2 a year. Apple is selling zero iStands a year. In six months, they'll have the most expensive phone iStand by far ever in the marketplace."

 

[largefarrva]

As have been repeated numerous times, if you see it as a $6000 monitor and not a $1000 stand (because who is going to buy the stand by itself), the price doesn’t seem all that unreasonable.

I guess people just need something to complain about, now that the iPad has gotten mouse and external storage support.

Are you serious? 6k for a MONITOR seems perfectly reasonable to you? Nobody in their right mind will spend that much on a monitor...

 

[Abazigal]

Are you serious? 6k for a MONITOR seems perfectly reasonable to you? Nobody in their right mind will spend that much on a monitor...

And you would rather believe that Apple, a company who derives the bulk of their venue from hardware sales, would choose to price a product so ridiculously high that no one would buy it?

Apple isn't perfect, but they aren't run by idiots either. I wouldn't spend so much on a display, but I am clearly not the target market for it either. I am sure this monitor is designed to appeal to a particular segment of users who would see it as a reasonable deal relative to the next best alternative.

We will know soon enough. In a way, this reminds me of the initial criticisms surrounding the AirPods, which claimed that it was too expensive for the sound quality. That didn't stop consumers from buying them.

 

[Abazigal]

Are you serious? 6k for a MONITOR seems perfectly reasonable to you? Nobody in their right mind will spend that much on a monitor...

Also,

https://twitter.com/tldtoday/status/1137147245793501185

 

[neomorpheus]

As have been repeated numerous times, if you see it as a $6000 monitor and not a $1000 stand (because who is going to buy the stand by itself), the price doesn’t seem all that unreasonable.

I guess people just need something to complain about, now that the iPad has gotten mouse and external storage support.

Wooooshh!

 

[Abazigal]

Wooooshh!

https://twitter.com/tldtoday/status/1137230796849238016

What was that saying again about knowing the price of everything and the value of nothing?

 

[Retsiem]

The fact that a $5,000 display doesn't come with the stand is beyond absurd. Not that it was ever within my reach, at that price point, but damn.

You obviously don’t know anything about screens.
There is nothing that comes even close to this and professional screens usually cost around $40k ...
I have no idea how Apple manages to keep the price that low.

They could sell the screen and the stand for $10k and it would be the biggest bargain in the history of screens.
And this is not an exaggeration by any means!!
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As have been repeated numerous times, if you see it as a $6000 monitor and not a $1000 stand (because who is going to buy the stand by itself), the price doesn’t seem all that unreasonable.

I guess people just need something to complain about, now that the iPad has gotten mouse and external storage support.

“all that unreasonable” ... lol!!! The biggest understatement in the history of Computers.

People who know about professional screens know what Apple introduced.
It’s nothing short of revolutionary.
This screen is about a decade ahead of it’s time for a fraction of the price.
The posters commenting on here are people who have zero understanding of pro-screens.
This is not a consumer-product!

 

[castlerock]

And for $5000, hilariously, the USB-C ports are USB2 speed. I mean, why would Apple want to spend an extra couple bucks to throw in a USB3 speed hub. Just in case, ya know, you want to hook up something besides a keyboard and mouse to the thing. ‍‍

 

[PCMA]

I'm confused... $1000 for the stand or $200 for the VESA mount; if I don't buy either, what am I suppose to do? Prop it up with a book?

Apple's got you covered.
https://www.apple.com/shop/product/MLXG2/designed-by-apple-in-california-13-x-163-inches

 

[odedia]

I'm surprised Apple fell into this marketing trap.
They could have just said the monitor costs 5999$, and that there's a Vesa-mountable version for only 5199$, and then NO ONE would have talked about that stand. But saying the stand costs 999$ made it the focus of attention.

 

[sickoagb]

Are you serious? 6k for a MONITOR seems perfectly reasonable to you? Nobody in their right mind will spend that much on a monitor...

If that price is too much for you then it’s obviously not for you. This monitor is for actual professionals (in production for example) where most of them would recover the cost of the entire setup with one job. It’s also why it doesn’t come with a stand because most of these professionals hang them up together (this is why other competing monitors like it also don’t come with a stand). Compared to the 20/30/40k displays from other brands which look a lot worse and offer much less, this monitor is a steal.

 

[alphaod]

Apple's got you covered.
https://www.apple.com/shop/product/MLXG2/designed-by-apple-in-california-13-x-163-inches


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Haha, I have that book. Might be cheaper to buy the stand since I would need like five of those books hold up the monitor!



(JK, I already have three of those books and three Ergotron desktop mounts that clamp onto them)

 

[neomorpheus]

If that price is too much for you then it’s obviously not for you.

Ahh, the good old excuse to justify this crap. Same vein as "think of the children" line.

Very few things in this world are really worth their prices. Like insulin, but this crap? no, this is simply apple pushing to see how far their loyal sheeps will bend to continue been part of the cult.

And I will admit, i am pleasantly surprised about how many here are calling apple out, instead of sites like Arstechnica, where no realistic message about apples abuse is allowed by the local rabid fanbois.

 

[sickoagb]

Ahh, the good old excuse to justify this crap. Same vein as "think of the children" line.

Very few things in this world are really worth their prices. Like insulin, but this crap? no, this is simply apple pushing to see how far their loyal sheeps will bend to continue been part of the cult.

And I will admit, i am pleasantly surprised about how many here are calling apple out, instead of sites like Arstechnica, where no realistic message about apples abuse is allowed by the local rabid fanbois.

Justifying what? I'm never going to buy anything in that price range because I'm not the target audience. The majority of people complaining are those that believe they're pros that only need the Mac Pro when Apple offers cheaper options more suitable to them (like the iMac Pro and MacBook Pro), while the people actually in the market for a professional grade computer to actually edit content (like in Hollywood) will find these products as a steal as they're much cheaper than the competitors and like I said will be more than covered by one paycheque. The only argument you can put forward is the 'fanboy' one, offering no real competitors or alternatives for a better price.

Therefore my point still stands: if the price is too high then it's most likely not for you.

 

[Abazigal]

Ahh, the good old excuse to justify this crap. Same vein as "think of the children" line.

Very few things in this world are really worth their prices. Like insulin, but this crap? no, this is simply apple pushing to see how far their loyal sheeps will bend to continue been part of the cult.

And I will admit, i am pleasantly surprised about how many here are calling apple out, instead of sites like Arstechnica, where no realistic message about apples abuse is allowed by the local rabid fanbois.

You could say that about just about every purchase anyone makes.

There are, right this second, millions of people spending money on things that I wouldn’t buy. Things that I could easily find an almost unlimited number of “better things to spend the money on”.

Perhaps I could take the time to tell them all that they should be buying something else that they don’t actually want, but I do. However, I think I’ll stuck to just understanding that they probably have different tastes, personal circumstances, disposable income etc to me and therefore it’s probably best for them to actually just buy the thing that they decided upon with those factors taken into account.

 

[neomorpheus]

Justifying what? I'm never going to buy anything in that price range because I'm not the target audience. The majority of people complaining are those that believe they're pros that only need the Mac Pro when Apple offers cheaper options more suitable to them (like the iMac Pro and MacBook Pro), while the people actually in the market for a professional grade computer to actually edit content (like in Hollywood) will find these products as a steal as they're much cheaper than the competitors and like I said will be more than covered by one paycheque. The only argument you can put forward is the 'fanboy' one, offering no real competitors or alternatives for a better price.

Therefore my point still stands: if the price is too high then it's most likely not for you.

Sometimes people talk just for talking.

Your point is pretty much the same as mine, yet someone always has to come forward trashing the other simply because that other person is calling out the other person favorite corporation or celebrity. Which is really sad how people are willing to fight one another for such entities.

You could say that about just about every purchase anyone makes.

There are, right this second, millions of people spending money on things that I wouldn’t buy. Things that I could easily find an almost unlimited number of “better things to spend the money on”.

Perhaps I could take the time to tell them all that they should be buying something else that they don’t actually want, but I do. However, I think I’ll stuck to just understanding that they probably have different tastes, personal circumstances, disposable income etc to me and therefore it’s probably best for them to actually just buy the thing that they decided upon with those factors taken into account.

Same message I posted above applies to your comment.

Anyways, moving on...

 

[sickoagb]

Sometimes people talk just for talking.

Your point is pretty much the same as mine, yet someone always has to come forward trashing the other simply because that other person is calling out the other person favorite corporation or celebrity. Which is really sad how people are willing to fight one another for such entities.



Same message I posted above applies to your comment.

Anyways, moving on...

It seems as if you’re going to argue your non-existent ‘point’ until the end of time. I do not agree with you, and I am not fighting for Apple. I’m coming to logical terms that the demographic for the Mac Pro are people who wouldn’t consider the cost to begin with as they’d make it back easily (even more so with how low Apple was able to bring the prices down to in comparison to the competition).

You seem to be arguing just for the sake of finding an issue with Apple, and it strikes me as a personal problem when looking at your past posts which seem to consistently mention ‘fanbois’ and ‘white knights’, which is weird considering you are a very clear example of one.

Anyways, moving on...

 

[neomorpheus]

It seems as if you’re going to argue your non-existent ‘point’ until the end of time. I do not agree with you, and I am not fighting for Apple. I’m coming to logical terms that the demographic for the Mac Pro are people who wouldn’t consider the cost to begin with as they’d make it back easily (even more so with how low Apple was able to bring the prices down to in comparison to the competition).

You seem to be arguing just for the sake of finding an issue with Apple, and it strikes me as a personal problem when looking at your past posts which seem to consistently mention ‘fanbois’ and ‘white knights’, which is weird considering you are a very clear example of one.

Anyways, moving on...

Spoken like a true apple white knight.

Oh the irony.

 

[Detnator]

Spoken like a true apple white knight.

Oh the irony.

He’s right though. You can call people names all you want but it doesn’t change the fact that your posts are consistently illogical and blindly negative against Apple, oblivious to common sense and facts, and your only retort to any argument against you is more name calling.

(Ridiculously over-engineered and over-priced stand aside) this Mac Pro and display are targeted at very specific markets. Complaining about the fact that they don’t suit the markets they’re not targeted at completely misses the point of what these products are for.

They are both engineered as comprehensive packages with a whole lot more in them than just the GHz, pixels etc. that ignorant people are comparing them against. The people these are targeted at get it, and are more than happy to pay for them especially when compared with the genuine competing products (feature for feature) that for the most part are more expensive and less capable.

I for one don’t need the level of performance in this Mac Pro, (or the ridiculous stand) but I’ll be shelling out for this display to attach to my own VESA mount and MBP the second it arrives. Why? Because there is nothing on the market that compares to it at any reasonable or comparable price and I’ve been waiting for exactly something like this for years. Its probably a little more than I need as far as color related features go but everything else it has - resolution, size, brightness, clarity, etc. - is exactly what I need and what I will gain from it will have it pay for itself in 3 weeks. After that I’ll be in front.

People like you, who don’t get it, are not its target market, and neither Apple nor the people who do want this hardware give any rips about yours or anyone else’s ignorant opinion of it.

Go ahead. Call me names too if you like. It won’t change any of the facts, including the fact that Apple will sell a ton of these to the people they’re meant for, not because those people are fanboys or Apple sheep, but because these products are the best value for money for what they are, at least to anyone who actually understands what they actually are.

 

[razi25]

On the Apple site there are two new monitors for sale. One at $5000 and one at $6000 aside from the mount.
They are called Standard Glass and Nano-Texture Glass.
Does anyone know the diff?

 

[MoXoM]

On the Apple site there are two new monitors for sale. One at $5000 and one at $6000 aside from the mount.
They are called Standard Glass and Nano-Texture Glass.
Does anyone know the diff?

As I understand The Nano-Textured Glass has a Matt finish and so is less reflective...

 

[Steve121178]

On the Apple site there are two new monitors for sale. One at $5000 and one at $6000 aside from the mount.
They are called Standard Glass and Nano-Texture Glass.
Does anyone know the diff?

Yeah, one is matte and the one that you actually would need to buy, the other is a glossy nightmare.