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Apple Unveils 32-inch 6K 'Pro Display XDR' Monitor Starting at $4,999
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Design are done in regular iMacs and rendering in a lot of PC's maxed out. Yes also MPs. I work in motion graphics for more than 20 years. Like I said companies are budget conscious. They will not dump money on too overpriced machines despite the amazing specs they carry.
I wasn’t surprised at the price. If I recall correctly the first cinema displays were 350p and required special video cards. The Dell 8k monitor from last year was 4 grand and that didn’t include half the features of this. But when they started comparing it to the 43k reference monitor I knew it was going to be insanely expensive.
If you were expecting something in the range of $1300 you haven’t looked into pro monitors with these sort of specifications.
Clearly a monitor designed for a specific subset of professionals. And like others said, there will be buyers in that demographic.
The reference was for folks hoping this monitor would cost $1000. There are other options at that price point, either 4K or 5K. There is no way anyone is getting 6K at that price point when this is the only one that exists and it's coming from Apple. Add in all the other bells and whistles it has and $5000 is not utterly ridiculous.
The price is insane. Only professional organizations and millionaires can afford this. The monitor+stand costs more than a base level imac pro! I'm glad I went ahead and bought my imac pro instead of waiting for the mac pro because i rightly guessed it would be an exorbitant price.
gotcha. misunderstood your comment I guess. but yeah, there was no way this thing was gonna be less than $2500+
Some films are shot at 120fps although, due to the increased costs, it’s never caught on.
If you’re at a level where you actually require something like that you will cover the cost of that screen in a couple of days to a week.
I think the aluminum model launched later was cheaper.
I have the $1500 in my head because I purchased two at around $3k.
So I saved some money, but it looks I'm buying the stand only. No I have to figure how to mount my iPad on it.
I think maybe I was wanting a slightly-less pro display with a slightly less insane price tag. Never mind.
Just shows how good and pro you falsely think to be. There is always a level up.
Most underrated post of the day
No seriously though...the sad part is that every good thing they presented (and I think everything was pretty nice) will be overlooked just because someone at Apple had a brain fart and thought this was a good idea. The press will be only talking about this stupidity.
I bet they will change the pricing until fall. I can see the **** storm incoming
You definitely don't want OLED for this actually
So many people in the creative industries are freelancers and Apple just lots most of them with their ridiculous prices.
Where do you see that? I see absolutely nothing that says a stand is included. The only reference to any stand is the $999 pro stand add-on. If I’m wrong, please provide a reference...
I agree that $1000 for the stand is ridiculous but I love how everyone here complains that Apple is abandoning the pro market but when they finally make something for a niche pro market and price it accordingly everyone complains that it doesn’t have mass market appeal.