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Apple's Rumored 27-Inch Mini-LED Display Now Said to Launch in October
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I think Apple wants you to buy a Mac Mini or a Mac Studio and a Studio Display. If you're looking to replace a higher-end i9 iMac, the total price is surprisingly similar (once you factor in the RAM differences). Not so much for the lower end 27" iMacs esp. with no M1 Pro Mini - but the rumoured M2 Mac Mini might help there.
Apple may be doing you a favour. Personally, I'm now feeling the effects of buying an iMac in 2017 - stuck with what is still a really nice display that can only be used with an outdated processor. The processor I could have used as a server or for the occasional need to run x86 Windows, the display I could have used with my new Studio. Welded together, though, they're just a waste of space. I'd have bought a "separates" system in 2017 except the only option was an already out-of-date Mac Pro trashcan.
No way would I buy a new iMac with an edge-lit panel now (the only thing that Apple could have offered to date) - it's still a nice display right now, despite being 5 year old tech bar a brightness tweak, but that time is rapidly coming to an end. This particular display rumour may or may not be true, but miniLED and/or higher frame rate probably is coming in the next year or two.
Yeah - it's the "originally planned for June" bit that really puts it to bed. Can you imagine the wailing and gnashing of teeth from customers who already bought the Studio Display? Even if it is $3000, there was previously nothing between the Studio Display and Pro XDR, so a lot of Studio Display customers would have waited if they's known. (If you can get someone to pay $2020 for a display with a decent stand and cleaning rag, you can probably get them to pay $3000).
What I could believe is that the Studio Display was originally intended to get miniLED (hence the rumors) but was released with the current panel as a stop-gap - however, that would probably mean the miniLED version being pushed back at least a year while they sold as many of the stop-gap product as they could.
Also, for WWDC, my money is maybe (base) M2 products, but the Mac Pro and any accompanying displays being pre-announced for a Q4 launch (...exactly as with the 2019 Mac Pro, the iMac Pro and the Trashcan before it...)
Here's another perspective on this from macperformanceguide.com, which is devoted to photography on the Mac. Hopefully others aren't having the issues he is:
Apple Studio Display: the Technological Dumpster Fire that Crashes Jus
macperformanceguide.com
This seems like link bait trolling. I've had nothing but good experiences with mine. Other than the price (which is silly) it's a superb monitor that's more than good enough for most consumer needs.
I want a 32" 6K Studio Display! I'm perfectly fine without 120 Hz refresh and HDR. What I really want is a larger retina resolution display so that I can display more data.
A 3:2 aspect ratio display like the Huawei Mateview would be even better for me!
The 14" & 16" MBP displays are so damn good, I just want that tech in a 27" or 32" display for a reasonable price.
5K, mini-LED, HDR, 120hz, ProMotion. I know there's bandwidth limitations, but it's Apple, I'm sure they could figure out something whether it's DSC, a new Thunderbolt port, or something else entirely.
Personally I think that's what the Studio Display should have been, especially for the price.
5K, mini-LED, HDR, 120hz, ProMotion. I know there's bandwidth limitations, but it's Apple, I'm sure they could figure out something whether it's DSC, a new Thunderbolt port, or something else entirely.
Personally I think that's what the Studio Display should have been, especially for the price.
That... looks like a really nice display! Narrower and taller so more of them will fit on your desk, antiglare instead of glossy... If only it wasn't a Chinese government controlled company like Huawei.
Considering the overpriced, outdated & epic fail product they put out as "Studio Display", I wouldn't discard it.
Courage has a limit now son.
epic fail ?
have you ever used it? or are you going by reviews?
I wager you never used it - otherwise you would not be saying it is an epic fail lol
price is an epic fail - but the product itself is fantastic. I have one and I absolutely love it - replaced my Samsung m8 32 monitor.
Everything about the studio display is awesome except for that price - that was an epic fail.
You forgot the wheels.
I really want to buy Mac Studio with a Studio display, but at the same time, I would prefer the display to support 120 Hz as well. That being said nothing would annoy me more if Apple were to release another display later this year with Mini-LED and 120 Hz and my Mac Studio would not be able to run it at full specs. That would just want me to pull my hair off.
Everyone keeps saying that it's not possible to do 120 Hz in 5K with the current limitations of Thunderbolt. So does anyone know could still be possible if you just attach two (2) Thunderbolt cables to the display? So basically one Thunderbolt would provide 5k with 60 Hz and the second stream would come from the other cable?
If Apple were to sell Studio Display in size of 32" in 6K I would actually be okay for it not to have Mini-LED or 120 Hz. That would be a good compromise if the price remained under $2500.
Everyone keeps saying that it's not possible to do 120 Hz in 5K with the current limitations of Thunderbolt. So does anyone know could still be possible if you just attach two (2) Thunderbolt cables to the display? So basically one Thunderbolt would provide 5k with 60 Hz and the second stream would come from the other cable?
If Apple were to sell Studio Display in size of 32" in 6K I would actually be okay for it not to have Mini-LED or 120 Hz. That would be a good compromise if the price remained under $2500.
are those OLEDs 5K retinas?
I can buy a 32" 4K for $600 but its not 5K therefore I am not the market cause they look like BLAH to me.
It would be great if this display included even a lower powered Mac inside which you could use for day to day stuff -- with the option to use it as a display for a higher end Mac Pro when needed.
I just don’t see Apple releasing anything comparable to an upgrade of the Mac Studio monitor so soon … still, I stand to be proven tremendously wrong in a few weeks!
I actually woke up at 6:51am Eastern time this morning and something told me to check the app. Found one for pickup today at the Apple Store near me. Checked out within a minute. When I went back to the page, they were showing August for in-store pickup again. The employee I picked up from today told the store received two studio displays in the past few days, that's it.
Finally some news!
When discussing this there are always the same opinions expressed:
The 60hz copers - Who needs smooth movement? Doesn't matter that the Macbooks, iPads and phones has it! Why do you want a laptop experience? The 40yr old standard of 60hz isn't obsolete! "oNLy GaMeRs NeEd oVEr 60hz"
The 120hz is impossible crowd. Never mind that DSC exists (which XDR partially uses), the DP 2.0 standard is ready to go and dual cable solutions have been used in some of the OG cinema displays.
The "I just realized I bought an obsolete studio display" crew - no comment needed
The "4k 144hz is just as good" mandem - So what if 5k has nearly 50% more pixels than 4k, never mind the awkward scaling and poor text rendering for 4k in MacOS, non-retina 160ppi on a 27 inch 4k monitor looks good enough to me! etc
With this display Apple is set to revolutionize the dreadfully slow and backwards large display market and completely dominate the office, data and casual-use display segments technology-wise. Photo editors or video editors don't benefit much from 5k 120hz, gamers don't benefit either due to the GPU requirements to run that for some games. These groups are a minority of display customers, but have gotten all the love from the display manufacturers.
Price? Here I think the fans of this future monitor gets it wrong. An Asus Pro art 4k 120hz mini-led is 5k USD. This monitor may cost as much as the XDR display - and honestly, rightfully so! I am willing to drop 5k on this monitor no questions asked.
When discussing this there are always the same opinions expressed:
The 60hz copers - Who needs smooth movement? Doesn't matter that the Macbooks, iPads and phones has it! Why do you want a laptop experience? The 40yr old standard of 60hz isn't obsolete! "oNLy GaMeRs NeEd oVEr 60hz"
The 120hz is impossible crowd. Never mind that DSC exists (which XDR partially uses), the DP 2.0 standard is ready to go and dual cable solutions have been used in some of the OG cinema displays.
The "I just realized I bought an obsolete studio display" crew - no comment needed
The "4k 144hz is just as good" mandem - So what if 5k has nearly 50% more pixels than 4k, never mind the awkward scaling and poor text rendering for 4k in MacOS, non-retina 160ppi on a 27 inch 4k monitor looks good enough to me! etc
With this display Apple is set to revolutionize the dreadfully slow and backwards large display market and completely dominate the office, data and casual-use display segments technology-wise. Photo editors or video editors don't benefit much from 5k 120hz, gamers don't benefit either due to the GPU requirements to run that for some games. These groups are a minority of display customers, but have gotten all the love from the display manufacturers.
Price? Here I think the fans of this future monitor gets it wrong. An Asus Pro art 4k 120hz mini-led is 5k USD. This monitor may cost as much as the XDR display - and honestly, rightfully so! I am willing to drop 5k on this monitor no questions asked.
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