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Hands-On With Dell's Massive 49-Inch 5K Ultrawide Display
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If you need a large display, the 5K iMac isn't it. Right tools for the job may be different for different users
Correct. I have a Dell 34” Curved 21:9 UW. Same 1440 pixel height. Not 4K or 5K. Doesn’t have 2160 pixel height. 4K and 5K should not be overall pixels due to width but should refer to lines of pixels.
Excellent app. That's the kind of feature you'd expect Apple to implement into the OS by default.
I was thinking the same thing. The Mac approach was based on very solid research showing that users could find a universal menu bar faster even with very large displays. But that was based on the largest displays contemplated at that time. At a certain size -- and this should be measurable -- the Windows approach would seem to make more sense. I'd like to see Apple weigh in on this issue, since there are strong use-case arguments for very large displays.
The use cases for "ultrawide" monitors like this are too small, IMO.
5120x1440 at 49" is simply too wide (regarding its physical size) to be practical even for normal office use.
3840x1080 at 41.5" is far better for productivity.
5120x1440 at 49" is simply too wide (regarding its physical size) to be practical even for normal office use.
3840x1080 at 41.5" is far better for productivity.
I run a 1440p / 27" monitor flanked by 2 1080p / 21" monitors (all Dell). I'd love one of these, though they're a bit out of my price range at the moment.
I chose my triple monitor combination to add width to a 27" screen, whist avoiding a bezel in the centre (the 21" screens have a similar dpi to the 27"). The setup works great for me, though I'd trade 1300 horizontal pixels to reduce the physical width a little and get a cleaner look. Having 1440p across the whole width would be a bonus too.
My current setup is around 60" wide, and only feels a little wider than ideal. These 49" screens are only equivalent to 2x 27" (and with zero bezels), so aren't as crazy as they sound. There's no reason to go smaller, and 1080 vertical across the whole screen is too low IMHO.
I chose my triple monitor combination to add width to a 27" screen, whist avoiding a bezel in the centre (the 21" screens have a similar dpi to the 27"). The setup works great for me, though I'd trade 1300 horizontal pixels to reduce the physical width a little and get a cleaner look. Having 1440p across the whole width would be a bonus too.
My current setup is around 60" wide, and only feels a little wider than ideal. These 49" screens are only equivalent to 2x 27" (and with zero bezels), so aren't as crazy as they sound. There's no reason to go smaller, and 1080 vertical across the whole screen is too low IMHO.
You would need to upgrade your video card to something like an AMD 580 as the max resolution the 7950 supports is UHD (3840x2160).
I'd agree with that, simply because I feel like you need more than 1440 as the vertical resolution on a monitor that large. It's nice being able to have all that horizontal space, but you still run into issues if you can't see much at a time vertically. (EG. You might open a large Excel spreadsheet where you can finally see all the columns across, but it doesn't save you from having to keep scrolling down to see the contents in each of the rows.)
Interestingly? I could definitely see a great use-case for one of these displays if you wall mounted it in portrait position, and made it a digital sign-board. As long as you were free to design custom screen images for it to show any way you wished, you'd be able to make some eye-catching and interesting content to show on a display that long and tall.
Among other things, I'm envisioning one in a lobby between elevators in a skyscraper, where it displays a list of companies on each floor.
Interestingly? I could definitely see a great use-case for one of these displays if you wall mounted it in portrait position, and made it a digital sign-board. As long as you were free to design custom screen images for it to show any way you wished, you'd be able to make some eye-catching and interesting content to show on a display that long and tall.
Among other things, I'm envisioning one in a lobby between elevators in a skyscraper, where it displays a list of companies on each floor.
Sooooo....we have to believe that Apple will (finally) release new standalone 5K and legit-5K ultra-wide monitors when they (FINALLY) release the new Mac Pro. Yes?
I don't think this is something that has an effect on every device. But I am having problems getting this display to run at the native resolution (5120x1440). The only usable resolution, for now, seems to be 3120x1080. (I tried it with both 2013MacPro and a 2017Macbook, also I have read forum entries about people having this problem with newer macbook pros as well.) (if anyone here happens to have a solution to this problem, it would be amazing if you can comment.)
I have a Samsung CF791 that I've been using with my 15in MBP (Mid2015) for about a 6 months now at work. It's 3440x1440 so not quite as wide as this DELL but the same vertical resolution. It's also curved. It replaced an LG 4k monitor. I really like this Samsung monitor. I frequently have to switch between multiple programs so being able to have them all side-by-side is incredibly helpful. I've never wanted a multiple screen set up because I always want the main screen right in front of me. This monitor is definitely a great alternative to the Dell for about $800. The only fault was that it didn't play well when I plugged the DP into the TB2 on my MBP. The color was way off. I think they were both trying to compensate for color and just fighting with each other. When I switched to the HDMI connector, everything was fine. (I haven't tried going back to the TB2 port with the mojave upgrade.)
Yeah I used something like that in a different job.
Tried it at this job and our access is really locked down on installing software etc. We also use laptops here with docks and one program I tried didn’t seem to be able to deal with the different resolutions.
I gather with only one USB-C port you can still "use a dongle" like we do today..
And unlike it being noticeable on a phone, this is at the back, so it will be hidden. Therefore, your probably more likely to use one..
I'd still prefer 2' 27' displays than one huge one. You can't separate one huge display, so better make double-y sure.
And unlike it being noticeable on a phone, this is at the back, so it will be hidden. Therefore, your probably more likely to use one..
I'd still prefer 2' 27' displays than one huge one. You can't separate one huge display, so better make double-y sure.
I have two dell 27” thin bezel, absolutely love them.
The 49” is about a third smaller in height, imo this is too thin, at this length.
We bought two of them today for a neurologist physician at a major USA hospital I support - The neurologist will stack the two screens on top of each other and use them to keep all of his patient charts open simultaneously. Great use case for these, I think. (Dell sells the appropriate stacking stand - Model: Chief KTP230B - $160 education) Also, the monitors are only $1206 - education.
I was going to say, stack two and then maybe it’ll make sense. But having been looking at monitors for a while now (and not being a gamer) I think the best display is honestly Apple’s 27” 5K unit—that is unfortunately attached to a Mac computer. (And I’m speaking about PC or Mac monitors...anything less than $2K anyway.) When Apple lets their products languish, like with the current iMac, it has a domino effect. In this case, the screen itself become a worse and worse buy because it’s attached to a Mac. Or—and this is beyond crazy—if Apple were to create an “input” port on the iMaaa... No, no. That’s crazy talk. What was I thinking.
I’m not sure if we’ll see a new display this year with a redesigned iMac. There was talk of a new display from Apple. But who knows. It’s too bad they didn’t sell their 27” 5K screen separately, like they did their QHD 27” Cinema Display. I hope they don’t do that again—especially with a new Mac Mini finally in the wild.
Sorry, could you explain what you two are talking about?
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But he's an IT guy! Some people have never seen or used Dell or HP IPS displays meant for professional use. Interpreting IPS = professional is their first mistake.
As great as a retina IPS display is, and it is, it doesn't have the market penetration to make it viable as a standard. Yet. No one's going to give up Eizo monitors to color grade on a Mac display.
If you look at the top of your screen, you'll see the Apple logo at left, and then a bunch of menu options that, when clicked, drop down more options. That's what they're referring to as a universal menu bar; the drop-down options change depending on what program has focus, but the bar is always at the top of the screen, and the things you can click always goes from left to right. By comparison, Windows has those menu options embedded at the top of each program window. The Mac way of doing things is cleaner, in a way, but on an extremely long display like this it means that you would need to move your mouse all the way to the upper left corner of the screen if you wanted to access that menu... which seems very inefficient from a productivity standpoint. If you were to use this monitor with Windows, your menu options would be in the program window you were using, and you wouldn't need to mouse around as much. (As far as I remember, the Windows menu options can also be accessed via keyboard; you can do this on the Mac, too, but whereas pressing "alt" on Windows tends to highlight the menu bar, you need to use control+F2 on a Mac to give the menu bar focus... which is far less obvious, and which I admit that I just learned despite 10+ years of Mac usage while researching a bit before writing this reply.)
Gotcha. Having used both OSs since the early 90s, I've always preferred the Microsoft method over the Apple method. Though the Apple method is great when using software that takes over the theming of whatever OS theme you have running and makes the menu system easier to use due to clarity.