So true! I use an old 2009 27 iMac as 3rd Display with Target Display Mode. On 2009/2010 models you can also connect an PC with Display Port (2011 and later only Thunderbolt). Still great display and good for environment not throwing away working tech stuff...
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iFixit Teardown: Studio Display Features iMac-Like Internal Setup
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iFixit represents everything I loathe about the YouTube generation. This idea that you don’t need to actually know anything to assert it, and then when you’re factually wrong people need to tell you in the comments which drives up your “engagement” numbers which boosts the visibility of your nonsense.
The exact moment iFixit jumped the shark:
The exact moment iFixit jumped the shark:
I like how apple went with tall and narrow capacitors and mounted them inline with the plane of the circuit board. Not just flat on the PCB, but inside cutouts in the PCB. I have never seen that before.
It's not behind a 27" 600-nit display, the Studio doesn't provide 96W of external power delivery, and the Studio contains a massive fan and an even more massive heatsink.
Okay? It still isn’t the exact same display as stated in the article.
All at the same time:
1. 96W of charging power to a MacBook Pro via Thunderbolt
2. 3 * 15W of supply / charging power to USB devices
3. the amplifiers of the 6 high-grade speakers
4. the 600nits backlight of the display itself
5. the 10-bit 5k display
6. the two fans
7. the motherboard with its A13
8. power supplied to the drivers in the active Thunderbolt cable
9. headroom to spare so it won't burn up on hot days while all that is going on
Folks are conflating the panel with the overall product (display)
It's quite possible it's the same panel part with different backlight and calibration
Steve Jobs introduced three machines in one with the iPhone:
It's an iPod, it's a phone, it's a browser.
This is also three machines in one:
It's an iPad... but without a touch screen.
It's a modern Apple display... but without HDR or Promotion.
It's an Apple TV without, err... the Apple TV software.
What is this monster they created!
It's an iPod, it's a phone, it's a browser.
This is also three machines in one:
It's an iPad... but without a touch screen.
It's a modern Apple display... but without HDR or Promotion.
It's an Apple TV without, err... the Apple TV software.
What is this monster they created!
You just hit on something
There are some folks really "hoping" it's an all new panel to help justify the really high price Apple is charging.
Really hits (the wrong way) when more and more recycled components/ideas are slapped into an all new high price point.
Just a really good monitor – ignore what it could be, just look at what it actually is!
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Which makes sense as it is a 600-nit panel compared to the 500-nit panel used in the iMac 5K.
And LG pulled the UltraFine 5K (which also had a 500-nit panel), but noted it would be coming back, so I expect it will be getting this new 600-nit panel, as well.
I still expect the Timing Controller is behind not being able to use the iMac 5K, Pro Display XDR and Studio Display with Target Display Mode.
Even with TB3/TB4 now able to handle 5K over a single cable, the original panel was clearly designed to be driven as two 30Hz halves and it was Apple's custom TC (subsequently shared with LG) that allowed the screen to be driven as a single 60Hz whole.
The iMac 5K is pretty thick where all the "stuff" is - it is only the edges that are thin.
And the Studio Display vents the air out the top, as opposed to out the back, and so it needs to be thicker to handle the air management channels.
While likely not the "exact" same, they are essentially the same with a slightly higher brightness. The differences that do exist are minor. When Apple is claiming "all new" they are implying this has be created from the ground up, which is simply not true.
eh - weak sauce
There are endless Chinese parts accomplishing this easily.
Apple could do it no problem - trivial for them
It's one of the best LCD panels available, with the best resolution anywhere close to its price point, free of mini LED blooming artifacts, color-calibrated and at long last a large retina display for external connection after a long time of only iMacs!You just hit on something
There are some folks really "hoping" it's an all new panel to help justify the really high price Apple is charging.
Really hits (the wrong way) when more and more recycled components/ideas are slapped into an all new high price point.
(The LG Ultrafine is crap and doesn't count.)
The only way up from there is the 6k XDR at an absurd pice point that's only appropriate for a tiny number of uses and that one also comes with mini LED blooming artifacts.
Talking of "recycled" is complete nonsense because there is nothing "new" anywhere close to it!
So you're saying it perhaps is a recycled part -- but that's "good", because it's a great panel?
I agree!
I have no issue with it being recycled
Some folks seem to be bothered by that possibility (not me!)
Okay. But I take issue with this notion of minor differences. It’s clearly a brighter and higher contrast display compared to the 5K iMac and LG UF.
No. That was old Apple. New Apple says you just have to buy more things.
To the people asking “why not just make it an iMac”, do you guys fight the “why doesn’t Apple make a standalone display” crowd?
So Apple are essentially selling a 27" iMac with the computer part turned off. At least it is $200 cheaper?
Not quite, but pretty close
(some components are missing/not quite right, but the building blocks are all basically there)
Right, I meant more like backmarket or amazon refurb, which tend to be cheaper than direct apple refurbs.
At the very least they could run the AppleTV OS on it. That would allow full airplay2 support, and media consumption, facetime, and games. All without any mac attached. This would really work well for macbook users that need to dock sometimes.