Depends on the purpose. It's not just resolution that matters .
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LG and Dell to Showcase Latest USB-C Displays for New MacBook Pro at CES This Week
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Depends on the purpose. It's not just resolution that matters .
The only thing bad about that Dell display is that it is way overpriced. The new monoprice 27" WQHD display looks very similar but is a more reasonable $280.00.
Just waiting for the article that reads "LG and Dell to Showcase Mac Pro Clones with Licensed macOS at CES this week."
Seriously, if Apple has really decided to stop catering to pros, they should let LG and Dell do it.
Seriously, if Apple has really decided to stop catering to pros, they should let LG and Dell do it.
1440p or 5K is the correct resolution for a 27" and Mac OS.
4K displays need to be 24" or smaller.
Not at all, $700 for a high end 1440p is not much , I have a 4K display and 1440p, the 1440p is a much better perform , if you want to look at stills at 4K or 5k....great, for action, it's sucks
Negative. I am using a 48" 4KTV which is like having 4x 24" FullHD monitors without bezels.
Way better looking except for the thing you're actually buying, the display.
[doublepost=1483397628][/doublepost]It just boggles my mind that no one can come up with a display that is beautiful aesthetically and has great specs. None of these are more appealing than the 5k. I'm not in the market for anythig since I have a 5k already, but it'd be sweet to have had a 5k that looked as good as the ACDs.
But don't forget that they included HDR10 almost good but not quite the best either. Dell where mediocrity for unsuspecting masses shines through.
There was a typo in my reply. I am talking about suggested ppi densities in macOS, which should be around 100 for native or 200 ppi for retina.
48" is so massive that of course you can run 4k natively, so we don't disagree. I just hope you sit far enough from it!
DELL's new display looks like what the new iMac could have been like. Wishful thinking, I know...
I like the Dell display and I look forward to trying it. $700 is a crazy figure for a display that's mostly looks, though, so either I can find a discount, or they put a secret 4TB time machine hard drive in that base, or after playing with it I will just return it.
But I am disappointed that MacRumors reporting treats monitor resolution as if it was the same thing as display quality. Suggesting that this monitor (a 27" panel) should be a 4K is to misunderstand the way macOS is designed to appear. By apple's own design language, you want a 27" panel to be either 1440p (like the Thunderbolt Display) or 5K (like the iMac and lg ultraugly). This dell is 1440p so it will actually look better than a 4K 27" panel would for Mac users.
But I am disappointed that MacRumors reporting treats monitor resolution as if it was the same thing as display quality. Suggesting that this monitor (a 27" panel) should be a 4K is to misunderstand the way macOS is designed to appear. By apple's own design language, you want a 27" panel to be either 1440p (like the Thunderbolt Display) or 5K (like the iMac and lg ultraugly). This dell is 1440p so it will actually look better than a 4K 27" panel would for Mac users.
I was looking for 40", but this was a great deal and the text size is just right. I guess I might prefer 46", as before this I had a 23" 3D FullHD IPS monitor and it was fine.
I had to go TV for 3D, and the smallest 4K's are 39".
I hope 8KTVs will start at 46". I'm not sure 50" will be bearable, especially with the Mac menu bar style.
Also, even at 40", I only wanted curved.
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Wow, there's a market out there for someone, anyone, to put out a good quality display in an attractive enclosure at a moderate markup. It doesn't affect the utility, but for anyone with their displays in a public place it makes a difference. Ever notice how many businesses have Apple monitors in the sales area purely for the aesthetics?
I think I understand what the relationship was between Apple and LG on the 5k-- Apple probably agreed to promote it if LG agreed to some minimum specs, such as power transfer. The LG looks like it has the specs, but they could have gotten away with a second model that had a nicer enclosure for an extra $100.
I don't mind the base on the Dell-- it's a reasonable design tradeoff to make the big in-your-face part more attractive. Unfortunately I can't buy a Dell product for religious reasons...
I think I understand what the relationship was between Apple and LG on the 5k-- Apple probably agreed to promote it if LG agreed to some minimum specs, such as power transfer. The LG looks like it has the specs, but they could have gotten away with a second model that had a nicer enclosure for an extra $100.
I don't mind the base on the Dell-- it's a reasonable design tradeoff to make the big in-your-face part more attractive. Unfortunately I can't buy a Dell product for religious reasons...
Well, does macOS support HDR10? I have not heard about it so i guess nope
So my question is how does this compare to the Dell U2715H which is also a 1440p monitor but can be had for $429, or the new monoprice 1440p offering http://www.monoprice.com/product?c_id=113&cp_id=11307&cs_id=1130703&p_id=18545&seq=1&format=2
That is a huge price difference $700, $430, and $280 for what appears to be very similar displays.
We just need a new mac pro with USB C/TB3. It will be here this year, I'm most certain about it.
You're right -- based on resolution alone they seem similar. I haven't looked at the full panel specs for the three of them, but while there may be some differences in colour accuracy, and there is the USB-C hub, it's also undeniable that you're paying for the design. Not something that appeals to "pros" (who are supposed to care about performance and not looks, and thus should buy the LG UltraUgly) but for the rest of us, who have such a monitor in our living rooms/bedrooms/spaces and have to look at it all day even when it's off, maybe design is something that we can accept to pay for. Or not.
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Agree
You certainly have no taste in design if you find that Display gorgeous
Who needs another thin as paper way to expensive display. A display setting on a desk does not need to be so thin it gets knocked over every time the wind blows the door open. Innovation my ass. More Apple copying, but now its the bad stuff, not the good. I'm beginning to think Apple is going to suck the whole technology sector right down the drain with it.
Not so sure. You can run 4K and 5K displays of the current Mac Pro, just need to buy the right ones. i think the Mac Pro and mini are dead. Maybe a iMac pro might be offered
Thinnest monitor? I can't recall that ever being a criteria to worry about. Image quality and resolution? Sure. But once we got away from CRTs and into LCD flat panel monitors, they've all been thin enough.