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It would be nice for Apple to update its 27" Thunderbolt Display...my guess is though they already have something planned. It's nice to see competition coming to the market with products like this!
 
I just hope we start seeing consumer level monitors selling higher than 1080p. I feel like when I walk through Costco, Best Buy, etc... most of the monitors have stagnated at 1080p regardless of screen size for a really long time.
 
That's pretty nice, but damn, that price! Not going to be any cheaper with the Apple tax either.

I don't know. Sometimes Apple surprises us. Also when something is truly cutting edge Apple's prices are often competitive. It is just that they NEVER go down.

The cinema displays were on par with semi-pro displays when first released. They just quickly became overpriced relative to the competition. I could see Apple releasing this at a comparable price or even as an option for a high-end $2999 iMac—the original 27" iMac had a similar value proposition.
 
For a few hundred more, you could get a Mac Pro. Who in their right mind is going to pay this for a freaking monitor?

Someone who's just paid $3k+ for a display-less computer and wants a display to do it justice? Going by the photo, it looks the part, too.

Its already cheaper than the Sharp display that was the only 4k option when the Mac Pro launched.

The interesting part is simply the confirmation that 27" 5120x2880 display panels actually exist, so a "true" (i.e. pixel-doubled) Retina iMac 27" or TB Display is now physically possible - the price will doubtless drop.
 
Dell makes good monitors. I have a 24 inch hooked up to my iMac 27 inch. They both match in style.. little reflective, but it's my secondary screen.
 
As I've said from the beginning, it's the price range for a display+computer all-in-one that is holding back a Retina iMac. Apple could toss a panel like this in an iMac enclosure tomorrow, but if the hardware can't comfortably support it and it costs north of $3,000-$4,000, no one will buy it so why bother?

This is looking like a late 2015 release at the earliest to make sense. Glad I bought my Haswell 27-inch iMac in March...it's been awesome all year. I'll wait for Rev B of whatever Retina/4K/5K iMac that gets released in a couple years and go from there.
 
A retina iMac would be prohibitively expensive. I would imagine a retina Apple thunderbolt display would come first.
 
For a few hundred more, you could get a Mac Pro. Who in their right mind is going to pay this for a freaking monitor?

I am. Already have a Mac Pro and need a good decent 4k monitor that can do pure pixel doubling
 
4 or 5k iMacs displays powered by a mobile GPU... nice, I can't wait for the lag, and subsequent chip meltdown in one of those tight cases with poor ventilation.

I think Apple will have to squeeze in a dual mobile card pushing 8gb ram.
 
Why? 5K has been coined "Retina". We now need not to evolve display technology because no one will see the difference and everything above 5K is ridiculous and is for 'bragging rights'.

True - even the current 27" 1440p TBD/iMac is getting close to "Retina" (i.e. can't see individual pixels) when you factor in the extra viewing distance c.f. (say) a Retina iPad.

4k would be more than plenty for "Retina" @27" if the Mac had a fully resolution-independent UI - but it doesn't, so you ideally need to exactly double the pixels, which means 5k for a 27" display.

...also, if you're going to edit video at a particular res (HD, UHD etc.) there's an argument for having a screen with a larger resolution so you can play it back 1:1 in a window... but then it probably makes mores sense to have a large 4k display dedicated to full-screen previews.

The only use I can see for 8k is for watching movies on HUGE cinema-style screens or "Minority Report" style user interfaces (which would be cool for pretending to be Tom Cruise, although I wouldn't want to type more than a text message on one).
 
This is a good step. So now we DO know that the display for a 27" retina iMac display is possible. I'm sure a prototype iMac already exists(In fact, I would say probably for at least a year or two now), but there is no way that this iMac would cost any less than $3000 for base config.

Also giving how apple focuses on having Macs have environmentally friendly certifications, they are also probably having a hard time with power consumption and heat. The backlight alone must be ridiculous at max brightness. Couple that with an i7 and 880M, and Apple has some work to do.

Yep.

After having to replace the logic board AND graphics card for my 2011 27" 2 years in ($1,000), I'm done with the iMac.

Too much heat in tight quarters.

So once mine dies (again), I'm somewhat stuck; Mac mini (underpowered) or Mac Pro (overpowered/overpriced for me).

Damn it, Apple. Build an xMac already! I reeeally don't want to Hackingtosh!!

Then again, I can always look for an old Mac Pro, but then Apple wouldn't get my money. ;)
 
Nice work, Dell.

Just curious, for those waiting for Apple to come out with its own standalone retina/4k display, what would its advantages be over this one? Just Thunderbolt pass through?

If it's like the current TB display but higher res, it will provide a Thunderbolt hub (to USB3, ethernet, TB, FW, audio, etc), a MacBook charging cable, and a built-in iSight camera. If I'm correct, TB is like an external PCIe, which gives it many possibilities. I'd love to see a TB display with a built-in dedicated GPU :D

The main advantage with the TB display is that you can connect your MacBook to it with just 2 cables and be all set with power, keyboard, mouse, external drives, a camera, ethernet, speakers, and whatever else. You can'd do that with any other connection. It also tends to look nicer. The main disadvantage is that it's much more expensive than displays of comparable image quality, like 100% more expensive, and you'd be paying that price just to have extra convenience and sleekness.
 
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No glare? Well, during the film you can 'clearly' see the reflections of the guy talking and the camera man in the glossy like panel... looking fwd to some extensive tests/reviews and then some live fiddeling to get a good sense for it. Great anti-glare is definitely a must for me. Cannot stand working without it. Apple, your move next!
 
I don't know what they use for it, but the graphics outside are pretty amazing... someone should look into that technology.
 
Interesting that everyone is so focused on video applications. High density, high pixel count displays would be great for photographers.

Not sure I like having two panels stitched though-- seems like it's asking for matching problems.
Amazing that they have already exceeded the bandwidth of one displayport 1.2 port. With displayport 1.3 almost finalized, they really should have waited to release this with support for that new standard.
Updating the interface is trivial-- better to get to market first.
 
I don't know. Sometimes Apple surprises us. Also when something is truly cutting edge Apple's prices are often competitive. It is just that they NEVER go down.

The cinema displays were on par with semi-pro displays when first released. They just quickly became overpriced relative to the competition. I could see Apple releasing this at a comparable price or even as an option for a high-end $2999 iMac—the original 27" iMac had a similar value proposition.

Yes, and there was the same situation with the 2008 Mac Pro and 2013 Mac Pro. Both of them, at release date, were cheaper than the sum of their parts and cheaper than any comparable pre-built computer.
 
For a few hundred more, you could get a Mac Pro. Who in their right mind is going to pay this for a freaking monitor?

The Mac Pro doesn't come with a monitor, so you're not done spending yet unfortunately :/

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So once mine dies (again), I'm somewhat stuck; Mac mini (underpowered) or Mac Pro (overpowered/overpriced for me).

Hear hear! Same boat. I'm using a Mac Mini right now and it's OK, but obviously not suited to harder tasks like editing video and/or running a retina display. And yet $3K (minimum) for a Pro is totally overkill. I want to spend ~$1K for a standalone Mac that will run my choice of monitors. Take my money please!
 
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