But because once a customer breaks the continuity of all Apple gear, they don't go back
That's an extremely interesting thing to say. Very good observation. I was trying to figure out why I have such a love/hate relationship with Apple then your statement said it all. I, fortunately (or unfortunately, depends how you look at it) broke the ecosystem because of outdated items, buggy software and sometimes bad designs. Waiting for updates for 5 years is too long. Maybe if things worked and weren't as buggy, it wouldn't feel so long. There shouldn't be dust behind the the shiniest mirror, I mean monitor, you can find. And so, broke the continuity like you said. I wouldn't go back because I don't want one company to control my hopes, emotions and disappointments, but I do have a hard time letting go years of brainwashing that apple is somehow high-end and better than everything else. The insane amount of bugs proves otherwise.
I think Apple knows that you will put up with their buggy software and outdated devices since you also have a macbook, an appletv and an iPad. Getting 1 different thing means destroying the ecosystem and losing it IMO is 50% of the Apple promise. Not to mention they string you along in hopes of something cooler and even though you are disappointed every year because it's the same thing, just thinner and lighter; somehow their behavioral training got you to keep waiting in fear that you will somehow miss the best next thing.
Problem is, leaving Apple means trying to find another full ecosystem because Apple showed that a complete circle is a nice thing. But no other company or system has a working full ecosystem, so you have to take the time to piece things together (example: android phone, apple ipad, macbook pro and dell desktop). I sometimes wish Apple wasn't so buggy so that I could be lazy again, or I can't shake of years of behavioral training by incredible Apple marketing. I still wish (and regularly try, as if it somehow magically it will change) I could run my VMs on a rMBP and not have the fans spin at 6000rpms when I plug the macsafe in and doing nothing else on the laptop other than scroll through facebook. Maybe that's what I'm hoping for from WWDC. Fixes for everything, and not just another string-along product and software update that will leave you hoping for something better in the upcoming year.
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http://www.amazon.com/Dell-Monitor-...TF8&qid=1464928222&sr=8-1&keywords=dell+27+5k
Also, I'm not even sure how you got to a deprecated page that you can't get to from Dell's site. You clearly took the time to find something that doesn't even exist anymore. Dell's brand new one:
http://accessories.us.dell.com/sna/productdetail.aspx?c=us&cs=04&l=en&sku=210-ADJR
I tried every way possible to get to the page you linked, but couldn't find how. All I did to find mine was click products => monitors => 5k & 4k. And I got 1649 or 1400 of amazon.
Now find me an iMac 5k that's less than that? Base or otherwise. And don't forget you said you can add a PCIex and be half the price of the Dell.
And the panel doesn't matter, the timing controler is not the same, the polarizer, the backlight, the lamination process, anti-reflective coating, etc. etc. etc.
Have you used the dell 27 yet? I have both. The only advantage the mac has is it looks shinier and actually lags sometimes. I'm not even sure their custom timing controller even gives you true 60hz. It's even funnier that your "pros" to the monitor were taking directly off Apple's marketing / product pages. Do you even know what a timing controller does without googling it? Do you even know what a "better" polarizer would do to an LCD?
Again, you are just eating up anything that apple gives you. But seeing how Tim Cook is even your avatar, I'm guessing your not only a fan, but Tim Cook and Apple are your God. And you will definitely stay in line and camp overnight to buy Tim's used toilet paper.
All offenses aside, it's fine, I love shiny things too. I just don't lie about them and make them sound better than they are or just quote the words off a keynote of why Tim said it's better with buzz terms like "timing controller" and not have any idea what any of that means. You don't know quality because you don't have both monitors. Even reviewers argue with you (not all, I seem to find both ends of the spectrum, but having both monitors, I'd say the Dell is just not as shiny, but otherwise has perfect color reproduction, same resolution, slightly better refresh rate.
Do you even have a 5k imac?
In all honesty, is the Apple 5k monitor an awesome product? Absolutely yes!! Is it magical and better than the Dell's? Not really. If it was standalone, I'd probably buy it over the Dells, but not because of buzzword features, but mostly because it's shinier. And not sure why you'd need to reach so far to prove otherwise.
