Fine with me lol, I already have the ASD and feel I havent used it enough to justify replacing it yet haha
Seriously, why don’t they take the iMac screen and make it a display for macmini and base Mac Studio users. Sell it for $499, I mean really people, who is paying $1599 on a monitor for a $599 macmini? It would sell like hotcakes to students looking for a screen for their MacBook Air/Pro laptops. You can’t tell me the profit margin aren’t there.
an Aussie company is selling a 17” 4k external supposedly designed for traveling, and for $800! anyway, the appeal of iMac is not having to fuss with anything or buy add ons. For a home user or a family with small children, it’s a 5 year purchase. I agree with you tho, and Apple could have a three tier lineup with a smaller 4k, but for the price attached to an Apple build I don’t see many MacBook users buying one. My students their laptops with cheaper external monitors, if they have them at all.
They'd probably prefer you didn't have a cheap Apple display that lasts a decade+ because then you'll be out of the market for buying new iMacs. I think their goal is for mainstream customers to keep buying entire computers (be it laptop or desktop) over and over.
I don’t necessarily disagree however this is an untapped market for Apple. Sales would probably be continuous for the following 2-3+years before it plateaus. Incremental upgrades to specifications would extend sales as is the case in tech. But I wholeheartedly agree that would affect iMac sales. I know it’s wishful thinking on my part. But a segment of the Apple experience is having the ecosystem made by Apple.
I'd definitely buy one
