The reality is that while $1600 is already very expensive for a display, a mini-LED HDR display at 27 inches just isn't doable at that price range yet.
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The reality is that while $1600 is already very expensive for a display, a mini-LED HDR display at 27 inches just isn't doable at that price range yet.
32" is a great size. I thought Apple would have released bigger screens for the Studio Display.
My external monitor connected to this machine is 5120x2880. It is limited to 30Hz on HDMI (2.0) but works fine with a USB-C to DisplayPort cable. Hope that helps!
Note, M1 MacBook Pros don't seem to like DisplayPort, not sure if they work with the Pro / Max / Ultra.
Good price and looks good. Colours could have been brighter. Looks very pale compared to iMac colours.
It's actually 3:2, not 4:3
(but I like mine as well! defintely better screen than this Samsung)So for those of us who wants do deal with reality and not how the world should supposed to be, 5K is better for macOS than 4K.
What you describe is exactly why some of us wants 5K.
Then you don't care about crisps fonts which you get with 5K and macOS.
Have you compared with a 5K display side by side running macOS?
I see the discussion like this:
5K is better than 4K
32” is better than 27”
Both statements are right but I will take the 32” option any day of the week, period. And thats why i am out of the apple game, they won’t release an affordable 32” monitor because they have the XDR. After checking the Studio display in my local Apple Store, and realizing what an awful deal it is, i have decided to get a LG 42”c2 in black friday ?
5K is better than 4K
32” is better than 27”
Both statements are right but I will take the 32” option any day of the week, period. And thats why i am out of the apple game, they won’t release an affordable 32” monitor because they have the XDR. After checking the Studio display in my local Apple Store, and realizing what an awful deal it is, i have decided to get a LG 42”c2 in black friday ?
The problem with this is that for macOS there is much bigger difference between 4K and 5K especially for text. macOS is bad at handling 4K in 27" size.
With Windows this isn't a problem.
A lot of people doesn't know how bad macOS is at handling 4K.
5K is good for macOS
4K is awful for macOS (at least for text)
I would be sceptical to the 4K display being better for text.
4096 / 2560 = 1.6
2160 / 1440 = 1.5
3840 / 2560 = 1.5
2160 / 1440 = 1.5
macOS isn't great at handling 1.5 or 1.6 scaling compared to 1x or 2x scaling.
I agree with you. It does have its advantages but the price is where it is a mixed bag.
Just for fun I checked the Apple refurbished store last night and for a little over 1100 one can get the 24 inch iMac, with the keyboard and mouse, an actual computer at 4.5k resolution. One can add an iPad and still come out with a cheaper option that this Apple monitor. If you get lucky you can get a 12.9 iPad Pro on the refurbished store and you are at basically the same price as this Apple monitor. A full fledge computer and an iPad which is kinda crazy.
I've looked. They don't. You either have to accept fuzzy pre-2012 assets, or buy a proper display designed for the Mac.
I don't get why you think 4K is useless to "a Mac user". It works quite well for me.
As I type this, my MBP is connected to a lower end 4K LG monitor. Works fine. The scaling seems fine. Doesn't seem to look off.
Maybe this is one of those things where it's not easy to see, but once you do see it, you cannot unsee it.
No, I'm not going to buy it, I already have a decent 4K monitor that was even cheaper. (a little anyway)
I suspect the guy really has good eyesight, and a need to see it VERY clearly. But really, him saying it's not good for "a mac user" is just WAY overboard and very offensive. We all have different eyesight, and needs in a mac display. I'm extremely happy with my 4K display while using my Mac. (It's an LG, but not the 5K version)
I’m with you there. I think the Studio Display is overpriced, but qualify that by noting that it doesn’t have much competition in the 5k space. Lots of us need 27” or larger displays, so if you need that and also need “retina” resolution, the Studio Display starts to look pretty attractive.
That said, it’s outrageous that the height-adjustable stand wasn’t included. Had Apple done that and shipped it with a really good webcam, we’d probably be viewing it very differently.
