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Vesa mount and Apple logo :(
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So you look at the back of your display all the time do you? Third World problem here
I also don't like the covering of the Logo,
The backside if the Studio will be visible in my setup,
so I created my own backplate so the logo will be better visible
The backside if the Studio will be visible in my setup,
so I created my own backplate so the logo will be better visible
This was to be expected. If you worry about aesthetics, I don’t think the VESA mount was for you in the first place. VESA arms are rarely elegant anyway. Maybe you should look for one of the two stands
The iMac has a better position, then the Studio
Interesting. I wonder why they didn't use the same setup as the 24" iMac? Did the 27" iMac with VESA have a similar position?
Coming from a PC, I kind of expected Apple to have thought about this as they tend to do the design stuff better.
I'll have x2 Monitors once the other arrives and they are very visible from the back as they face outwards and not against a wall.
Not a big issue but I just thought Apple designers would have picked this up.
I'll have x2 Monitors once the other arrives and they are very visible from the back as they face outwards and not against a wall.
Not a big issue but I just thought Apple designers would have picked this up.
Whelp, the monitors worthless then. Might as well throw it out.
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There's now a market for vinyl stickers which fully cover the Apple logo and moves it up a little.
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There's now a market for vinyl stickers which fully cover the Apple logo and moves it up a little.
Well, this is the route I plan on going if I get one. This doesn't bother me at all. The location for the mount is the center of the back. If you want to be able to rotate it easily (it automatically switches from landscape to portrait on rotation), this is where the mount point should be. I guess they could have moved the logo...
It is the other side I care about. The last thing I'm worried about is the logo.
It does seem like a bit of a design faux pas but also it doesn't really matter. At the same time, Apple is considerate of these things normally. How does an XDR look on mount?
Edit: The Pro Display XDR looks like they certainly considered both the stand and mount scenario because they put the " Pro Display XDR" to the right of the power and I/O row
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Probably because they design the Studio Display to be used in portrait mode, contrary to the iMac which is not designed for that purpose (even if it's probably possible to do so). If you rotate the Studio Display in portrait mode, it is more logical to place the VESA mount on the center of the screen, as a rotation would be more even than placing it at a lower position like the iMac. In portrait mode, the VESA arm or stand would be off and the weight would not be distributed evenly. Only guessing
Instead of drowning in disappointment, you should be asking yourself why you are allowing something so superficial and unimportant to control whether or not you are happy.
So, I don't care about this in the sense that it's functionally unimportant if the logo is covered, but this kind of design sloppiness worries me for what it could say about attention to detail. There was a detail about how the iphone corners are curved and why it was just slightly better. The fact that, unlike some phones, the screws on the bottom of the iphone line up perfectly.
Individually none of these are that important, but the ethos of sweating tiny things matters as an indicator of the overall attention to product details.
Individually none of these are that important, but the ethos of sweating tiny things matters as an indicator of the overall attention to product details.
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First world problem blown out of proportion! What do you do? Stare at the VESA mount side all day?
How’s it look on?I also don't like the covering of the Logo,
The backside if the Studio will be visible in my setup,
so I created my own backplate so the logo will be better visible
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But then if you rotate it vertically, it will be off-balance.
and it's kinda weird to rotate a screen off center.
Wait is this an option on the iMac
I came from a third world. The only time we look at our displays from the back is when we need to dry rainwater from it when the ceiling leaks. Most troublesome during the CRT era where the backside is longer and has more surface area that can catch said water.
Yeah, that’s why the vesa mount could be off centerRotating the iMac has no use, the screen does not auto-rotate
Yes yes yes and yes. I really expect Apple fans to care about details a bit more than other average users.