bingo lolAll aluminum construction, best-in-class speakers, full integration with MacOS (auto-brightness, volume, True Tone display, 5K resolution vs. 4K). Nice unboxing experience, bragging rights, goes nicely with your Rolex watch etc.
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went from Dell 4k 32" to ASD 5k 27"...my initial impressions
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The gold apple watch made some people happy but it was a bad deal......
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Yes, but to my surprise people really prefer refresh rate over pixel density (1440p at 32 inch...), colour accuracy and brightness (HDR400......?). Probably the computer monitor is too small so that only the either end is present i.e. gamers and video/graphics professionals, and thus the parity in quality and price.
for sure. I game very lightly, otherwise I run my business on it.
The shade in this thread! Just let him enjoy his monitor. I know I will when I get mine next week.?
Exactly. Every once in a while Apple does make a product, like the late 2020 M1 MacBook Air that is both luxury tech and an insanely good value (being faster than PCs twice as expensive), but that’s the exception vs the norm.
Apple sells the Apple Watch Hermes for $1219-$1499. Are these “good deals”? Is a Lexus ES350 a “good deal” compared to a Toyota Camry?
Just helping him out is all. He did make a thread trying to personally justify his purchase when he should just be admiring it himself. He could have gotten a better monitor for his money.
Haha you are helping no one. I provided this thread to help others on the fence. I have 45 days to return, no regrets so far, i think these insights are valuable to the community. I get the sense you are justifying how you can’t afford it with posts like this, but maybe I’m wrong? ;-)
Nilay Patel at the Verge frequently mocks Apple products and still gets review units. So does Joanna Stern at the WSJ.
Who's stopping the users enjoyment?
She/He decided to post some impressions and comparisons.
Those will get reacted to (and should!) -- this is a discussion forum after all
"The Verge" and "WSJ" are important pieces of information there.
The calculus is different for independent vloggers
AmenWho's stopping the users enjoyment?
She/He decided to post some impressions and comparisons.
Those will get reacted to (and should!) -- this is a discussion forum after all
people can throw shade. I mean this is a controversial monitor. I’m just surprised by how much I like it.
I'm not surprised!
True retina 2x is awesome..
I personally wish they'd made a straight up "monitor" (optionally) and not done a webcam or speakers (like the XDR, but smaller). If one wants to do multiple monitors with these, it's a tremendous waste of multiple cameras and speakers, etc.
I also think they should be including the adjustable height stand by default and offering the "fixed" one if you want it -- especially at this MSRP.
I think there is another monitor coming yet -- that will do ProMotion at 27" and 5k -- and I'll bet has no speakers or webcam.
Perhaps he has credibility because he isn’t a shill. As for other “influencers” Justine Ezarik doesn’t pretend to be objective and has admitted iJustine is mostly a character to promote her business. She’s just as “excited” for some random OnePlus phone as a Mac Studio. But total shills like Gruber and Rene Ritchie pretend to be journalists.
The problem is 6-12 months from now there won't be much left to appreciate other than the shiny wrapper. Mini-led monitors are about the flood the market and with samsung back in the game with qd-oled TV's and monitors it's almost a guarantee they will have a 4k qd-led out by the end of the year, both of which will absolutely curb stomp the ASD in image quality.
I know! I wish the story was 6k mini-led on 32” for $2-3k… I’d buy that instantly. 4k is such low ppi for us spoiled Mac users
Your sense is way off....its not me who bought into a bad deal.
No worries bro. You’re not the demo for this thread. Good deals can be found on offer up