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$1000 for a monitor stand is the pinnacle of arrogance from a brand.

jccalhoun 7y ago
That is the one that really got me. I expected the Mac Pro to start at a ridiculous price and I wasn't shocked by the monitor but $1000 for a monitor stand is crazy
askafriend 7y ago
How is it arrogance? Have you ever bought a nice pice of furniture? This stand is a super low volume, custom design. It's solid milled aluminum and likely very hefty since it needs to handle a 32" monitor (which itself is probably pretty hefty). Not to mention the intricate hinge design that they say is rock solid (not an easy feat to achieve). This whole system is built to compete against $25k-50k reference monitors. Here's a page of Table Lamps from Restoration Hardware for a sense of perspective: https://www.restorationhardware.com/catalog/category/products.jsp?cellBackground=false&parentCatId=cat1597020&topCatId=cat160075&categoryId=cat3860007&sale=false https://www.restorationhardware.com/catalog/category/product... And the whole reason they don't include the stand with the monitor is because it's built for media production houses that already have rigs set up with their own mounts. They're not building this for designers to run Sketch or developers to run Xcode. This is for production servers, processing Pixar movies, and YouTube features. It's a machine that will be expensed as the cost of doing business.
- terandle 7y ago
  That link does not help your case $300 for a fashionable lamp you can use for life and is a major fixture of a living space vs a $1,000 monitor stand? Congrats Apple you made restoration hardware look like ikea in terms of pricing.
  - askafriend 7y ago
    Did you see how big that monitor is? It's going to be a permanent fixture on your desk. It's as much a part of your room and your life as anything else. In any case, the only issue here is how they presented the pricing. They should have just said that they're selling a $6k display but if you don't want the stand, they'll sell it separately for $5k. If they framed it like that then no one would complain.

That is the one that really got me. I expected the Mac Pro to start at a ridiculous price and I wasn't shocked by the monitor but $1000 for a monitor stand is crazy

askafriend 7y ago

How is it arrogance? Have you ever bought a nice pice of furniture? This stand is a super low volume, custom design. It's solid milled aluminum and likely very hefty since it needs to handle a 32" monitor (which itself is probably pretty hefty). Not to mention the intricate hinge design that they say is rock solid (not an easy feat to achieve). This whole system is built to compete against $25k-50k reference monitors. Here's a page of Table Lamps from Restoration Hardware for a sense of perspective: https://www.restorationhardware.com/catalog/category/products.jsp?cellBackground=false&parentCatId=cat1597020&topCatId=cat160075&categoryId=cat3860007&sale=false https://www.restorationhardware.com/catalog/category/product... And the whole reason they don't include the stand with the monitor is because it's built for media production houses that already have rigs set up with their own mounts. They're not building this for designers to run Sketch or developers to run Xcode. This is for production servers, processing Pixar movies, and YouTube features. It's a machine that will be expensed as the cost of doing business.

terandle 7y ago
That link does not help your case $300 for a fashionable lamp you can use for life and is a major fixture of a living space vs a $1,000 monitor stand? Congrats Apple you made restoration hardware look like ikea in terms of pricing.
- askafriend 7y ago
  Did you see how big that monitor is? It's going to be a permanent fixture on your desk. It's as much a part of your room and your life as anything else. In any case, the only issue here is how they presented the pricing. They should have just said that they're selling a $6k display but if you don't want the stand, they'll sell it separately for $5k. If they framed it like that then no one would complain.