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Yes, the people who sit in $1,000 Aeron chairs with $10,000 workstations hooked up to $42,000 monitors and $5,000 speakers (each) in $100,000 - $1,000,000 studi

Yes, the people who sit in $1,000 Aeron chairs with $10,000 workstations hooked up to $42,000 monitors and $5,000 speakers (each) in $100,000 - $1,000,000 studios working on movies and songs that make $100,000,000 to $1,000,000,000 each are going to be so pissed off about this atrocious pricing.

chosenbreed37 7y ago
I see what you did there ;-)
maaaats 7y ago
A lot of professionals not in those categories will probably also be interested in it. I think it's disingenuous to pretend it doesn't matter as only people buying $50k monitors are interested. I could see a lot of designers buying this screen at this price point, that normally have $1-2k screens. Then that $1k stand is atrocious.
badestrand 7y ago
But how many people are those? 1,000 worldwide? 10,000? I am sure it is a tiny fraction of the entire audience of maybe a fifty million people who hear about it. So they should do it in a separate event or direct market it to those studios, but the news didn't fit the audience.
- spectramax 7y ago
  Because WWDC is a conduit for Apple to flex while the whole world is watching. WWDC is a major event, yes for developers but also for Apple in general to release new products and services.
- muzani 7y ago
  Maybe this exact situation is rare, but the point still stands. For some people the value of a top of the line monitor exceeds its price. Apple is expensive compared to the competition, but still relatively cheap for the monopoly they hold and the value it provides.
manderley 7y ago
The people making things aren't necessarily the ones to profit from their commercial success. VFX studios seem to be squeezed very hard by big studios.
- sudhirj 7y ago
  They just won't buy the stand. I'd assume most offices already have VESA stands like [1] built into the furniture, which is why Apple isn't even bundling a stand with the monitor. It would just be wasted. [1] https://www.hermanmiller.com/products/accessories/technology-support/flo-monitor-arms/ https://www.hermanmiller.com/products/accessories/technology...

chosenbreed37 7y ago

I see what you did there ;-)

maaaats 7y ago

A lot of professionals not in those categories will probably also be interested in it. I think it's disingenuous to pretend it doesn't matter as only people buying $50k monitors are interested. I could see a lot of designers buying this screen at this price point, that normally have $1-2k screens. Then that $1k stand is atrocious.

badestrand 7y ago

But how many people are those? 1,000 worldwide? 10,000? I am sure it is a tiny fraction of the entire audience of maybe a fifty million people who hear about it. So they should do it in a separate event or direct market it to those studios, but the news didn't fit the audience.

spectramax 7y ago
Because WWDC is a conduit for Apple to flex while the whole world is watching. WWDC is a major event, yes for developers but also for Apple in general to release new products and services.
muzani 7y ago
Maybe this exact situation is rare, but the point still stands. For some people the value of a top of the line monitor exceeds its price. Apple is expensive compared to the competition, but still relatively cheap for the monopoly they hold and the value it provides.

manderley 7y ago

The people making things aren't necessarily the ones to profit from their commercial success. VFX studios seem to be squeezed very hard by big studios.

sudhirj 7y ago
They just won't buy the stand. I'd assume most offices already have VESA stands like [1] built into the furniture, which is why Apple isn't even bundling a stand with the monitor. It would just be wasted. [1] https://www.hermanmiller.com/products/accessories/technology-support/flo-monitor-arms/ https://www.hermanmiller.com/products/accessories/technology...