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A 27" LCD screen from 2014 for only 1600$. Wow. Oh, the stand is extra!!! HAHAHAHA! It's actually 2000$ with the 'height-adjustable' stand - the exact price o

A 27" LCD screen from 2014 for only 1600$. Wow. Oh, the stand is extra!!! HAHAHAHA! It's actually 2000$ with the 'height-adjustable' stand - the exact price of an iMac from 2015 that came with the exact same LCD monitor - except, you know, there was also a computer in there!

gnicholas 5y ago
No, they include the basic tilting stand in the $1600 model. [1] If you want tilt and height adjustable, it's an extra $400. The VESA version is also available for the base price. 1: https://www.apple.com/shop/buy-mac/mac-studio-display https://www.apple.com/shop/buy-mac/mac-studio-display
- alexashka 5y ago
  I stand corrected. 1600$ for a 2014 LCD monitor remains fucking outrageous.
  - nojito 5y ago
    Nothing about this monitor is comparable to a 2014 monitor.
  - gnicholas 5y ago
    How much would a monitor with comparable pixel density and resolution have cost in 2014? Asking because I truly do not know. The high-end camera, array of microphones, and speakers are worth at least a couple hundred bucks — especially for remote workers. The connectivity is also pretty nice, and didn't exist back then. I don't know how the overall value stacks up, but I was pleasantly surprised the price was this low. I was expecting $2,000 to $2500 after hearing the specs. I'm still not buying one, but I am about to email my wife to ask her company if they can cancel the order they just put in for a $900 not-very-impressive monitor and get her one of these instead. Kills the need for a dock, kills the need for a separate power brick at the office, and makes videoconferencing much better (I don't think she'd thought about how she would do a video call if her camera is on her laptop and her big monitor is off to the side).
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thom 5y ago
There _is_ a computer in there. You just can’t use it.

gnicholas 5y ago

No, they include the basic tilting stand in the $1600 model. [1] If you want tilt and height adjustable, it's an extra $400. The VESA version is also available for the base price. 1: https://www.apple.com/shop/buy-mac/mac-studio-display https://www.apple.com/shop/buy-mac/mac-studio-display

alexashka 5y ago
I stand corrected. 1600$ for a 2014 LCD monitor remains fucking outrageous.
- nojito 5y ago
  Nothing about this monitor is comparable to a 2014 monitor.
- gnicholas 5y ago
  How much would a monitor with comparable pixel density and resolution have cost in 2014? Asking because I truly do not know. The high-end camera, array of microphones, and speakers are worth at least a couple hundred bucks — especially for remote workers. The connectivity is also pretty nice, and didn't exist back then. I don't know how the overall value stacks up, but I was pleasantly surprised the price was this low. I was expecting $2,000 to $2500 after hearing the specs. I'm still not buying one, but I am about to email my wife to ask her company if they can cancel the order they just put in for a $900 not-very-impressive monitor and get her one of these instead. Kills the need for a dock, kills the need for a separate power brick at the office, and makes videoconferencing much better (I don't think she'd thought about how she would do a video call if her camera is on her laptop and her big monitor is off to the side).
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thom 5y ago

There _is_ a computer in there. You just can’t use it.