I also have a Thunderbolt Display, which I got last year. It's been great and, as you say, having webcam/mic/speakers/usb hub _and an Ethernet port_ is absolute

I also have a Thunderbolt Display, which I got last year. It's been great and, as you say, having webcam/mic/speakers/usb hub _and an Ethernet port_ is absolutely fantastic. And the quality of the thing overall is just superb. Also for me those "add-ons" are more important than pixel density, and I'm saying this as a graphic designer. If there were a version of this with a bigger size (but with less pixel density), and maybe a more 'squared' factor, I'd jump to it without even thinking, but alas for Apple pixel density is first above everything else.