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Apple can do this because nobody else makes a high quality monitor that doesn’t look terrible. In nice offices, each chair is a couple thousand each. Full desi
by pcmoney 5y ago
Apple can do this because nobody else makes a high quality monitor that doesn’t look terrible.
In nice offices, each chair is a couple thousand each. Full designs easily $50k+. Theyre not going to mess up a such a thoughtfully designed aesthetic with some slab of black plastic and an Amazon Basics stand (which is what I use) to save $1-2k.
- jdrc 5y agoIt isn't so much about aesthetics, but the look screams 'apple'. Apple is an aspirational lifestyle brand
- hughrr 5y agoApple also have a warranty and service which is worth more than toilet paper unlike the other brands.
- TAKEMYMONEY 5y agoRepairs outside of the standard warranty on my Apple stuff is usually shackled to expensive paid warranty upgrades and restocking fees. For example, AppleCare+ for this $2k monitor costs $149, and there's a $99 service fee for screen damage or enclosure damage, and a $299 fee for other accidental damage.
- FpUser 5y agoLooking at the picture it is just plain boring monitor (not that there is anything wrong about it). I fail to see a single bit of "thoughtfully designed aesthetic".
- signa11 5y agoi have been using eizo for past couple of months and i have found them to be just fabulous. perhaps you can try it out and see if it works for you too ?
- ksec 5y ago>high quality monitor that doesn’t look terrible. Eizo may be high quality, but it doesn't do well in aesthetic.
- hn_go_brrrrr 5y agoI find them perfectly serviceable? They're not a thing of beauty, but neither are they an eyesore, which is all I really need out of a tool.
- ksec 5y agoOf course they are. But the context in GP's post was about nice office. Think investment or other firms with designer chairs and sofa etc.
- huhtenberg 5y agoI like them a lot more than Apple's. On FlexScans with their 2mm bezels there's literally nothing to look at but the actual display.
- saiya-jin 5y agoThat's... relative. Let's say politely I am not moved by such design and had seen and used monitors which appeal to me more for fraction of that price.
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- ren_engineer 5y agoand people wonder why so many VC backed startups fail when they spend money on stupid shit like this
- atonse 5y agoComputer equipment is a rounding error compared to the cost of people, let alone highly sought after engineers.
- jimnotgym 5y agoBeauty is in the eye of the beholder as they say. I'm getting a bit tired of the metallic look, personally. I don't think Eizo monitors look terrible. They have nice displays too, and some useful colour management features. The higher end Benq's look nice to me. Apple will keep charging it because people keep paying it....
- Wistar 5y agoI own and quite like the calibrated series Benqs
- abcd_f 5y agoEizo makes fantastic high-end monitors.
- pcmoney 5y agoQuality sure, aesthetically coherent? No
- vaidhy 5y agoI believe this is sarcasm taken to heights. We have $50K+ designs where people are not allowed to touch and use because the aesthetics will be broken :)
- the_doctah 5y ago>I believe this is sarcasm taken to heights. No, Apple fanatics really believe only Apple can make aesthetically pleasing things. They are enablers for the company at this point.
- pcmoney 5y agoPlease link to an alternative thin bezel, brushed metal or even just non-plastic, 4k or higher monitor with built in 12mp camera. If it is decently reviewed and a significant savings compared to Apple I know a firm that will buy 200 of them.
- goosedragons 5y agoWith the 12MP camera requirement you may as well just specify it has an Apple logo on it. I find the requirement for non-plastic so bizarre as though it can't POSSIBLY look good. I still think the 17" Studio Display from 2000 looks better than the new one (which still has chunkier bezels than my random Dell business monitor).
- pcmoney 5y agoSure whatever, nobody wants a $100 logitech zit on the top of their monitor while they are trying to sell themselves as having infinitely superior design/law/whatever skills than the client they are charging $1k/hour to.
- TAKEMYMONEY 5y agoBut a $400 premium? I work in a "nice" office (with a chair and motorized standing desk that each cost several thousand) and we use nearly bezel-less 4k monitors with brushed aluminum tilt-and-raise stands that aren't made by Apple. There's a huge range between Apple and AmazonBasics industrial-design-wise now, especially when you're bidding for enterprise-level equipment contracts.
- hughrr 5y agoDecent monitor arms easily cost $300-500.
- FpUser 5y agoI have monitor arm that works just fine. Cost me $149 (Canadian pesos) on Amazon.
- hughrr 5y agoTo note I paid considerably less than half that for my $300 arm. YMMV but shop around for corp clearance.
- readams 5y agoMonitor arms are much more complicated than a monitor stand.
- D13Fd 5y agoThat's untrue. Ergotron LX arms for example hold big monitors perfectly and last basically forever - currently priced <$200: https://www.amazon.com/Ergotron-Monitor-Monitors-Up-Polished-Aluminum/dp/B00358RIRC/ref=sr_1_4?crid=1RL9N3V3PCTZA&keywords=ergotron%2Bmonitor%2Barm&qid=1646842105 https://www.amazon.com/Ergotron-Monitor-Monitors-Up-Polished...
- Wistar 5y agoI have several Ergotrons for a few years now, mostly the two-arm models with 27in monitor pairs. My only gripe is that cabling them neatly is difficult.
- AJRF 5y agohttps://consumer.huawei.com/en/monitors/mateview/ https://consumer.huawei.com/en/monitors/mateview/
- pcmoney 5y agoSorry, not going to support a company coupled to a Communist government that blatantly steals IP and is propped up by a genocidal dictatorship. Hard pass.
- nebula8804 5y agoWOW! Its really sad that outside of Apple everyone else is still producing junk in 2022. Wish this was made by some western brand. It would sell well!
- llampx 5y agoWow, I want one.
- ProAm 5y agoApple does this because they do not respect their customers.
- AmericanBlarney 5y agoThe chairs are probably more like $1000 after bulk discount for buying hundreds of them,and they'll last 20 years. Having worked in many corporate environments, including FAANGs that seemingly spare no expense, none of them have used these monitors. It's always a $300ish monitor for developers and I've seen some senior executives with $1000 wide screen curved monitors. Maybe a few designers somewhere get a fancy Apple one (although I've never seen it), but these are not intended for the masses.
- pcmoney 5y agoYa, FAANGs don’t exactly have nice offices, amenity wise sure but nobody GAF what they look like, there’s probably nerf guns and desk clutter everywhere. Think somewhere with clients and prestige. Law offices, design shops, consulting boutiques etc.
- technofiend 5y ago>$1000 wide screen curved monitors. You can pay well more than $1k for a curved wide screen, but as a counterpoint Dell 34" widescreen curved monitors are less than half that on their website. Most likely because you're not getting gaming features, HDR, speakers, etc, etc. They're pretty stripped. Even so I purchased one for every employee and myself on my old team, the experience was so good we all bought them at Microcenter for home use too, and still they weren't $1,000. I'm just pointing this out in case anyone is thinking about getting a curved widescreen. The experience is amazing and it doesn't have to cost $1k. Not that I'm disputing managers make status purchases and spend stupid money on useless things. That much is as true as it ever was.
- thefz 5y ago> Apple can do this because nobody else makes a high quality monitor that doesn’t look terrible. People prioritizing looks over function is why this enormously expensive display is a 60Hz refresh rate panel. Users buy apple just to show the logo.