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Pretty lame that the Studio Display with a height-adjustable stand is still 400 Euro more. My biggest regret is getting my Gen 1 Studio Display without. Also t

Pretty lame that the Studio Display with a height-adjustable stand is still 400 Euro more. My biggest regret is getting my Gen 1 Studio Display without. Also the non-XDR is only a small upgrade otherwise, no 120Hz, no HDR, only Thunderbolt 5 and a new camera. Finally a downstream Thunderbolt port though. This is all after 4 years?

mistersquid 8mo ago
> Also the non-XDR is only a small upgrade otherwise, no 120Hz, no HDR, only Thunderbolt 5 and a new camera. Finally a downstream Thunderbolt port though. The camera is still 12MP but offers Desk View. Maybe this is a feature unlocked by the improved onboard A-series chip (A19?). I wouldn't sniff too hard about Thunderbolt 5. Thunderbolt 5 doubles throughput to 80 Gbps from 40. Would have loved refresh above 60Hz but then who's gonna get the XDR?
- AdamN 8mo ago
  Yeah if they put everything on the lower end device than nobody would buy the higher end device.
sylens 8mo ago
Insanity that a monitor that expensive is stuck at 60Hz
dmix 8mo ago
> Pretty lame that the Studio Display with a height-adjustable stand is still 400 Euro more. just buy a nice one on amazon for $100, it's still VESA mounts
conesus 8mo ago
VESA mounts are only a few bucks and give you even better height and tilt adjustment. You also get desk space back. I have a shorter desk (24" vs typical 30" depth) and I have two monitors and a laptop mounted on 3 VESAs and I can extend them so that the monitor edge is inline with the desk edge, giving me the same 24" that a 30" desk would have with a monitor stand.
- bibstha 8mo ago
  Which mount do you have? I've got a 24" as well and I've never imagined I'd fit 2 monitors.
  - JumpCrisscross 8mo ago
    Herman Miller's Jarvis [1]. I'm probably paying up for the brand, but I got it installed a few years ago (with the nano-textured Studio display), and it works beautifully. [1] https://store.hermanmiller.com/home-desk-accessories/jarvis-single-monitor-arm/2548325-1.html?lang=en_US https://store.hermanmiller.com/home-desk-accessories/jarvis-...
  - thecopy 8mo ago
    I use Ergotron, super happy.
lifty 8mo ago
Super disappointed that the base model doesn't get 120hz. I own the old model and it's great, but I will have to look for an alternative 5k display with 120hz refresh rate. There are a few on the market now, and I won't pay 3.5k for 120hz.
thought_alarm 8mo ago
I just use some old textbooks to raise the height of the display: - Design Patterns by the Gang of Four - Modern C++ Design by Andrei Alexandrescu - Code Complete from the Microsoft Press That's enough old paper to raise the display height to a comfortable level.
- microtonal 8mo ago
  I do the same, though ideally the height is different between putting my desk in sitting/standing height.

mistersquid 8mo ago

> Also the non-XDR is only a small upgrade otherwise, no 120Hz, no HDR, only Thunderbolt 5 and a new camera. Finally a downstream Thunderbolt port though. The camera is still 12MP but offers Desk View. Maybe this is a feature unlocked by the improved onboard A-series chip (A19?). I wouldn't sniff too hard about Thunderbolt 5. Thunderbolt 5 doubles throughput to 80 Gbps from 40. Would have loved refresh above 60Hz but then who's gonna get the XDR?

AdamN 8mo ago
Yeah if they put everything on the lower end device than nobody would buy the higher end device.

sylens 8mo ago

Insanity that a monitor that expensive is stuck at 60Hz

dmix 8mo ago

> Pretty lame that the Studio Display with a height-adjustable stand is still 400 Euro more. just buy a nice one on amazon for $100, it's still VESA mounts

conesus 8mo ago

VESA mounts are only a few bucks and give you even better height and tilt adjustment. You also get desk space back. I have a shorter desk (24" vs typical 30" depth) and I have two monitors and a laptop mounted on 3 VESAs and I can extend them so that the monitor edge is inline with the desk edge, giving me the same 24" that a 30" desk would have with a monitor stand.

bibstha 8mo ago
Which mount do you have? I've got a 24" as well and I've never imagined I'd fit 2 monitors.
- JumpCrisscross 8mo ago
  Herman Miller's Jarvis [1]. I'm probably paying up for the brand, but I got it installed a few years ago (with the nano-textured Studio display), and it works beautifully. [1] https://store.hermanmiller.com/home-desk-accessories/jarvis-single-monitor-arm/2548325-1.html?lang=en_US https://store.hermanmiller.com/home-desk-accessories/jarvis-...
- thecopy 8mo ago
  I use Ergotron, super happy.

lifty 8mo ago

Super disappointed that the base model doesn't get 120hz. I own the old model and it's great, but I will have to look for an alternative 5k display with 120hz refresh rate. There are a few on the market now, and I won't pay 3.5k for 120hz.

thought_alarm 8mo ago

I just use some old textbooks to raise the height of the display: - Design Patterns by the Gang of Four - Modern C++ Design by Andrei Alexandrescu - Code Complete from the Microsoft Press That's enough old paper to raise the display height to a comfortable level.

microtonal 8mo ago
I do the same, though ideally the height is different between putting my desk in sitting/standing height.