I’m getting this for my new standing desk.
Jarvis Dual Monitor Arm - Fully | Fully GB
I’m not buying the display or studio - but this with a laptop tray is what I’ll be using with my Macbook Air and HP laptop with a dell 4K monitor.
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I’m pretty satisfied so far, though I think I’m going to spring for the more adjustable stand.
All I wanted was picture quality, stability, and a sleek look. I got that. The Dell 4k monitor I was using was good, but not great. This feels like a meaningful upgrade and one that should last me a long time.
I also don’t use the speakers because I have room for these nearby. 
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I have setup my new Mac Studio (MAX chip) and just started using it. So far just loving it!
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The subtitle of that article says
Rumors suggest a big Apple Silicon iMac is coming, but it’s not here yet.
So I’m holding out for now.
I, too, wish they refreshed the 27" iMac this month, and I hope the rumors are right and they will sometime this year release an iMac with a 27"+ screen.
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Anything is possible but an M1 27" iMac this year looks like a long shot.
" With the introduction of the new Mac Studio and Studio Display, Apple quietly discontinued the 27-inch iMac – which was still sold with an Intel processor. While the company told the press that the 27-inch iMac is gone for good, rumors were suggesting that Apple has a new “iMac Pro” in the works, but this may no longer be the case.
Sources told 9to5Mac that Apple currently has no plans to release a larger-screen iMac in the near future. The information comes from the same sources that revealed to us the plans for Mac Studio and Studio Display in advance."
On the latest episode of Upgrade Jason Snell did a really good job unpacking the differences between Apple-oriented reviewers and the more general tech press on the Studio Display.
He also had some really insightful comments about why lots of reviewers were more negative about the webcam than he was. In a nutshell, he’s got a lot of use out of Center Stage on the iPad, while others seem to be comparing it with 4K webcams or mirrorless cameras, and he’s got fairly good lighting conditions while others desk setups may be more challenging.
I’ve been using my Mac Studio and Studio Display since Friday, and I can’t be happier. This setup replaced my ancient 2012 Mac Pro and 27" Dell 4K display. I was planning to keep my reference monitor which is a 24" 4K Dell display, but getting it to color match the Studio Display has been challenging, plus it’s max brightness is comparatively dim.
I have another Studio Display on order to replace the Dell 4K, but I’m going to try the 24" LG 4K this week—the one that Apple still sells—and see if I can make due with that. The LG is about $900 cheaper than the Studio but has a similar panel and color profile.
As others have mentioned, I was hoping that I could put away my (also ancient) Bose desktop speakers, but the speakers on the Studio Display don’t quite cut it for me.
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If one wants to hear an over-the-top, oh-so-negative, snark review of the Apple Studio Display then the Verge podcast should fit the bill. These folks are so self-satisfied with their tech nerd perspectives and oh so clever remarks that it borders on tech satire
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There are plenty of podcasts/sites with a relatively “pro-Apple” perspective. The Verge has found their niche going the other direction, appealing to the AndroidCentral crowd
Some of them do tend to get a little jaded. I’m excited and impressed at what Apple has accomplished with the Studio and its Display. But I’m not the target audience being happy still with my M1 MBA. Darn. 
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I’ve always found The Verge to be fair, and extremely aware of the larger tech field outside of Apple. But I also find them human, and prone to making “critical errors in judgement” that I disagree with, regardless of the topic at hand. For a long time, everybody said they were pro-Apple, and now they’re anti-Apple. I think they’re just human, and they happen to be good writers and have strong clarity about tech in general.
I do think that it’s hard to review a product like the Studio Display. Flawed in every way except resolution, colour accuracy and gamut, and build priority. But if the three things that are most important to you are those three things, any review that decides anything else is worth mentioning seems flawed.
And in a broader context, the other stuff is worth mentioning, even if it’s not necessarily why many of us have been yearning for this product.
I can’t wait for my Studio Display to arrive. If the webcam quality never improves, I’ll buy a webcam. I don’t care at all. But that automatically makes The Verge’s review kinda useless to me by its nature, and Jason Snell’s much more authoritative. It is what it is 
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Yeah, reviewers are human and they were definitely not given much of a timeline to put together a series of authoritative thoughts on two complicated machines. I wish they were given more advance notice via an NDA or something so they could have more time.
My comments above about the Verge were very much in jest - hence the wink.
I will say that the reason I prefer someone like Andy Ihnatko to most tech reviewers is that he seems to have no interest in being first at anything. He’ll publish an opinion when he’s had time to form a well-reasoned one. I recognize that’s not the business the others are in, but “hot takes” are wrong way more often than they’re right.
This is an interesting way to say this. “Flawed in every way except…” and then, indeed, you list all the things I care about. Just as you said!
The picture quality is unmatched unless you spend thousands more. The build quality is unmatched except Apple’s own $5k monitor. It also has decent built-in speakers, a decent built-in webcam, and a 3 port usb-c hub. For people who dislike the product, I haven’t yet figured out what their priorities are other than “less money.” And that’s fine - I like saving money sometimes too.
But people buying Honda Civics aren’t nearly so aggressive toward people who buy BMWs as are PC/Android people toward people who buy Apple kit. Is there another monitor, at any price, that gives me this screen quality with the extra goodies built in, taboot? If so, I’m still in my return window so I’d love to check it out.
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Well one way to rephrase that is that the Studio Display is only flawed in its price. Because we all agree that, for the type of panel that it is (standard LED), it’s great. It’s just that standard LED is no longer the latest tech, and the price arguably would imply “latest tech inside”. But price is relative.
I think you’ll love your Studio Display when it arrives.
Personally, now that we know that it has the A13 chip and 64GB of storage (!!!), I’m wondering why did they not add bluetooth and WiFi to make this a real disruptor product, a category-confounding beast like the first iPad was.
Imagine this: with bluetooth, you could pair keyboard and mouse to the Display rather than to the Mac or iPad in question, so hot-swapping would become a possibility. Add WiFi, and you would have not only a permanent Hey Siri machine for those who want one, but also an AirPlayable monitor (and speakers) even without a Mac connected. Or perhaps they could just enable iPadOS to run on the Display when no Macs are connected. I mean… the hardware inside is probably powerful enough to run MacOS, so it’s bizarre that it’s running nothingOS.
I seem to remember someone once saying that the most disruptive products are the ones where you can’t even tell their purpose at the beginning… this could’ve been one such situation!
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I’m getting the Studio Display as a placeholder while fondly hoping that the next “affordable” Apple display product with utilize mini LEDs and cost less than the Pro XDR display.
With 5k resolution, I assume? Is that a thing? At any price?
Nothing comparable to the Apple Studio Display or the Apple LG 5K UltraFine Display (5120 x 2880 or better) in that list other than the Apple HDR Pro Display.
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The power cable is removable but not user removable. 
Not sure if this makes Mr. Snell half right, half wrong, or just totally wrong. Some might regard this as egregious misinformation.
Egregious misinformation? Or, just a mistake? Over a tech product.
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