Well, it may be overkill but it’s at least a step up from the flash that many monitors use which is a type with a relatively low number of writes. Even if this thing gets dozens of software updates and the user is tweaking settings constantly, the phone-grade flash isn’t going to wear out any time soon.
Apple Studio Display Contains 64GB of Storage, but Only 2GB Used
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Re: Apple Studio Display Contains 64GB of Storage, but Only 2GB Used
#12The Apple Studio Display is a very Tim Cook sort of product. Cook is the supply chain and logistics wizard who saw Apple into the behemoth era, and the mentality he brings to the company is all over this device.
The 27" panels from the now discontinued iMac in that size meet the A13 Bionic at end of life, and the same front-facing camera they put on everything else. The Studio Display is a bit like a restaurant serving chicken soup a few days after featuring roast chickens.
I'm surprised they didn't ship it with FaceID immediately, but I presume they have to iron out the kinks since it's never been used on the Mac before, and everything is there for them to turn it on in an update.
I can get a lot more display for $1500 (MSI Prestige 5k2k), and I'm left with a hunch that Apple's third modern display is going to be the first one I find at all compelling.
What Apple has done here is provide an obvious purchase for someone who would have gotten a 'big' iMac or iMac pro: the Mini for the former, the Studio for the latter, and the Studio Monitor. If you want the monitor to have great color range and accuracy, and good speakers, and a better webcam than a laptop which won't look up your nostrils, it strikes me as a reasonable price, I happen to just want my monitor to be a monitor.
Re: Apple Studio Display Contains 64GB of Storage, but Only 2GB Used
#13So, looks like Apple may be planning to release their own ios powered Smart TV in the future.
Ask yourself how many dorms have no other TV than an iMac.
The number isn't less than ten thousand, and it probably breaks six figures.
Re: Apple Studio Display Contains 64GB of Storage, but Only 2GB Used
#14If this thing gets a jailbreak, it's poised to be a legendary display. It's essentially really powerful computer embedded into a display. By processing the stream, many interesting stuff can be done. Maybe it can detect guns, faces or human figures in games and help game players? Maybe it can be used to record, stream or manage the screen? Of course, I assume it has access to the image delivery. Maybe it cannot acces…
> It's essentially really powerful computer embedded into a display.
If by "really powerful computer" you mean "couple year old cellphone" then yes.
I wonder if the iOS device is connected to the display at all or if it just there to run the camera and some peripherals?
If it is connected to the display, I wonder if the future game plan is to allow for a wireless display using something similar to Sidecar. Totally laggy for some, totally convenient for others who may wish to wirelessly dock a smaller screen iOS device to it.
Re: Apple Studio Display Contains 64GB of Storage, but Only 2GB Used
#15I don't think there's anything to see here. It's just because that's the component they have lying around. The economy of scale likely means it makes more sense for them to reuse what they already have than to manufacture something new with lower storage.
It seems like the cheapest way to make "centre stage" work without having to make a completely new target device. It sounds like a pragmatic way to keep the device supported at minimum cost.
Re: Apple Studio Display Contains 64GB of Storage, but Only 2GB Used
#16So, looks like Apple may be planning to release their own ios powered Smart TV in the future.
I don't think they will. They are in the brain market, not the screen market. TVs are basically a home appliance. People rarely replace them, and when they do, it's often the cheapest 4K display at their desired size. Apple is not about any of that. Yes, they could easily build a super premium TV, but what kind of a margin they could squeeze if they make it a top-of-the-line TV with all the features you can imagine?…
Before the iPhone and the >500€ price tag, the mobile phone market was like the screen market you describe. Computers were also boring before the iMac. It takes some magic to change that, but it's highly possible that Apple could try it.
Re: Apple Studio Display Contains 64GB of Storage, but Only 2GB Used
#17The Apple Studio Display is a very Tim Cook sort of product. Cook is the supply chain and logistics wizard who saw Apple into the behemoth era, and the mentality he brings to the company is all over this device. The 27" panels from the now discontinued iMac in that size meet the A13 Bionic at end of life, and the same front-facing camera they put on everything else. The Studio Display is a bit like a restaurant servi…
I haven't heard of that monitor, but looked it up as looked interesting - people say it has burn in, that it randomly turns off when using M1 Mac Mini, that you can't get full resolution on some Macs (though maybe they used wrong cables) and that can only update the firmware via Windows.
I think this is where Apple 'just does stuff right' - you know if you buy the Studio Monitor that it will just work, having built in webcam is really nice, I presume it will charge a laptop etc.
Price is steep though.
Re: Apple Studio Display Contains 64GB of Storage, but Only 2GB Used
#18The Apple Studio Display is a very Tim Cook sort of product. Cook is the supply chain and logistics wizard who saw Apple into the behemoth era, and the mentality he brings to the company is all over this device. The 27" panels from the now discontinued iMac in that size meet the A13 Bionic at end of life, and the same front-facing camera they put on everything else. The Studio Display is a bit like a restaurant servi…
Apple would not introduce functionnality like Face ID in an update. That is not how they operate. As a matter of fact, I'm not so sure they have every single sensor required for Face ID in that display.
Re: Apple Studio Display Contains 64GB of Storage, but Only 2GB Used
#19FaceID
There's folks in this thread talking about why FaceID is lacking from this display given there is presumably just an iPhone 11 logic board in this display and I think they are missing the bigger picture here. I'm not certain FaceID will ever come to a non-iOS device, here's why...
With your iPhone/iPad - the OS knows you want to be authenticated because you pick up the device and the device uses that pickup/accelerometer to indicate when to trigger FaceID.
But on your laptop or Studio Display, they are stationary devices while in use. So what would macOS use to trigger when FaceID should be initiated? If the trigger event is you pushing a key on your keyboard, then how is that any better than you pushing the TouchID button?
EDIT: as a total aside, I still don't understand why my biometric is my "password". Shouldn't my biometric be my "username".
Re: Apple Studio Display Contains 64GB of Storage, but Only 2GB Used
#20If this thing gets a jailbreak, it's poised to be a legendary display. It's essentially really powerful computer embedded into a display. By processing the stream, many interesting stuff can be done. Maybe it can detect guns, faces or human figures in games and help game players? Maybe it can be used to record, stream or manage the screen? Of course, I assume it has access to the image delivery. Maybe it cannot acces…
> It's essentially really powerful computer embedded into a display. If by "really powerful computer" you mean "couple year old cellphone" then yes. I wonder if the iOS device is connected to the display at all or if it just there to run the camera and some peripherals? If it is connected to the display, I wonder if the future game plan is to allow for a wireless display using something similar to Sidecar. Totally la…
No I mean really powerful computer. iPhone 11 can handle quite complex tasks, people do real time face/expression tracking and mesh modelling, image processing, video editing and all kind stuff on this device.