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Apple turns monitor height adjustment into a $400 upsell

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Re: Apple turns monitor height adjustment into a $400 upsell

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Post by ksec »

signa11 wrote: post #24
pcmoney wrote: post #18

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.

i 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 ?

>high quality monitor that doesn’t look terrible.

Eizo may be high quality, but it doesn't do well in aesthetic.

Re: Apple turns monitor height adjustment into a $400 upsell

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Post by JaimeThompson »

apetrovic wrote: post #15
danielktdoranie wrote: post #9

Yeah, Apple's stuff is expensive. This is still alarming to someone? If you're looking for inexpensive, you don't go to Apple. That's not what they do, or have ever done.

It's not alarming, it's just an excuse for a clickbait title. Yesterday that monitor didn't even existed. Today half of internet acts like life on Earth is impossible without it.

Isn't "half the internet acts...." the same sort of emotional appeal that click bait is?

Re: Apple turns monitor height adjustment into a $400 upsell

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Post by hn_go_brrrrr »

ksec wrote: post #31
signa11 wrote: post #24

Earlier quoted context omitted.

i 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 ?

>high quality monitor that doesn’t look terrible . Eizo may be high quality, but it doesn't do well in aesthetic.

I 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.

Re: Apple turns monitor height adjustment into a $400 upsell

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Post by JohnTHaller »

llampx wrote: post #3

Maybe we can pull all the threads complaining about Apple's pricing into one thread. A complaint about the price of a TB4 cable: https://www.businessinsider.com/the-thunderbolt-4-pro-versio...

I still can't figure out who would buy this given that name brand, active, 2m Thunderbolt 4 cables go for under $60. And generic brand 2m cables that are tested and well reviewed for under $40.

Re: Apple turns monitor height adjustment into a $400 upsell

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Post by jdrc »

pcmoney wrote: post #18

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.

It isn't so much about aesthetics, but the look screams 'apple'. Apple is an aspirational lifestyle brand

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Post by [deleted] »

saiya-jin wrote: post #26
pcmoney wrote: post #18

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.

That'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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Re: Apple turns monitor height adjustment into a $400 upsell

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Post by kipchak »

thebean11 wrote: post #13
Hamuko wrote: post #6

The worst part of the new display is that the stand is integrated - you cannot change your mind after you buy it. So if you buy a fancy monitor arm a year after you got your Studio Display with a height-adjustable stand, you'll have to buy a new Studio Display, except this time with a VESA mount. If you insist on getting a Studio Display, the best option to future-proof your purchase is to get the one with the VESA m…

That's a pretty mind boggling decision. These things live on your desk, adding a minuscule amount of bulk to support both mounts wouldn't hurt, and is one less SKU to manufacture..

Perhaps the intention is to get you in the door for $1600, but have the SKU most people wind up buying be $2000.

Re: Apple turns monitor height adjustment into a $400 upsell

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Post by abcd_f »

pcmoney wrote: post #18

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.

Eizo makes fantastic high-end monitors.
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