Many users of Apple products have been waiting for just over half a decade for the possibility of Apple launching a new standalone display to use with their equipment that doesn’t cost a million.
According to this, all eyes were on Apple’s “Peek Performance” event to see what the news would look like. Finally, the company not only introduced its first new monitor since 2011’s Thunderbolt Display, but evoked nostalgia with the name Studio Display.
Looking back, Apple last used the Studio Display name in 1999 with the iconic 17-inch Apple Studio Display ADC. Created for the Power Mac G4 and Power Mac G4 Cube, it featured an Apple-proprietary display connector not found on any other Mac.
New Studio display from Apple isn’t that limited, but from name to aesthetics, it’s clearly meant to go along with the mac studioor at least, a Mac without a camera.
With or without Mac Studio, the Studio Display should be the answer to many fans of the company’s wish list. And in many ways it is: a massive 27-inch 5K display.
Plus, it packs a 12MP ultra-wide camera, six-speaker audio system compatible with Spacial Audio, studio-grade microphones, three USB-C ports, and an optional tilt and height adjustment base. with adjustable stand.
At its core, it packs a pretty impressive feature set with the price ranging from $1,779 with standard glass finishes to $2,029 for the nano-textured glass model.
first Comments of the Apple Studio Display, we were able to find contradictory positions. Some complain about the quality of the camera, while other specialists point to the lack of OLED, HDR and ProMotion, as well as the slippery rubber pads.
They all agree on the same point, which is still an overpriced product compared to other Mac-compatible monitor options on the market, especially if you’ve already invested in one. mac mini or in a mac studio.
But what makes the Studio Display such a frustrating product isn’t Zoom’s call quality or high price tag. It’s more the fact that Apple has seemingly gone out of its way to give us everything and everything we really want.
An iPhone inside
We’ve learned a lot about Studio Display since it started shipping last Friday. We already knew it had an A13 Bionic processor inside, but now we know it also has 64GB of storage (although it only uses 2GB).
run too iOS 15.4 and will presumably also receive regular iOS updates, like any other device. That’s a lot of processing power inside for a fascinating display and technology.
While almost all monitors have a chip inside, most don’t have a CPU or GPU, certainly not as powerful as is the case here with the A13 Bionic.
Why Apple needs so much processing power inside the Studio Display isn’t entirely clear, but it’s at least in part to handle Center State, Spatial Audio, and the personal assistant. Siri.
What’s frustrating is that seeing all this potential makes you wonder how much more the Studio Display product could have been. After the presentation, my colleague Jason Cross floated the idea that it could be a smart TV that works with Apple TV.
Make it an Apple TV bunch of cowards! https://t.co/YyqTGpegGO
—Jason Cross (@JasonCross00)
March 21, 2022
Now that we know its internals, we think it could very well be. There is more than enough storage inside the Studio Display to host the application AppleTVand with what is a basic 9th generation iPad motherboard, Bluetooth and Wi-Fi could have been included.
The possibilities of an independent display with the innards of an iPhone are quite remarkable, but the Studio Display looks like it won’t take advantage of it. A 12 MP camera with Center Stage is a great thing, but it’s not a deciding factor in your purchase.
Neither spatial audio nor the ability to handle Siri. However, if we could install apps on the Studio Display and run them independently of a Mac, it would be a worthwhile display.
good but not great
Most of the reviews I’ve read have been about the design of the Studio Display, and the finishes are certainly much better than dozens of cheap plastic displays out there today.
Nothing catches Apple’s eye except for the logo on the back. The bezels and bezels could be slimmer, the stand could be slimmer, and the cable management could be sleeker.
It’s not ugly, but it’s not flashy either, especially when you think back on it and remember its namesake. More than 20 years after Apple stopped selling it, the 17-inch ADC Studio Display is still a work of art that makes you stop when you see it. This latest model, not so much.
So while we got what we wanted with Studio Display, we also wanted more. There was a time when an Apple Studio Display or Cinema Display was the best you could buy.
In the case of the new Studio Display, we can only say that it is a good product but nothing more. Take a look at the article on best monitors and screens for mac.
This is an article published in the sister magazine, igamesnews US.
