Jim McCauley, Why everyone’s wrong about Apple’s $999 monitor stand, creativeblog.

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Ben Gilbert, Sorry, Apple’s controversial $1,000 computer screen stand isn’t a ripoff - it’s a missed opportunity, ,.

And for this purpose, it is designed to literally remain behind the scenes. In fact, the word is correct: it is an accessory. However, how could this brand new stand, which doesn’t seem to offer more mechanical degrees of freedom than its early post-millennial predecessor, be so expensive? Is it its design? Is it its material or its finishing? Even some fans of Apple products cannot resign themselves to agree with such a price strategy for an accessory. According to Ben Gilbert, this could be a mistake of messaging on Apple’s part because professionals need to compose their workplace and sometimes the screen stand may appear unuseful or redundant. The Pro Stand does its job and will certainly do it the way Apple’s stuff should do usually. In fact, there’s nothing wrong about Apple’s $999 monitor stand regarding the way you can use it. This is a screen stand from Apple.Įxposed at the WWDC 2019 as a work of art, this masterpiece reminds us of the good old iMac G4 with its arm allowing the screen to be very easily positioned. This may be a simple contemplative object or even a common one though not designed by a famous Loewy, Pininfarina nor Stark.

But the Mac Pro line is an exception it's a device made with a specific type of professional in mind, one who's in an industry in which a $6,000 reference monitor is thousands of dollars cheaper - and in some cases, tens of thousands of dollars cheaper - than the competition.The new Apple Pro Display XDR and its controversial stand Admittedly, Apple isn't known for creating a lot of niche products. This isn't a measure of Apple overcharging for something - it's a measure of Apple selling a niche product with a niche customer and their niche budget in mind, and then failing to stick the landing during the announcement. In other words, instead of presenting the screen's stand as an add-on, Apple should have presented it with the full-package price and an optional $1,000 discount for the professional video editors and developers watching who already owned a compatible stand. The live audience and the internet let out a collective gasp when Apple revealed its 999 Pro Stand stand for the Pro Display XDR announced alongside the. So what should have said was this is a $6,000 monitor, but if you want to buy it without the stand it's $1,000 off - $5,000.'

He continued: 'You and me, and most people watching WWDC, and most normal people just think of a monitor and a stand together. Account icon An icon in the shape of a person's head and shoulders.

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