The display has no buttons and requires MacOS 10.15.2 in order to select reference modes create custom calibrations, adjust brightness, Dolby Vision, HDR10 and HLG playback Nano-texture glass, $299 Tilt-and height-adjustable stand, $399 VESA mount adapter, no extra cost but doesn't look like it works with Apple's stands Nano-texture glass, $1,000 Pro stand, $999 VESA mount, $199 The Studio Display, on the other hand, seems like it wants to be all things to all people on paper it looks like an iMac without the system attached or an older-generation iPad Pro, right down to having a processor inside. The Pro Display XDR is a purist's monitor, with a design and feature set geared toward content creation and nothing but.

webcam and speakersĪside from the size, this is the biggest 'which one?' gap between the two, and the main characteristics which make them aimed at very different uses. I don't doubt that Apple's nailed the color accuracy, but there are a lot of unknowns at the moment. Rather than say, simply scale back the brightness, reduce the size and simplify the stand of the Pro, which would serve the same audience for far less money, Apple's created a mainstream monitor that will likely be good enough for the larger group of creators-slash-Apple devotees. But it's still left me waiting for a less-expensive model of the Pro Display XDR. Many were hoping the $1,599 monitor would be a smaller, less expensive version of its $4,999 sibling, the Pro Display XDR. A sigh of disappointment emerged from a lot of folks when Apple announced its new Studio Display at its March product launch event.

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