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Apple Is Reportedly Working on a Mac Monitor That Becomes a Smart Home Display When Idle
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I just want a non smart display that supports multiple inputs so I can use my work PC with it.
if they didn't screw up the current studio display so bad it wouldn't already need to be replaced... everyone saying the iMac is a waste when ya have to get rid of the computer and monitor at once yet im sure by the time a current Mac Studio is old and needs to be updated you'll want a new studio display as well....
That was my reaction too! I started thinking: hmm....this seems to be a rather stupid idea. But, I will grant that for research purposes, it could be well worth the attempt to figure out and brainstorm. So far though, it would seem to make the actual monitor unnecessarily burdened with features that it doesn't need.
The feature on iPad and iPhone makes a lot of sense because those devices themselves are used to control Home. But a Mac Monitor? How about this: move the feature over to macOS so that if the user desired, this can be turned on on the macOS side using any display to show Home status (probably not control since the monitor is used to control NOTHING).
I don't quite do that but the thought goes through my head when I see someone do that to my monitor! LOL. That said, I found a way to point on a screen, which is instead of using the bottom side of the finger, turn my finger over so that if my finger touches the monitor, the nail touches it gently and therefore leaves no marks!
Another piece of expensive equipment that Apple will cease supporting after 5 years and declare obsolete in 7.
Recently hubby and I started watching some older TV shows and films, like from back in the early 90s, 80s, 70s, and so forth.
It was kinda noticeable that American homes, at least depicted on TV shows, showed the kitchen also included a kind of work desk, not necessarily one for food prep but more for like the telephone, answering machine, and to do some paperwork on. I don't know if that kind of work desk has a particular name. They are often built as part of or extension to a kitchen counter.
This whole idea of using a monitor for being a Home display makes me think back to that time. And, it makes me giggle, because it's so not how we work these days. No one except for maybe those of an older generation (retired?) might be making use of a kitchen work desk to do "paperwork" like balance check book (who does that now?), and to pick up the landline phone and take notes on a notepad from the kitchen.
Thank goodness the idea of a smart kitchen has kinda died. You know, those refrigerators with the built-in display that can also pre-order any items you are running low on (except every time I see suggestions like that I'm like, I'm not that regular, I don't always need to buy the same thing over and over -- not a robot, you know!). This idea of making a monitor be a Home display of sorts seems rather, I don't know, dated?
I feel much the same, however much of the market, particularly the younger generations, are used to touch on pretty much everything (I think most Chromebooks have it and at least here in the U.S. they're endemic in the schools). So if they did add touch, it would be acknowledging where the market is...I'd still keep those fingers away from my clean display though. ;-)
What a useless feature. It would be a built-in screen saver. Why not run the screen saver on the Mac? If saving power is a goal then make the screen black.
I mentally re-wrote this as "Smart Home Display That Becomes a Monitor When You Plug In a Mac" and it makes a lot more sense.
Still don't want one, though.
Still don't want one, though.
Somehow Apple will figure out a way to spin this as being green and helping the environment. 🤣
Can’t imagine how this could be useful.
A house is more than a display in one room where most of the people are not most of the time.
A house is more than a display in one room where most of the people are not most of the time.
Why don‘t they just implement some sort of home hub Lock Screen like this into their current devices? This would make the most sense on iPads, but I can see it being applied to any Mac, Apple TV, or even iPhone Lock Screen/ screen saver. Interactive widgets pertaining to your smart home home that are easily accessible on any Lock Screen upon waking, so you can see your current temps, lights, cameras, etc at a glance and tap into them for adjustments. Their Home App needs a UX overhaul anyway.
I think it’s primarily intended as a monitoring display for Home, and maybe for FaceTime (using the built-in camera). You only use the iPhone for configuring the display (like configuring your lock screen of home screen), and for initiating or accepting FaceTime calls (if you don’t use Siri). I agree that its use would be relatively limited.
yep, and back in those days some people put their first home computer into the kitchen workspace, seen it, but as you day, we have long moved on and this rumor is just total nonsense in the 2020s ... but, whatever Gurman says, most MR users just go with it ...
Depends on what this actually is. If it is just a way to run streaming apps without needing macOS booted (like the latest Samsung 4K and 5K displays can do), it could be useful for a dorm room or bedroom since it could double as a TV.