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Apple Studio Display - Owners Thread

smirking said:
No buzzing with my ASD either.

I don’t think people are doubting that it’s real. There will ALWAYS be faulty units or unusual environmental edge cases, but if it were even remotely common there would be 10 threads a day here about it.
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As I said before. Many of you can consider yourself fortunate. Here in the EU not every country has a legitimate Apple Store and more often than not there are only the so called Apple Premium Resellers which are often voiding the national's legislation and don't want to replace the faulty product. Therefore negative experiences are inevitable. It really ruins everything Apple is known for. Once you experience this it gives a black mark on the upcoming buying decisions you're going to make in the future.

I have no intention to blame anyone. It's just sad and I only wanted to raise the awarness of the issue. In fact, there's a thread on macrumors that is explicitly focusing on this issue alone. It's important not to leave this to oblivion.

https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/electrical-buzzing-noise-coming-from-studio-display.2343738/

https://www.macrumors.com/2022/09/02/apple-studio-display-electrical-interference-sound/

Take care folks!
 
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zoga said:
Those are the reasons I'm still sticking with ASD. Could not agree more on the scaling debate. If macOS had Windows like (non-integer) scaling I would never consider ASD in the first place.
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Do we even know why Apple has taken this approach in their OS ?

Is there any advantage of not going with non-integer scaling from a performance standpoint?
 
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@satchmo "Do we even know why Apple has taken this approach in their OS ? "

Because.
Because all Apple's own displays are now retina.
Because they now design their own Graphics Engines, and have optimised them as they think best?
Because they had to license Clear Type (sub-pixel anti-aliasing) from Microsoft, and wished to stop doing this when they introduced Catalina?
 
The percent of folks in Lisbon that could afford Apple's prices is much lower than the percentage in Phoenix, AZ that has four stores. Apple goes where there is money to buy their products.

It costs a lot of money for the brick and mortar plus employees let alone inventory. The inventory turn over rate is also a major consideration.
 
switz said:
The percent of folks in Lisbon that could afford Apple's prices is much lower than the percentage in Phoenix, AZ that has four stores. Apple goes where there is money to buy their products.

It costs a lot of money for the brick and mortar plus employees let alone inventory. The inventory turn over rate is also a major consideration.
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Well, I would also say that Apple's stronger presence in the USA is also due to the fact that Apple is a US company!

There will also be a higher density of Mercedes dealerships in Germany than in the USA ;)
 
Living on the far east side of the Phoenix urban sprawl, I have two Apple stores relatively close by (20 minute drive or less depending on the freeway traffic. That was not my situation when living in two other states where there was just one store about a 1.5 hour drive away.
 
smirking said:
No buzzing with my ASD either.

I don’t think people are doubting that it’s real. There will ALWAYS be faulty units or unusual environmental edge cases, but if it were even remotely common there would be 10 threads a day here about it.
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This. I had to have the logic board on mine replaced, which I'm thinking isn't common. No buzzing though.
 
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switz said:
Living on the far east side of the Phoenix urban sprawl, I have two Apple stores relatively close by (20 minute drive or less depending on the freeway traffic. That was not my situation when living in two other states where there was just one store about a 1.5 hour drive away.
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I’m preferring Brooklyn where it’s a fifteen minute walk (twenty if I want to get a coffee)
 
satchmo said:
Do we even know why Apple has taken this approach in their OS ?

Is there any advantage of not going with non-integer scaling from a performance standpoint?
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Lots of reasons. Sub-pixel aliasing doesn't work when the screen is rotated -- so that's why it's not in iOS, for starters. It only works on particular hardware pixel layouts. It's computationally expensive on the GPU. It produced inaccurately sized text. It also didn't always work correctly. (There are circumstances on Windows where it goes wrong, too.)
And yes: Apple doesn't sell a display that needs it.

Non-integer scaling usually brings a performance penalty.
 
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Eric_WVGG said:
It is so odd that the dippiest American suburb has 1-2 stores but Lisbon has zero
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No Apple Stores in 2nd biggest city here in in Sweden, where I live.
The capital, Stockholm, has 3 stores, but nothing central, only in the suburbs.
But a lot of other stores sells Apple and do even better trade-in then Apple today, so who cares?!
Apple trade-in is actually totally horrible here, at least a year ago. So I pass.
 
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Arctic Moose said:
My experience is that MacForum provides better service than any Apple Store I have ever used.
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Will have them in mind, it was some time ago I used them. But I will check up a few stores around here.
Haven't bought in physical stores here for Apple-stuff in awhile.
Used a store at the west part of this city, but they seems to have a new owner now, and got very bad ratings.
So my old iPad mini5 that I need to trade in somewhere, will serve as a test-object for the service of the city of the present moment.
 
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zoga said:
As I said before. Many of you can consider yourself fortunate. Here in the EU not every country has a legitimate Apple Store and more often than not there are only the so called Apple Premium Resellers which are often voiding the national's legislation and don't want to replace the faulty product. Therefore negative experiences are inevitable. It really ruins everything Apple is known for. Once you experience this it gives a black mark on the upcoming buying decisions you're going to make in the future.

I have no intention to blame anyone. It's just sad and I only wanted to raise the awarness of the issue. In fact, there's a thread on macrumors that is explicitly focusing on this issue alone. It's important not to leave this to oblivion.

https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/electrical-buzzing-noise-coming-from-studio-display.2343738/

https://www.macrumors.com/2022/09/02/apple-studio-display-electrical-interference-sound/

Take care folks!
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Thank you for sharing your experiences. I hate hearing that for you and the many others who have dealt with the ASD buzzing.
 
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Almost a year now of owning 2 ASDs being used at 2 separate locations and no buzzing whatsoever. Based on my previous experiences, I'd check the electricity in the building and how it's grounded, 99% of the time that's the issue with electronics buzzing
 
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@Dark-Signature the ASD has a poor contrast ratio, it sticks out like a sore thumb among most other modern devices I use. MiniLED would allow for way better contrast and perceived image quality, as well as real HDR support.
 
zoga said:
Many of you can consider yourself fortunate. Here in the EU not every country has a legitimate Apple Store and more often than not there are only the so called Apple Premium Resellers which are often voiding the national's legislation and don't want to replace the faulty product.
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A shop can't 'void legislation'. If you think the machine is defective, then under EU law, you have a case for refund or replacement from where you bought it. Be firm, but polite. Document everything.

I feel your pain, and I would be upset/annoyed if my ASD was buzzing. We can only assume that this was a substandard batch in the production run; but Apple's not going to do anything unless they see a spreadsheet with "Returns" on it.
 
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Thank you for sharing your experiences. I hate hearing that for you and the many others who have dealt with the ASD buzzing.
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Thank you for a kind and understanding response!

benwiggy said:
A shop can't 'void legislation'. If you think the machine is defective, then under EU law, you have a case for refund or replacement from where you bought it. Be firm, but polite. Document everything.

I feel your pain, and I would be upset/annoyed if my ASD was buzzing. We can only assume that this was a substandard batch in the production run; but Apple's not going to do anything unless they see a spreadsheet with "Returns" on it.
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The seller I bought it from is a boutique kind of seller if that makes sense. However, because I didn't order it online but over the phone they said I couldn't resign from the contract as a consumer. Super idiotic I know. In addition they offered me to send a replacement unit which is what they did. It had the exact same issue. Than they sent the ASD to their repair service. Motherboard, panel and PSU were replaced. Same thing again. After that the CEO contacted me and said that they did all they could. And that's about it.

However, since then I've visited two local stores and both had buzzing ASD's (even more severe than mine). Soon after I've come to the conclusion that all ASD's are buzzing and that it's just one of those quirks that are typical for 1st gen products. But you guys are clearly saying that your ASD's are silent and you proved my conclusion wrong. That means I was right ... right from the start. It shouldn't be like that. Period. And that's what I hate the most. Whenever I think about it I just want to forget it all. I guess there are places where people get sub-par quality products, even if they come come from Apple.

Thank you for your feedback and responses!

Take care folks.
 
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zoga said:
Thank you for a kind and understanding response!


The seller I bought it from is a boutique kind of seller if that makes sense. However, because I didn't order it online but over the phone they said I couldn't resign from the contract as a consumer. Super idiotic I know. In addition they offered me to send a replacement unit which is what they did. It had the exact same issue. Than they sent the ASD to their repair service. Motherboard, panel and PSU were replaced. Same thing again. After that the CEO contacted me and said that they did all they could. And that's about it.

However, since then I've visited two local stores and both had buzzing ASD's (even more severe than mine). Soon after I've come to the conclusion that all ASD's are buzzing and that it's just one of those quirks that are typical for 1st gen products. But you guys are clearly saying that your ASD's are silent and you proved my conclusion wrong. That means I was right ... right from the start. It shouldn't be like that. Period. And that's what I hate the most. Whenever I think about it I just want to forget it all. I guess there are places where people get sub-par quality products, even if they come come from Apple.

Thank you for your feedback and responses!

Take care folks.
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Both of my ASDs buzzed at my old house. I moved. They don’t buzz at my new house. I think it was some kind of electrical interference or wiring issue, but I never got to the root cause. Both houses had mini splits, electric car chargers, and similar appliances.
 
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