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Apple Studio Display - Owners Thread
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The iMac G4 had a similar mechanism for the arm (counter-balanced weights) and AFAIK none has become looser over time. Mine sure hasn't.
Yes definitely sticking with the tilt only option at this point. Also ordered one of these custom wooden stands:
The LAST STAND for Apple Displays - Etsy
Rule #18: Limber up. Neck and back pain from slouching at your desk is not going to help you escape a zombie apocalypse. Raise up that display to stay upright and looking straight ahead. It could save your life. Hand shaped, this stand is perfect to add some height to your display so that its more
My desk has a very shallow depth. Can someone measure what the depth of the display is, without the part of the stand that protrudes forwards? See attached picture:
Keep in mind: With the high adjustable stand, you see the hole in the stand and cables when the display is set to a higher position. That breaks the visual cleaniless to be honest. 
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A great, not typical on specs etc... review
Nice stand but I prefer the ones that are wider and with space below, made of wood alsoYes definitely sticking with the tilt only option at this point. Also ordered one of these custom wooden stands:
The LAST STAND for Apple Displays - Etsy
Rule #18: Limber up. Neck and back pain from slouching at your desk is not going to help you escape a zombie apocalypse. Raise up that display to stay upright and looking straight ahead. It could save your life. Hand shaped, this stand is perfect to add some height to your display so that its morewww.etsy.com
Hmm be careful with this stand, I see it as disaster waiting to happen. It is too narrow and you could knock off the iMac/ASD very easily. Also, do you know if the footprint of the ASD stand is the same as the iMac.Yes definitely sticking with the tilt only option at this point. Also ordered one of these custom wooden stands:
The LAST STAND for Apple Displays - Etsy
Rule #18: Limber up. Neck and back pain from slouching at your desk is not going to help you escape a zombie apocalypse. Raise up that display to stay upright and looking straight ahead. It could save your life. Hand shaped, this stand is perfect to add some height to your display so that its more
Keep in mind: With the high adjustable stand, you see the hole in the stand and cables when the display is set to a higher position. That breaks the visual cleaniless to be honest.
The XDR at Max-ish* Height:
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Dude, you're going to make us all crazy with stuff like that! 😁 But seriously, good catch, and thanks for the idea of using a speed square to quickly check it. Mine is, thankfully, bang on, so you should definitely see if it can be adjusted or if not, replace it.
I'm amazed Apple pulls this off at all. When you think about the manufacturing tolerances required to perfectly align two pivot points so that the ends of a monitor about 60cm apart are set to within a fraction of a millimeter--well, pretty impressive.
You must have been a CNC operator or manufacturing engineer / designer ?
Many people don't ever talk about manufacturing tolerances these days - they assume a robot takes care of the tolerance build ups....
It’s a better panel than the 5K iMac and LG UF. I don’t know why YouTubers don’t all understand this still.
I don’t agree about the speakers personally. I have cheap 2.1’s and they sound far better.
He was a little too gentle about the webcam but otherwise I agree with his other points.
Apple historic ‘refresh rate’ on monitors has been 4-6yrslol I know what you mean, especially in regards to a clean workspace.
I've been debating with myself the past few days recently too about my order, cancellation, and reorder. It's in regards to other things, but my mind has been split a few different ways.
I wonder how quickly the Studio Display would get a refresh and if the next version would work out all these kinks in a decent time? Next year? I have no idea. That's kind of what would help me make a clearer decision. I could wait it out for a year with my current setup, but 2 or 3 for an update or a refresh? I'd rather just pay now than to wait that long. Since there's no precedence or timeframe, it's making it more difficult for me to stick with the decision
But maybe since this is the first with an ‘iPad inside’ (A13 chip) it’ll get on the 1.5-2yr rotation. 🤷♂️ But I doubt it.
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I definitely don't want to wait 2 years 😖
I'm now debating the regular stand vs tilt+height stand.
I will sometimes have books or reference material (magazines, material samples etc) in front while designing. Having a tilt+height stand is good for temporarily lifting the monitor up and out* the way for extra room below directly in front for those moments. I'm wondering if it's not just better to put it on a monitor riser or stand permanently 🤔 The minimalist part of me wants to not own a monitor riser. I was in the middle of an* office setup when the Studio Display dropped. I feel like I'm going to have to do mockups of an office and desk setup that would work long term, going through all my use-cases to see what is a want vs a need.
The delivery times for the regular stand is a month earlier, so if I switched to the regular stand it would cut my wait time. I'm still split lol 😵💫
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I think you can have Apple convert it to the height-adjustable stand.
Agree!
The Studio display with 600 nits is much better than the older LG panels.
I thought it wasn't going to be enough, but the brightness & clarity blew my socks off!
The distance using your red arrow there is 4.25 inches.
I was concerned about the height and unadjustable studio monitor, so I bought this riser to compensate. Should be fine. Though pricey, I was fortunate to get $50 off using my points from my credit card.
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Great, thank you so much! Every inch counts on such a shallow desk; the LG UltraFine 5K is about 5 inches.
This. I don't know why people keep saying it's the same panel as the UltraFine. Even YouTube videos that compare them side by side clearly show better contrast and brightness on the Studio Display. Like... that's important for a display.
If you want a bit of height without spending the money on the tilt and height stand, Twelve South have the riser which if you were using a Mac Mini paired with the ASD, fits neatly in the shelf.
Twelve South makes good stuff and they've been around a long time. I've used the Book Arc in the past, though I leave my MBP open these days.
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