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Nano-Texture Display Option Returns to iMac
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Have you experienced this on the iPad? The iPad nano texture is not the same as the one on the desktop displays.
That’s always the trade-off with matte vs. glossy displays. You either have to live with glare or with slight graininess. Physics is a bitch.
the grainy effect its a defect from Tandem OLED screen should not be seen and immediately returned.
I have been using matte displays for over twenty years (since CRTs stopped being a thing) and they are all grainy. That has nothing to do with the OLED graininess on the iPad Pros. And the nano-texture iPad Pro is grainier than the regular iPad Pro, I tested them several days side by side.
Disagree with this. 24" is plenty enough for a simple home computer which is all the iMac is aiming to be.
If you want a larger display Apple has you sorted with the Studio Display or the XDR if you want to go all out
which is actually considered better? the glossy display or matte ?
I thought the monitors darken and burn in faster than the CPU. CPU can easily last 10 years, I know I am using macbook 2015 no complaints.
No thanks, why would you pay all the extra $$ for an AIO where the monitor will far outlive the useful life of the CPU and you have no way to use it afterwards.
Mini + Monitor FTW! Plus a couple of velcro cable ties for those that obsess over such things.
I thought the monitors darken and burn in faster than the CPU. CPU can easily last 10 years, I know I am using macbook 2015 no complaints.
I remember when 17 was huge. I am actually using 13" laptop, its adequate for a laptop
Perhaps OLED but I've not had burnin on any monitor since the CRT days. Yes, a CPU can last 10 years, under certain circumstances, but if you were to poll all active Macs I think you would be in the oldest 25%. Don't get me wrong, I am very happy we are past the "every 3 years" of the old PC days but you cannot deny that if you do anything more than light surfing and email or value new OS features you are probably going to upgrade in the 4-6 range.
As for which is better? Purely what you like. Glossy is sharper but shows reflections, Matte is less sharp but does not show reflections nearly as bad making them good for bright rooms, windows, etc.
Not really. Because that isn't anything I said.
I was referring to how the option for nano texture is NOW being offered on silicon iMacs, when the default memory finally gets increased ( after years of pleading because many thought 16GB should be the default & paid for it ), which means there is now a $200 optional offer being replaced with another.
The timing of the new option just seemed interesting to me. Especially the matching price. Nothing was said about the new display option being free, or should be made to be free.
actually, yes that is what you said!
cynically, you said apple just decided to reach into its bag of "$200 upgrades" to engineer another way to get your money. My comment about it being free is in respect to this...it costs apple money to etch a display panel, so we can agree that this upgrade should cost *something*.
i can understand that the fact that it is exactly the same price as the ram upgrade is, but i paid $100 for the nano texture glass on my iPad pro (13 inch) this summer.
quick value assessment:
iPad pro, 13 inch = 10.4X7.8 aka 81.12 sq inch., $100 upgrade aka $1.23 sq. inch for antiglare
iMac, 24 inch = 20.9x11.7 aka 244.53 sq inch., $200 upgrade aka $0.81 sq. inch for antiglare
these are estimate but like, the cost is pretty on par with what i paid for my iPad pro this summer, if anything, you are getting a better deal on the iMac. I really don't like zero-sum thinking.
well yeah if you do 3D image and the like surely you will hugely benefit from an upgrade, none the less I believe that is a niche user base out of the common users. I really do not expect John Doe with Blender and Logic Pro on his Macbook.
You're working hard to make my comment your comment.
With the announcement that NOW MBA's suddenly come with 16GB default, including the ones available in store already. My comment was about Apple suddenly being able to meet customer's long time requests, to meet investor interests in AI. ( This whole year of Apple products has been about changing the line to input AI into everything they can, and allay investor concerns over Apple falling behind in that area. ) Then still get that "Apple tax" back with something else on the iMacs. You can call it "engineering" if you want, but the fact that the nano option hadn't been offered until the change in default memory is an interesting coincidence. Since I believe you could get nano texture when there were ( 2020 ) 27 inch iMacs. Where did it go? Did the "engineering" stop for a brief time? No. It's something that Apple could have provided & charged for when the M series started, but for their own reasons did not.
I said nothing about anything being free or not. Obviously the nano texture cost to make, otherwise it wouldn't be a BTO option.
What I said was we lost an optional offer, and Apple found another lying around to take it's place if needed. As I said, interesting timing with that.
Congratulations on the glass on your iPP. I just brought a removable anti glare textured screen for mine. Win Win for both of us, if not completely irrelevant.
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What are folks’ opinions on whether this is the laser-etched nano texture technology they used on the last Intel 27-inch iMac, Apple Studio Display, and Pro Display XDR versus the more durable chemically etched nano texture they’re using on the iPad Pro M4? I was inclined to think that the iMac nano texture was the same as their other desktop displays with the laser-etched technology, but now that the laptops have the option, I’m thinking they may just be using this new chemically etched process going forward. Also, the upgrade to nano texture on the Pro Display XDR is $1000 and the Apple Studio Display is $300, but on the iMac it’s only $200 and the MacBook Pro only $150 (available across all models). I guess we won’t know for sure until the reviews come in next week.
It’s a big question for me because I’ve had no trouble keeping my iPad Pro M4 with nano texture clean, but I know that the original technology was a big pain to maintain.
It’s a big question for me because I’ve had no trouble keeping my iPad Pro M4 with nano texture clean, but I know that the original technology was a big pain to maintain.