including the tilt and height-adjustable stand. Conclusion: Apple appropriately got its ass laughed off the stage, and deserves any negative criticism. Adding nano-texture glass, which is the same low reflectivity glass available for the Pro Display XDR, will cost an extra 300 over the base price. Pro Display XDR release date, price & specs for more information about this devastatingly well-specced but steeply priced bit of kit. You dont get bad press for a 6,000 monitor over a 5,000 monitor, you DO get bad press for a 1,000 stand. We do agree that a thousand bucks does seem like a lot of money for a height-adjustable stand, and £189/$200 is a lot for the adapter – but at least you just pay for the one you need rather than Apple increasing the price of the Pro Display and forcing you to purchase the stand if you don’t need one.

The audience appeared to grumble and talk following the pricing announcement (shown below). Many production studios (which we have to keep reminding ourselves are the target market, not consumers) will already have a compatible mount, and will just need the VESA adapter to attach this new display to a wall fitting they already own. At the end of the Mac Pro presentation, they announced the price of the stand: 999. 2 days ago &0183 &32 The 599 Apple iPad Air starts out at a surprisingly low 64GB of storagethe same baseline as the entry-level tenth-generation iPad. Attaches easily and securely to the Apple Pro Display XDR via a. This high-end device was designed to be used. Of course, if Apple bundled the stand with the monitor, the price would realistically be higher for everyone – and not everyone needs it. Apple MWUG2LL/A Pro Stand for Pro Display XDR. When Apple launched the redesigned Mac Pro in December 2019, it also brought out a 4,999 32-inch companion monitor called the Pro Display XDR.

There is a feeling among some commentators that this is a bit of a swizz: that Apple has some brass neck to be asking a grand for a stand when you’re already paying $5k (or more) for the thing it sits on.

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