Dan MorenMar 6
Friends, Mac users, Mastodonians, lend me your ears: I come not to bury the Studio Display, but to praise it! https://sixcolors.com/post/2026/03/in-defense-of-the-new-studio-display/
In defense of the “new” Studio Display

When Apple announced the “revision” to its Studio Display last week, I—among others—did a bit of a Spock eyebrow raise. That new tag was doing a lot of heavy lifting: aside from a revam…

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Show threadSebastian Sanne
@dmoren Couldn’t disagree harder 😇 The Studio Display was already overpriced/underspecced when it was originally released. Not adding 120Hz and a height-adjustable stand now is just sad. It’ll keep the volume low, updates unlikely, and it will get eventually discontinued just like the ACD.
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Show threadDan MorenMar 6
@sebastian You're welcome to disagree! It's a low volume product, there's competition in the market, and if it wasn't selling, Apple wouldn't have kept it, much less put out a new version.🤷
Show threadSebastian SanneMar 6
@dmoren I hear you. It does feel to me like Apple has non-core products that get a 3-5 year commitment, only serve a niche, and they then are willing to let languish. They did eventually discontinue the ACD when it was hopelessly outdated, and I’m not sure the market size for such a product (at this price) has changed much since those days.