At its 'Peek Performance' event, professional-grade Pro Display XDR was the only monitor officially sold by the company, which retailed for an outstanding $4,999. For that reason, the monitor wasn't a serious consideration for most Mac s.
The new Apple Studio Display isn't actually the first display of that name. The company originally sold a Studio Display from 1998-2004 in both LCD and CRT variants that were commonly paired with the PowerMac G4 and PowerMac G4 Cube. The G4 Cube had a similar form factor to the just-announced Mac Studio computer, so it's fitting that the new display inherits the former nomenclature. The Studio Display was sold alongside the Apple Cinema Display for a few years, which was the last consumer display released by Apple. The Cinema Display was introduced in 1999 and received updates until 2010; however, the monitor was discontinued a year later in 2011. Though the similarities are indeed present, the new Studio Display is far and away the best consumer monitor the company has ever created.
The all-in-one computer's iconic 'chin.' That's because the M1 iMac's 'chin' housed the computer's logic board and much of the internal components, and without those components, Apple was able to shrink the bezels of the Studio Display. The newly-announced Studio Display is a 27-inch monitor with a 5K Retina screen. It has all of the features that s have come to love about Apple displays, including true-tone technology that adjusts the monitor's color temperature based on the ambient light in its surroundings. The Studio Display offers a bright screen — up to 600 nits of peak brightness — and for over a billion colors on the P3 color gamut.
Studio Display Stands Out From Other Monitors
The Studio Display stands out from its market competitors by offering built-in features aside from impressive display technology. It has three USB-C ports that can transfer high-speed data, graphics, and power. Through a single cable, the Studio Display can serve 5K video streams, transfer 10 GB/s data, and provide up to 96 watts of power to a connected Mac. That's enough power even move with them during calls.
The Studio Display undercuts Apple's other monitor — the Pro Display XDR — by a wide margin, but it certainly isn't cheap. It starts at $1,599 for the base model, which includes the standard glass finish and a tilt-adjustable stand. For the nano-texture glass with anti-reflective coating or the height-adjustable stand, the sticker price will climb even higher. Though the Studio Display is priced considerably higher than other monitors, it's much more than a monitor. The Studio Display is a one-cable solution that effortlessly turns a MacBook or Mac desktop into a full desktop system. People looking for an all-in-one experience in the Apple ecosystem that want the option to upgrade their Mac down the line will likely find that the Studio Display's feature set outweighs the high cost.
Source: Apple