Should you buy the Apple Studio Display in 2024?? 2-year ownership review

Didn’t realize it had fans. Hate fan noise.

love the alienware sound!

They really have a boner for 120hz for pro models only it’s really dumb

Using windows machine and gaming is irrelevant to be honest for this display. For that sub $500 monitor does better job. This is not the case use for this monitor at all. Even 60 hz is very common on many IPs black from dell which cost close to $1k. It is may be $300 very priced in my opinion for $1100 to 1300 be best price.
I have Alienware Qdoled but text are not great rest is very much. I am going to get apple display as as all other alternatives are not much cheaper with many issues. I have Mac Studio system mainly used for photo editing and generic stuff.

This in-depth review you have made is as much an appraisal of your skills and experience as of this product. If Apple had real gumption they would be knocking on your door in the hope of employing you. This review is a credit to you. I wish you continued success; and thank you for sharing with us your review.........🇮🇪

There is not alternative to this studio display, one you have it you never go back. lol!

I haven't decided whether i choose height adjustable stand version. Do you think is it necessary?

As a coder I’d agree. As a designer, I don’t.

Well young man, when are people gonna learn. Apple isn't made for gaming, it just isn't. It's used more for professional use. Their starting to getting with the gaming side of things, but if want want better gaming results the PC side is your option.

Buying an Apple Studio Display and complaining it sucks at gaming is like buying a V6 mustang and complaining you’re loosing races. It’s not meant for gaming lol

OLED is a tech of 90s It is a 10Bit Monitor

I bought it yesterday

I feel like Apple will be coming out with an updated Studio Display this year. That is what is keeping me from buying one right now. It is so outdated.

You plug in one thunderbolt 5 and it provides three full-speed USB-C ports. Full speed, due to the incredible Thunderbolt 5 interface. Ecosystem is a very important factor. Non Apple products just aren't going to support your Apple ecosystem like an Apple display will. And, I'm sorry, the quality of the image on these ultra-wide plastic displays is shockingly bad. And it's blinding. It glares.

do you experienced eye strain/eye fatigue when using this monitor for prolonged hours?

Thanks for the concise and useful information, Taylor! I'm researching this monitor as an option. I use mac computers (27-inch imac and macbook pro laptop) due to my work as a writer, translator, and editor, which involves reading text on the computer for 8 or more hours a day. (Also, I use three Adobe products on a consistent basis.) So, a good screen that displays text accurately and in focus is important. I've also heard and read eye doctors who recommend the retina display because it lowers the risk of eye strain and long-term vision damage. I wouldn't use the studio display for gaming, so that's not a factor. Neither is the camera, which I would need mostly for meetings. Other monitors I've checked at lower prices are 4K and don't have the 218 ppi that help make text on Mac screens so sharp. BenQ announced a 5K last fall, but it seems like it's not yet out for sale, and its price may be comparable (or higher) than the studio display. Any additional insight would be greatly appreciated.

I have a 43” 16:9 Samsung Neo G7. 103 ppi. Works fine with an Intel macbook pro. There is no substitute for surface area.

That alienware monitor and stand is ungodly ugly though.. as are most of the oled gaming monitors out there. The ASD has the nicest build and stand of any monitor I've seen.

omg that 60hz cod gameplay hurt my eyes lmaooo 😂😂😂 I remember playing on 60hz and got a migraine rofl

8 bit but xdr maam!

The biggest plus of studio display is that it is flicker and BFI free which for people with sensitive eyes is a great news. MiniLED and OLEDs have serious flicker problem due to the way this technology works.

you deff should ! i have one and i love it did not regret for a sec purchasing it

Thanks for a great (and honest) review from a long time (I25 years) iMac user and I am a subscriber to your channel now.

OLED TV is a better option these days. I am using LG 42inch C2 for MacBook Pro and Windows 11.

Great review dude.I couldn't resist myself from buying ASD. I'm loving this display bought specifically for WFH (windows laptop) and M1 Mac mini(personal use). quick note: if you have windows laptop (HP elitebook) you will definitely get 5k res on this display via thunderbolt. Text clarity is just amazing. MS office tools look amazing too. unfortunately you cannot control the brightness of the display if you have windows laptop hooked up,and for that you have to use your mac devices to adjust the brightness.

Got mine a week ago but it's still in the box I haven't seen it yet, I'm waiting for my M4Pro Mac Mini to arrive in 2 days, so I can unbox both 😃

5K 60Hz more or less saturates the DisplayPort 1.4 bandwidth, which is what this uses. I don't think anything right now can actually run 5K at 120Hz without combining the signals from two sources like the early 5K panels we saw from the likes of Dell, that needed to use two DisplayPort ports that it then stitched together. It might be doable with Thunderbolt 5, that has an insane amount of bandwidth, but I don't think DisplayPort has a standard yet that does it as a single stream which is what Apple prefer to do. Remember, they made their own timing chip for the original 5K iMacs to do this over a single DisplayPort stream to avoid the stitching issue which had a tendency to desync if one side of the panel was being updated at a different latency.

IPS is still superior for colour accuracy than the other stuff on the market right now too. Which is what market this is aimed at. Plus a 5K OLED is goiung to cost a LOT more than this does. 5K panels in general are already super rare, which pushes up costs.

Lack of daisy chaining is part of the same issue as the refresh rate. It's at the limit of the connection. Thunderbolt 3 has 40Gbit/s bandwidth, almost all of it is used up by the 5K signal (32.4Gbit/s), there isn't much left for the 3 USB-C ports.

Great video Theo.

As someone who works with multiple OSs, Thank you for this review! Hopefully apple will give it the refresh it deserves!

For random bozos like you. you might as well get a PC and literally ANY display.

The problem with these reviews, and there are many of them like this, the reviewer tells you not to spend your money on Apple studio display but they’re clearly happy that they have such a nice display. They tell you to spend your money elsewhere, but they don’t tell you where that elsewhere is. And if they do end up telling you where that elsewhere is, the monitor clearly isn’t on the same level as the Apple studio display. These reviews could be better.

Do you recommend the Alienware over the studio display if I don’t game and would use it purely for code, web surfing and photo editing?

IPS is much much better on the eyes than oled or miniled, this monitor is a work horse not an entertainment machine,

Great video! I thoiught you were talking too slow and then realized I has set playback speed at .75 for a previous view. My bad. OK - How did you come up wioth 600 NIYS - I cant find a Apple spec. I am trying to decide between apple Studio and BenQ 32225U. BenQ spec says 250-300 NITS and I am worried it will not be bright enough. I am in Chine (rural) and cant actually go to a store to view the BenQ -- Primary use will be video editign with Davinci Resolve and I am not interested in gaming so refresh rate for me is not a factor.Any suggestions will be appreciated.

Don't know how long it'll last, but the Apple Studio Display is $1299 on Amzon now.

I just purchased this monitor. This video convinced me to buy it, and the fact Amazon dropped the price to $1299.

Just got to get those hands in the wallet and buy the sat and that height adjusts 😂

Is it worth upgrading from an iMac 24” (similar to this) to the Alienware 32” 4k OLED? My main use cases are coding, notes, web.

What Oled display works well with an m4 Mac mini? Will it have sharp text?

Here’s how the ‘xxx’ sounds. Everyone watching on their phones ‘Eh!?’

Bless you for trying however.

It is bizzare that a company in 2022 had the arrogance to charge extra for height adjustable stand. People should punish Apple marketing employees for selling this mediocre garbage for such amount of money. But they just incentivize Apple for treating their customers even worse. So these customers deserve this. IPS with 60Hz for 2k USD is a joke to me.

Hey Taylor just found your channel. I love the Apple content, I subbed and definitely looking forward to more content from you

Yes!!!

Great video, subbed

There is a new monitor coming out from BenQ shortly. It's the PD2730S, a 5K monitor with a MacBook setting that could be very interesting for you. I just
ordered a new M4 MacBook pro and will get this BenQ as it becomes available.

Absolutely not. It’s time to tell these people to fuck off with their prices. It’s absolutely goddamn ridiculous. Somebody needs to tell that piece of shit that runs apple that this shit is out of control and we all need to start banning this nonsense. For example, I bought the Geminos t.
People will say well it’s not 4K or whatever but who gives a fuck if you’re not editing for 4K or doing that shit or 5K or 6K or 9K or whatever the fuck they claim to be is better than it doesn’t matter for the average person really You will get immersed and whatever looks good and these things look good. It doesn’t look good. Are these ridiculous fucking crisis from Apple with all of their bullshit. Charging nine times the price of memory than any other company. For what for fuck sakes
Obviously, it’s an OK monitor. But the price is fucking out of control. Where are the assassins when you need them?

great comparison and overall video, thanks! keep it up. also, cute cat

This video was helpful bud thank you!