I kinda agree with you but this is for people who don't want to think about it. That 24" monitor is incredible compared to anything sub 500.

A 32" gaming monitor is garbage once you're used to 216 ppi for creative work.

Realistically there is like 1 display from BenQ that even comes close spec wise.

Their target user will pay 1700 and have an incredible machine that does literally everything they want and probably won't need to upgrade for what, 5-10 years in a single purchase. Compared to having to buy a mouse, keyboard, speakers, webcam, and monitor.

Also having good speakers and a webcam is underrated. I use my wife's Studio Display sometimes and it's a real, real nice piece of hardware. I have a 5k LG ultrafine at work that's spec for spec similar but it feels like a toy in comparison (it's also like half the price though so).

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nico_h 2 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Recently bought a retina 32” screen (Japannext 6k 32”) for around $800. Pretty sure you can get a decent kb and mouse for under $100. But a “magic trackpad” alone is way more than that.

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NorthSouthNorth an hour ago | parent [-]

Looks like a cool monitor (900 euros here). I am happy to see that there are more and more of products in this category popping up. I wish they would chose better names though (Kuyon is pushing it, but Japannext is very Aliexpress coded).

	▲	mfcl 8 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		As a francophone, Kuyon sounds funny to me.

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monegator 4 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Disagree. I like my S3425DW (and my oled laptop) much more than whatever my colleague's macs

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altairprime 4 hours ago | parent | next [-]

> I don't understand why someone would buy this.

The old Studio Display still goes for $900 used for 27” so it’s definitely a component of the cost that’s valued by the folks who do end up buying these. The PC market very much wants to disregard the ‘high PPI, well-calibrated color by default, built-in webcam and virtual surround speakers’ aspect of the iMac display but that’s worth the entire cost of the device to someone who wants that out of the box (except at that price you get 27” for display only :) Gaming and very large monitor folks may have more nuanced preferences but I can plonk down this iMac for any generic Mac user and they will be satisfied enough to get work done, barring field-specific technical requirements (primarily in thermals or extreme ram/cpu) that exclude use of an iMac regardless of cost.

You’ll have to be more specific about the manner of your dislike to convey how it may have bearing here — is your monitor preference for Mac use? What’s uniquely great about it to you that Apple’s display lacks? etc.

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NorthSouthNorth 4 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Man, but these Macbook Pro screens are so sweet.

Everyone is entitled to their opinions I guess :P

I never cared about any of this until I had to help my wife with monitor shopping where colour accuracy & PPI is king, and spent some time testing these out. Hard to go back now.

I was using the 49" Samsung Ultrawide for years at work and now I feel like I can count the pixels.

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ryandrake 2 hours ago | parent [-]

100%. Once you get used to an Apple 5K display, the normal and even "high end" gaming monitors just look awful.

	▲	ricardonunez an hour ago \| parent [-]
		That was my experience. The quality of the hardware is also superior. It happened the first time I used a touchpad after using my MBP for a while, it was just bad.

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denkmoon 19 minutes ago | parent | prev [-]

I daily drive a similar monitor and I'd give my left nut for an equivalent with twice the pixel density