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TheDrivenDev said:

I tried this monitor to replace my 38" curved UW but the smaller pixel pitch makes text too small when running at full resolution without scaling. The market is still missing a 40" monitor at 220 ppi which seems to be the right size for normal desktop viewing distances.

I run curved 40" 4K (with TV capability, but no Thunderbolt) which I find ideal for my work, offering WYSIWYG D size images, and matches the cinema/thunderbolt 110 ppi, and concur an 8K option would offer the ppi you suggest. 40" is also optimal for 4K video @ desktop distance

www.usa.philips.com/c-p/BDM4037UW_27/brilliance-4k-ultra-hd-lcd-display-with-multiview

I have asked if both should might be worth consideration by / from from Apple, as perhaps actual Apple TVs...?

Then again non OEM connects with most everything, and offers PIP and other options., and free utilities like Quickshade offer rapid brightness adjustment from the keyboard...

rrabu said:

Biggest missing feature is multiple users. I can buy a surface or MBA and various family members can use it. IPad is tied to a single one of my kids appleid.

... does this encourage hardware sales ...?

... has 'lead with your values' been considered in the context of recent examples across the pond...?  Perhaps more critically will this be the AI zeitgeist from The Valley...? A big discussion...

DavidEsrati said:

I guess there is no "Server" for the rest of us.

When they stripped out features- my small business which depended on it's features was thrown into a mess of problems-

much like when our last Airport Extreme bit the dust.

Gone was our easy internal messenger-

gone was our internal wiki and dns setups.
Our file sharing permissions started going wonky.
Our centralized Time machine died-

and - all of a sudden first we have to try the VPP system of software licenses- then the even more complicated Apple business manager- which wasn't set up for business at all- but for schools.
The whole concept of Apple ID- for a shop with multiple computers- owned by a company- and assigned to employees- got super complicated-
and it was super frustrating.
Now- we have a raspberry pi running our DNS and our Wiki
we're constantly having our apple messages go to personal phones instead of computers-

time machine- may or may not work with the remote drives- and stops frequently.
File sharing permissions get garbled more and more-
And in a day when collaboration is all the rage-
we're using fontbase to manage fonts-
and a bunch of other programs that are halfassed collaboration tools- that should be where Apple is scoring big time.

I wonder if anyone at Apple remembers when Apple was a small business?
Because they sure don't act like they care about mine.
Bring back Apple server. Please. Please. With all of it's ease of use capabilities.

I feel your pain... Does a lack of roadmap or official support policy call into question what is worth investing in any software promoted by Apple as the next great thing...?
Have shareholders increasingly benefited at the expense of long invested customers ? Is it time for a change of management that more transparently and predictably supports remaining mac business customers ?

I cannot ever remember a monitor needing firmware upgrades... ?
Has Apple earned a 'plug and pray' moniker since 2011 ?
Is it time for a 'firmware upgrade' of senior management ?