larz2112

StrangeDays said:

larz2112 said:

lkrupp said:

tyler82 said:

All of the news and social media posts about the news out of WWDC is about the $1k stand. Even the audience was gasping and laughing.

Apple should have just incorporated the price of the stand into the monitor.

Over two hours of fantastic news and announcements and it all boils down to finding a negative and pounding away on it. And it’s not only the tech world, it’s our entire society. Social media has let loose a monster that remained chained for many decades. From body shaming to bullying, from politics to religion, from health issues to money management it’s become vicious and predatory. Just take these very AI forums that are filled with viciousness and hate all day long. It’s as if the only way you get any credibility here is to savagely attack Apple and its management team day after day after day. Any positive response is pounced upon as sycophancy and fanboyism. 

So you go right ahead and keep pounding away at your favorite negatives. Trash Apple a much as you can about the monitor stand. Bleat it out to the universe. I guess that's what you think you need to do to keep any credibility here.  

"...savagely attack Apple"? Please stop with the melodrama. You do this all the time. I think it's justifiable for folks to be critical of a $999 monitor stand. If  Samsung or some other company released a $999 monitor stand, would you defend it so strongly? Honestly? And whether you realize it or not, you are to some degree perpretuating the "viciousness and hate" when you continually criticize others for being critical. As Sgt. Hulka said, "Lighten up Francis".

It's expensive because it's a heavy-ass monitor. I use VESA arms for my heavy-ass Mac, and they were hundreds. Guess what? They still suck. They wobble, sink, and generally are janky. I doubt very much Apple's solution will be janky. And that's why it costs more. See how that works? 

Pretending it's the same as some cheap plastic stand for a cheap plastic monitor is disingenuous. 

But it doesnt matter because it's not for you. You won't be buying one of these ultra-highend reference monitors, period. 

bigtds said:

I have to say, that computer is pretty ugly.

lkrupp said:

tyler82 said:

All of the news and social media posts about the news out of WWDC is about the $1k stand. Even the audience was gasping and laughing.

Apple should have just incorporated the price of the stand into the monitor.

Over two hours of fantastic news and announcements and it all boils down to finding a negative and pounding away on it. And it’s not only the tech world, it’s our entire society. Social media has let loose a monster that remained chained for many decades. From body shaming to bullying, from politics to religion, from health issues to money management it’s become vicious and predatory. Just take these very AI forums that are filled with viciousness and hate all day long. It’s as if the only way you get any credibility here is to savagely attack Apple and its management team day after day after day. Any positive response is pounced upon as sycophancy and fanboyism. 

So you go right ahead and keep pounding away at your favorite negatives. Trash Apple a much as you can about the monitor stand. Bleat it out to the universe. I guess that's what you think you need to do to keep any credibility here.