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lolliver said:

I'm still waiting for a lock that is installed into the door frame rather than the door so that it can be connected to mains power. I don't want a battery powered door lock for my front door. There's a reason why commercial door locks that use things like swipe passes don't depend on battery power. 


The approach that all these companies have been taking with smart door locks so far may be easier and cheaper but it's certainly not the best way to do it. 

I’ve had my Schlage Sense locks installed for a year now with no need to replace batteries yet. 

You were forewarned, Mr. Cook, by President Elect in a private meeting at the end of 2016. Why did you wait for 2 years to form such a committee? By now, you would have been ready to move production out of China, logistics genius. 

firelock said:

I run a corporate video department. We have reference monitors, etc. so I get who the new Apple monitor is aimed at why it costs what it does. However, I agree with the other posters that Apple should have come out with a range of monitors that included the new high-end one, but also a reintroduction of their 24” and 27” displays that are aimed at business users (as well as home users and prosumers) that don’t need the very best monitor, but still need something reliable with great color and Apple’s design and build quality.

I know the question becomes “why don’t you buy a good third-party monitor”? Well obviously that is what we have been doing since Apple discontinued their monitors, and the results have been pretty mixed to unsatisfactory. Despite researching reviews and specs, we have had difficulty getting the same color calibration results that we achieved with Apple’s Cinema and Thunderbolt displays, and still achieve easily with the built-in iMac/iMac Pro displays. In addition, nearly all of our users have two monitors. It used to be a no-brained to order an iMac and an Apple display to go with it as a second-monitor and easily match color across the span. Now this is a huge problem.

Completely agree. XDR should be the high end in a line of Apple monitors, not the only option. 

sflocal said:

sirozha said:

sflocal said:

And the Internet trolls and iHaters will continue to compare the XDR monitor to these and cry the XDR is too expensive.

XDR is too expensive. Many people in the US can not afford a car that costs $6,000. Apple should make a replacement for the 27” LED Thunderbolt Display that was released 10 years ago. 

Even though I can afford a $6,000 display, I will never buy it. I won’t appreciate its benefits over a 5K display, and $6,000 for a display is a huge waste of money in my case. I would buy a 27” 5K display made by Apple for $1,000, though. 

The XDR is $6000.  The Sony is $30K.  What alternative math are you using to say the XDR is too expensive?  In addition, why aren't you, and the entire Twitterverse not screaming at Sony for having the audacity of charging $30K for what Apple does - and improves - for $24,000 less?

Apple has the 5K LG monitor that you can buy from their online store.  Consumer level.  You can also buy countless other alternatives at various price points.  Your complaint is simply the issue that the monitors you can have right now at cheaper prices do not have an Apple logo.  That's it.  How dare Apple consult with industry professionals on what constitutes a top-class monitor?!

If you're in a job/position where you need to buy a $30K monitor, how is it a waste of money to buy an alternative - and better - unit for $6K instead?  I would think that guy would get a promotion for saving their department so much money.

I can afford that display too.  I won't buy it for the same reason is that I won't appreciate it over a 5K display.  Simple as that.  I certainly don't think that XDR is too expensive especially when you compare it against what the competition has.  I still don't get why Apple is being skewered especially since Apple just made every expensive monitor obsolete and at a minimum 1/5th the price!

I didn’t say that XDR was too expensive for what it offers. I said that XDR is too expensive for most Mac users while being the only monitor that Apple makes. Apple’s XDR Display will be relavent for 1% of Mac users, if that.  

When it comes to Macs, Apple offers a wide selection of price points for various needs and performance levels. When it comes to monitors, Apple offers one display that is an overkill for 99% of its Mac users and costs so much that 99% of Mac users will never consider it. It’s as though the management doesn’t understand what the ecosystem means. In reality, the management doesn’t understand their own product line, which has been obvious for a decade now. Having released monitors that at least 50% of Mac users would consider over a decade ago just to abandon millions who bought into the Apple Cinema and Thunderbolt displays is the epitome of spitting in the face of their own loyal customers.  

The XDR monitor that Apple recently announced is not the monitor that millions of Apple customers have been asking for. The XDR monitor may be something the execs are proud of and something that gives them the bragging rights, but not what most customers can appreciate or something that will earn Apple any money. 

lkrupp said:

sirozha said:

sflocal said:

And the Internet trolls and iHaters will continue to compare the XDR monitor to these and cry the XDR is too expensive.

XDR is too expensive. Many people in the US can not afford a car that costs $6,000. Apple should make a replacement for the 27” LED Thunderbolt Display that was released 10 years ago. 

Even though I can afford a $6,000 display, I will never buy it. I won’t appreciate its benefits over a 5K display, and $6,000 for a display is a huge waste of money in my case. I would buy a 27” 5K display made by Apple for $1,000, though. 

So I guess you wouldn’t buy a $40,000.00 Sony display either, which is the market the XDR is competing in. What’s so hard to understand that the XDR is for real professionals, not common users? It’s not intended for you so you have no basis on which to criticize its price. In its market the XDR is a bargain. You may not appreciate its benefits but real professionals will for sure.

I guess you have comprehension problems. I clearly stated that I will not appreciate the benefits of the XDR Display, which means that I’m not the targeted audience for this product. 99% of Mac users are not the targeted audience either. Apple needs to release the display that 99% of their Mac customers can use and have been asking for at least for 5 years now. The display with the same screen used in non-Pro 27” iMacs.