Apple copyright claimed and removed the crowd reaction to $1k monitor stand
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They announce the price and the crowd laughs a bit (like whaaaat?)
It's clearly very expensive, but it's a bunch of complicated engineering in that stand, and I am betting that the cost crept up on them. The executives probably weren't keeping an eye on this from a cost perspective. And undoubtedly they chose a manufacturing process for low volume, higher cost, but didn't realize how much higher until late in the game.
Seems clear to me that the Apple presenter (I forget his name) tried to quickly breeze past the cost of the stand to avoid an uncomfortable crowd reaction, not quite successfully.
It is obvious that they priced the stand separately so you can just buy whatever stand you want, if you don't want the fancy one.
[edit] Everything about the new Pro is over-the-top. It is a bit crazy to see. Seems to be signalling a new direction or something. Or they are testing the waters. Clearly they have the capability of creating an absolutely insane device, they just have to internally justify it in terms of the engineering investment.
Except they didn't go with any mounting standard at all so you can only really buy whatever stand you want if you first invest in the (rather expensive) VESA bracket.
your argument is like saying a shoes manufaturer should just include the purse.
it should instead offer more expensive stand options! because people will buy those. I mean, the people that is already buying 6k dispays (I.e. spending that much money and not even being technical enough to buy products based on actual resolution, but marketing "Nk" where N>4)
I thinks it's safe to say apple isn't giving us a good value for our dollar here
Ok, this must be where the confusion is. It's not a fixed stand, nor one with a simple hinge. They showed just a glimpse of a cutaway of the mechanics and gears hidden in support arm. It's not a lump of aluminum, it's hiding some interesting mechanics.
It's clearly over-engineered, I'm not saying it isn't. In typical Apple fashion they decided to go over-the-top in getting a support arm that "feels weightless, moves effortlessly where you want it, and stays exactly where you leave it." That is not trivial while supporting a machined aluminum monitor housing AND is relatively small.