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Don't forget that the Apple Studio Display has a hard-wired power cord. Seriously. The last monitor I owned with a non-removable power cord was a CRT.

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Unfortunate but, frankly, not something that I care about at all. Yes, it might have been nice to be able to use a standard cable connector for some things, but that has very little material impact on use of the monitor.

This seems more like a moral panic than a true compromise of the functionality of the monitor.

I mean, pets chew on cables. Office chair wheels run over cables. Desk feet end up on a cable. Corners of things wear down cables. There's a reason all other monitors have removable cables. And not all are standard. Some have power bricks outside of them. But all are user replaceable. Having to service a $1,500-$2,000 monitor because the cable isn't easily replaceable is just stupid.

Sure it's inconvenient but if you have a damaged cable ring your local electrician. They will just cut it and put a little inline junction box on it. Won't be as elegant but will also probably cost $100. Or just repair it yourself.

That would void your warranty. And $100 is more a rural fee. In a major city, it's gonna run you more than that. Or, get any other monitor and replacing the cable is about 6 bucks.

This is not true. [1] It is non-standard power cord, but it is removable

[1] https://twitter.com/reckless/status/1504473080348884992

With a lot of force anything is removable

A direct reply to that tweet shows the Apple documentation stating that they consider it non removable by the end user

https://twitter.com/aaron_bukovsky/status/150500134118950502...

Let's an image with it re-attached; without a visit to the Geek Bar, at least.

Linus from LTT YouTube channel tested it and it works: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E75mtGjDRRI&t=1502s

It required significant force to disconnect it first time but then it goes out and in as expected.

He happened to get it out without the connector cracking. Though it got pretty chewed up. This will no doubt void your warranty as Apple specifically says it isn't removable.

Is it phsyical possible to remove it yes. But it was not designed for it to be removed, it's non standard, it requires a significant amount of force to do so, and apples own support documentation says that it is not removable so you'd likely void the warranty by doing so. https://support.apple.com/guide/studio-display/important-saf...

OTOH, the last time I had any reason to care about a removable power cord was ... never. I've never had an AC power cable fail.

I've never had an AC power cable fail either, but I have had a pet chew on one and ruin it, or made it unsafe to use (Thankfully no injuries resulted).

Surely a removable power cord would ruin the whole aesthetic!?

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