Shame the design looks so cheap and ugly. If I'm paying $1,299.99 for a display I expect more than this.
Why is Apple the only company producing beautiful computers still?
Why is Apple the only company producing beautiful computers still?
Sadly, none of the major computer manufacturers besides Apple seem to have any sense of design. The old ThinkPads (when they were still IBM) are the nearest competitor; at least they were solid, square, and black looking. Stylish, not so much, but at least they looked professional. (I guess Microsoft gave it a good try with the surface; the hardware at least looks kind of cool)
Their laptops are on the shitty Toshiba-ish side of things, granted (although higher quality build). But their monitors and keyboards are top notch. Simple, black, non-glossy bezel. USB ports on the side. Swivel, portrait, and height base adjustments. Their keyboards remain consistent with the 1980s standard PC arrow/home/numpad configuration and not that weird Microsoft/Logitech shit of putting tiny arrow keys in random locations, or F-lock.
I doubt there would be a lot of interest in lurid colours. However, 'stealth black', 'piano black', 'paper white' and 'cubicle grey' might increase the USP and appeal to some customers. The white might make sense to those doing desktop publishing, the stealth black might appeal to those doing video in a darkened, distraction free environment, the grey might appeal to Apple users and the shiny black could be the default option.
In corporate and customer facing environments a muted bright colour that happens to be consistent with branding might make sense so logo-free bezels in red, green and blue could sell too.
I personally don't find them cheap looking and I'd rather have a "plastic" looking bezel with a mate screen over a sleek looking screen with an all-glass shiny front.