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Re:MacBook Pro Keyboard Drives Me Crazy by asdff on Wednesday August 28, 2019 @08:09PM (#20825404)
You think the company that makes you buy an extra 'fuck you' dongle to plug in your brand new phone into your brand new computer will let you trade up?

Sorry if you already bought the lemon model. I'd sell before the new one drops to take less of a hit if I were in your shoes.

Re:MacBook Pro Keyboard Drives Me Crazy by delfinom on Wednesday August 28, 2019 @09:07PM (#20825729)
Don't forget makes you buy a monitor stand separately for that few thousand dollar monitor
Re:MacBook Pro Keyboard Drives Me Crazy by msbarnett on Wednesday August 28, 2019 @09:32PM (#20825882)
Meh. That’s an incredibly high end reference monitor targeted at a niche set of high end video producers that already overwhelmingly prefer to rack mount their reference monitors.

Most of the target market doesn’t need or want that stand.

Re:MacBook Pro Keyboard Drives Me Crazy by pkamb on Wednesday August 28, 2019 @10:00PM (#20826001)
Most of the should-be-targeted market just wants a $1500 retina display.
Re:MacBook Pro Keyboard Drives Me Crazy by ztjio on Wednesday August 28, 2019 @10:56PM (#20826279)
LG sells a perfectly good one for $1299 that Apple also sells in their stores. They are very good displays.
Re:MacBook Pro Keyboard Drives Me Crazy by DaiPlusPlus on Thursday August 29, 2019 @01:55AM (#20827023)
I find their asymmetry to be ugly and visually distracting: there's no excuse for the "chin" on the top of the monitor - I'm surprised Apple OK'd the design at all - and just-as-surprised that they didn't equal-out the bottom bezel of the display in the new 2019 revision just to make it seem balanced.

Also, the fact it's a single-input monitor without HDMI input is a deal-killer for me: multiple-input monitors are fantastic when you have multiple machines on your desk and alternate between them based on the current job (e.g. laptop in docking station, Mac Mini for Safari + iOS testing, main desktop, dangling HDMI cable for connecting to tablets and phones).

Re:MacBook Pro Keyboard Drives Me Crazy by EugeneOZ on Thursday August 29, 2019 @05:23AM (#20827990)
No, they are not. As an owner of LG OLED TV, I know it for sure.
Re:MacBook Pro Keyboard Drives Me Crazy by EugeneOZ on Thursday August 29, 2019 @06:01AM (#20828150)
LOL, dear downvoters, tell me more about my TV, muhaha.
Re:MacBook Pro Keyboard Drives Me Crazy by kumoflow on Thursday August 29, 2019 @06:52AM (#20828342)
I have an LG tv and have no problems, but not regarding that, Apple uses LG displays on their macbooks and ipads (not sure about the 5k imac). This is probably why you are being downvoted.
Re:MacBook Pro Keyboard Drives Me Crazy by EugeneOZ on Thursday August 29, 2019 @06:56AM (#20828367)
And I have LG TV and have problem, so what, lol? "I don't want to believe they can be bad"? Muhaha!

At least try to google first how many people have issues with LG monitors.

Re:MacBook Pro Keyboard Drives Me Crazy by prvc on Thursday August 29, 2019 @09:27PM (#20835240)
A not insignificant number of fans will buy it anyway.
Re:MacBook Pro Keyboard Drives Me Crazy by mises on Wednesday August 28, 2019 @09:25PM (#20825836)
I get it's an easy target to make fun of, and it's probably over-priced, but the concept of a separate stand is not entirely unreasonable (especially as many "pros" already have stands they like). At least they're offering a VESA adapter, though it's stupid to charge $200 for it.
Re:MacBook Pro Keyboard Drives Me Crazy by slowmovintarget on Wednesday August 28, 2019 @09:49PM (#20825960)
Nah, they give you a $1000 discount on the monitor if you already own a stand.
Re:MacBook Pro Keyboard Drives Me Crazy by FighterMafia on Wednesday August 28, 2019 @09:23PM (#20825820)
"makes you"

huh..

Re:MacBook Pro Keyboard Drives Me Crazy by wlesieutre on Wednesday August 28, 2019 @09:18PM (#20825794)
You plug your phone into your computer?
Re:MacBook Pro Keyboard Drives Me Crazy by judge2020 on Wednesday August 28, 2019 @09:23PM (#20825826)
~~Deploying and debugging iOS apps is still not available via wi-fi I believe.~~ Edit: added xcode 9.
Re:MacBook Pro Keyboard Drives Me Crazy by julien_c on Wednesday August 28, 2019 @09:59PM (#20825998)
Yes it is
Re:MacBook Pro Keyboard Drives Me Crazy by wlesieutre on Wednesday August 28, 2019 @10:54PM (#20826270)
You have to plug it in once to enable this, so you still need a dongle or cable.

I'm all aboard the USB-C train though, if only Apple would switch the rest of their lightning stuff over.

Since that's not happening, here's hoping that this year's iPhones finally ship with a USB-C charger and USB-C to Lightning cable in the box.