I really wish I'd never seen a screen with a 144 Hz refresh rate, I've not been able to un-see the difference from my 60 Hz setup ever since! I've done the same with audio, having bought a decent-ish set of speakers makes everything else sound like arse as much as it makes your music sound good.

I hear this all the time but across the room from my 60hz XDR is one of the fastest IPS panels ever, a 360hz e-Sports oriented monitor and a 144hz 4k monitor...

It takes no appreciable time to adjust when switching between any of the three. Maybe for a split second I notice the mouse cursor and then... nothing.

If I were gaming on the XDR it'd be one thing, but it's a productivity monitor. I don't need 144hz (or more) to watch text scroll, and the improved pixel density is 100x more satisfying for productivity usage.

In fact if anything I'd say going from 6k to 4k is what's more jarring than going from high refresh to low...

I feel the same. I have a 240hz AW2721D, 120hz M1 Pro MBP, and a 60hz iMac and adjusting between them is entirely unnoticeable, even though the difference is smoothness is easily visible.

Similarly, I see a lot of upset over mouse acceleration curves but I adjust to differences within 5-10 seconds of switching at most and forget about it.

Samish set up, same thing. I never notice.

I recently got a 32 inch LG monitor with 144hz refresh rate for about $375. It’s qhd/2k, and VA panel.. honestly I’m in love with it. At the store I had a really difficult time seeing a big difference from my display or a 4k 27 inch. I feel like tons of people can be very happy and save a bit money if they would just trust their own eyes. Like I don’t doubt the apple display is better but $1000 better?? doubt it.

Same here, after I've seen my first Retina screen I can't go back to less than 2x scaling. Coding at 1080p is such a poor experience, my desktop is dual 4K 27 inch screens, and I'm on purpose avoiding high refresh rate screens until decent 4K 144Hz monitors exist and I can buy them.

There's some out right now but they're either crappy gamer panels, very large and low density, or extremely expensive.

Do you notice a difference between 144 Hz and 60 Hz even when interacting with, say, the HN web site?

I notice it when interacting with my computer at all. Mouse movements, alt tabbing, system animations, (some) keyboard inputs. The content being viewed is irrelevant to me; 144 Hz improves my experience across the board.

Yeah I was wondering this. Would they be ok with 4K scaled to look like 1440p? In my experience it's not too noticeable and still looks better than native 1440p even on Mac.

The other big gotcha this monitor has is that like every monitor Apple has made for the past 20 years it only has a single input. It's really tough to find another monitor these days that doesn't have multiple and just can't see any real upside to not having at least an HDMI port (for your Apple TV of course) available.

I'm surprised about this. I ran a high refresh rate monitor for a while, but I didn't really notice or care in day to day usage compared to picture quality. It was a big meh from me. Nice to have, but wouldn't trade even minor picture quality improvements. I have a 30" 2560x1600 display atm, and definitely wouldn't trade either the quality or the real estate for refresh rate. I'd also take auto KVM over refresh rate, or usb-c single cable docking over refresh rate, but it would still be nice to have

Is 144hz useful for anything other than gaming?

Yes, scrolling, mousing, etc. just feels nicer. I wouldn't say it's necessary but neither is 5K.

It's also better for watching videos at 2x speed.

All the new M1 MBPs (and the iPad Pro and the iPhone 13 Pro) have 120hz refresh rate. Not exactly 144hz but it matters enough that they put that on the whole product line.