Finally, a Mac-friendly monitor
Key Takeaways
Apple
Forget the insane new Mac Studio.
The real star of Apple’s new product lineup is the 27-inch Studio Display.
For Mac owners, buying a monitor was complicated.
Apple
And even our PCs.
To operate all these fancy extras, the Studio Display also contains the A13 iPhone chip.
That chip turns the display into a little iOS computer and powers the fancy effects.
Apple
The result is great for watching movies, making Zoom calls, and even shooting videos.
It’s just so versatile!
Why offload this to an internal chip instead of letting the computer do the work?
The speakers and camera work like the normal dumb speakers and cameras in any computer monitor.
Mac Friendly
Despite all these excellent features, the main appeal of this display is more basic.
That is, it works perfectly with the Mac.
you could use the media keys on your Mac’s keyboard to adjust volume and brightness.
Finally, we get to resolution.
There are almost no 5K monitors on the market.
Because it lets Apple make the on-screen elementswindows, text, icons, menubarthe correct size for easy viewing.
At 27 inches, 4K makes all these elements a little too big.
This means each pixel can be exactly double to a 2x2 retina “pixel.”
That makes everything razor-sharp.
It’s a solid, great-looking screen that doesn’t fight the Mac.
It loves the Mac.
Nowif only there were a way to plug in a Nintendo Switch…
