March 8th event announced!

[Andropov]

The height-adjustable stand looks neat. But for $400 I can buy a lot of reams of paper (which is what i have been using for years to height-adjust my monitor)

Heh. My copy of Compilers: Principles, Techniques and Tools has the perfect thickness to raise my LG UltraFine so I can snugly fit my 13" MacBook Pro with the screen open under it. You can buy 5 of them with $400 too.

 

[Cmaier]

Heh. My copy of Compilers: Principles, Techniques and Tools has the perfect thickness to raise my LG UltraFine so I can snugly fit my 13" MacBook Pro with the screen open under it. You can buy 5 of them with $400 too.

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Nice thing about paper reams, though, is that it’s height-adjustable . At AMD I needed 2.5 reams, but at Sun I needed 1.25

 

[jbailey]

Nice thing about paper reams, though, is that it’s height-adjustable . At AMD I needed 2.5 reams, but at Sun I needed 1.25

I just bought a VESA arm. It solved all my monitor height issues. It was this one. Only the price seems to have gone up, I paid $35.70 and now they want $41.80.

 

[Cmaier]

Heh. My copy of Compilers: Principles, Techniques and Tools has the perfect thickness to raise my LG UltraFine so I can snugly fit my 13" MacBook Pro with the screen open under it. You can buy 5 of them with $400 too.

You inspired me to rearrange my monitors vertically.

 

[Andropov]

Nice thing about paper reams, though, is that it’s height-adjustable . At AMD I needed 2.5 reams, but at Sun I needed 1.25

You inspired me to rearrange my monitors vertically.

Ha! You're right that paper reams are better at fine-tuning height. I can't fit the 16" MBP under my screen because no book in my shelf is big enough

 

[Cmaier]

And people say us electrical engineers can't do mechanical engineering ...

Ha! You're right that paper reams are better at fine-tuning height. I can't fit the 16" MBP under my screen because no book in my shelf is big enough

 

[Herdfan]

So how hard is it to use a Late 2015 iMac as a monitor for a Studio?

 

[mr_roboto]

So how hard is it to use a Late 2015 iMac as a monitor for a Studio?

Extremely. Apple briefly had an iMac feature called Target Display Mode which let an iMac act as a DisplayPort or Thunderbolt monitor, but it went away in 2015 with the introduction of Retina. Unless you consider Screen Sharing an acceptable way to use it as a monitor (you probably won't if you try it), you're out of luck.

 

[Renzatic]

Great, now my computer __and__ my monitor can crash independently ...

Welcome to the future.

 

[DT]

Welcome to the future.

Yes, this technological utopia is amazing ... now pardon me, while I go reboot my TV, refrigerator and car ...

 

[Cmaier]

Yes, this technological utopia is amazing ... now pardon me, while I go reboot my TV, refrigerator and car ...

I've had to reboot my car many times. Friggen Elon.

 

[lizkat]

I've never understood introducing new colors so late in the cycle. But they keep doing it, so they must sell.

I dunno if it's the color so much as people just waiting to see how the model in question is received by the early adopters. I'm glad they often have the Product(Red) color around to roll out later on because I'm not always a fan of some of their other color options.

If I were to go for a phone this time I'd probably go for that red SE. I'd keep my sunflower yellow XR for WiFi use as sidekick to my laptop, bc of my aging eyes, but the smaller form factor on phones was always my preference for walkabout usage or when traveling, and the price and the upgrade on the SE are pretty nice.

But my XR works fine and so I'm definitely going for the new iPad Air to replace my old 10.9" iPad Pro.

 

[Herdfan]

Extremely. Apple briefly had an iMac feature called Target Display Mode which let an iMac act as a DisplayPort or Thunderbolt monitor, but it went away in 2015 with the introduction of Retina. Unless you consider Screen Sharing an acceptable way to use it as a monitor (you probably won't if you try it), you're out of luck.

Thanks. I remembered screen sharing on my 2011 iMac, but haven't heard it mentioned lately.

I guess they don't want people using old iMacs as screens vs buying their screen.

Thanks.

 

[Yoused]

I've had to reboot my car many times. Friggen Elon.

Is it a car that crashes while parked?

 

[DT]

I've had to reboot my car many times. Friggen Elon.

I had to one time in the first 30 days after my first post-delivery update (non-responsive wheel buttons). Going on 1 year, have not had to reboot since.

 

[Runs For Fun]

Great, now my computer __and__ my monitor can crash independently ...

I heard someone found a string in a plist that said something like “your monitor has been restarted due to a software error”

 

[lizkat]

I heard someone found a string in a plist that said something like “your monitor has been restarted due to a software error”

Hell I see that line flash through my brain every morning while trying to execute the module for a pour-over coffee.

 

[Runs For Fun]

Officially dead

Apple’s 27-inch iMac disappears from its store with no fanfare or replacement

Rumors suggest a big Apple Silicon iMac is coming, but it’s not here yet.

arstechnica.com

Update: Apple confirmed to Ars that the 27-inch iMac has reached end of life.

 

[Yoused]

I have my doubts about a 27" iMac. Prior to AS, there was a 21.5" and a 27"; now we have the 24", which neatly splits the difference. The Studio+Studio-display fills that 27" iMac space very nicely, provides modularity (simplifies Apple's product line), and the box fits neatly under the display with forward-facing USB ports/SD reader. I find it difficult to imagine how one might want the bigger iMac when it is all right here, and more ergonomic.

 

[SuperMatt]

I have my doubts about a 27" iMac. Prior to AS, there was a 21.5" and a 27"; now we have the 24", which neatly splits the difference. The Studio+Studio-display fills that 27" iMac space very nicely, provides modularity (simplifies Apple's product line), and the box fits neatly under the display with forward-facing USB ports/SD reader. I find it difficult to imagine how one might want the bigger iMac when it is all right here, and more ergonomic.

I highly doubt rumors that come out the day after an Apple event, by people that predicted something that failed to appear during the event. It’s like “well the thing I predicted didn’t appear because……. it’s coming next year!” It’s saving face. They get something from posting the rumors, and unless they can explain how they got it wrong, they will be ignored next time.