{"id":33660,"date":"2019-06-09T08:30:04","date_gmt":"2019-06-09T15:30:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pindelski.org\/Photography\/?p=33660"},"modified":"2019-06-09T08:39:08","modified_gmt":"2019-06-09T15:39:08","slug":"apple-stupid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pindelski.org\/Photography\/2019\/06\/09\/apple-stupid\/","title":{"rendered":"Apple.  Stupid."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><i>Greed redefined.<\/i><\/p>\n<p>You can get a top quality <a href=https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/BenQ-Photographer-SW2700PT-Calibration-Controller\/dp\/B012UNOCJY\/ref=sr_1_7?keywords=benQ+monitor+27%22&#038;qid=1560093637&#038;s=gateway&#038;sr=8-7 target=_blank>BenQ 27&#8243; monitor<\/a>, with stand for $600:<\/p>\n<p><center><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.pindelski.org\/Blog2\/BenQ.jpg\" width=\"669\" height=\"668\" alt=\"\" \/><br \/>\n<i>The 27&#8243; calibrated BenQ monitor.<\/i><\/center><\/p>\n<p>Apple however Thinks Different and has determined that not only will its new monitor sell for $5000 (likely using a regular LG panel) but wants you to pony up an <i>extra<\/i> $1000 for the stand &#8230;.<\/p>\n<p><center><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.pindelski.org\/Blog2\/Apple_Stand.jpg\" width=\"353\" height=\"200\" alt=\"\" \/><br \/>\n<i>The $1000 stand for the $5000 monitor.<\/i><\/center><\/p>\n<p>Either Apple has concluded that their professional customers base is, you know, stoopid, or they need a new CEO.  Heck, they have needed a new CEO, someone who occasionally has an original idea, since Steve passed.<\/p>\n<p>As for myself, I use a 30&#8243; Apple LCD monitor in its elegant aluminum case which I bought used 5 years ago for $400.  It calibrates nicely using a puck and is a joy to behold.  And yes, it came with a stand included.<\/p>\n<p><center><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.pindelski.org\/Blog2\/Apple_monitor.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" alt=\"\" \/><br \/>\n<i>The elegant 30&#8243; Apple LCD monitor.<\/i><\/center><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Greed redefined. You can get a top quality BenQ 27&#8243; monitor, with stand for $600: The 27&#8243; calibrated BenQ monitor. Apple however Thinks Different and has determined that not only will its new monitor sell for $5000 (likely using a regular LG panel) but wants you to pony up an extra $1000 for the stand &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/pindelski.org\/Photography\/2019\/06\/09\/apple-stupid\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Apple.  Stupid.<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[87],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-33660","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-mac-pro"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pindelski.org\/Photography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33660","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pindelski.org\/Photography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pindelski.org\/Photography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pindelski.org\/Photography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pindelski.org\/Photography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=33660"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/pindelski.org\/Photography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33660\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":33665,"href":"https:\/\/pindelski.org\/Photography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33660\/revisions\/33665"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pindelski.org\/Photography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33660"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pindelski.org\/Photography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=33660"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pindelski.org\/Photography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=33660"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}