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<blockquote data-quote="pigoo3" data-source="post: 1622330" data-attributes="member: 56379"><p>I'm with ya!<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /> Apple would/should use the same 27" retina display panel in an external/Thunderbolt display as the 27" retina iMac. This would probably get the manufacturing volume number up enough to help reduce the cost of the display panels (more made + more sold = lower cost to manufacture).</p><p></p><p>I guess I'm thinking how Apple would go about pricing it. I'm thinking when the cost of the 27" display panels get low enough…a 27" "retina/Thunderbolt" display would be $999…and reduce the current 27" Thunderbolt display to $799.</p><p></p><p>I think that the $999 is a "magic number" for Apple for an external display (27" external retina display). If it was over $1000…kind of a whole different ballgame…either realistically or psychologically for consumers.</p><p></p><p>The current 27" IPS display panels have been around for a while now (Apple and others probably using them)… costs should be lower for them compared to 2-3 years ago. So I think $799 would be a fair price for a 27" non-retina external display…and $999 for the retina 27" display.<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p><p></p><p>Maybe Apple needs to see some good sales numbers for the 27" retina iMac first…then jump into a 27" external retina display. It's been a while since the external 27" monitor was updated…an external 27" retina display would be nice update!<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p><p></p><p>Who know's when though. How about a prediction of 1 year from now??<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /></p><p></p><p>- Nick</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="pigoo3, post: 1622330, member: 56379"] I'm with ya!:) Apple would/should use the same 27" retina display panel in an external/Thunderbolt display as the 27" retina iMac. This would probably get the manufacturing volume number up enough to help reduce the cost of the display panels (more made + more sold = lower cost to manufacture). I guess I'm thinking how Apple would go about pricing it. I'm thinking when the cost of the 27" display panels get low enough…a 27" "retina/Thunderbolt" display would be $999…and reduce the current 27" Thunderbolt display to $799. I think that the $999 is a "magic number" for Apple for an external display (27" external retina display). If it was over $1000…kind of a whole different ballgame…either realistically or psychologically for consumers. The current 27" IPS display panels have been around for a while now (Apple and others probably using them)… costs should be lower for them compared to 2-3 years ago. So I think $799 would be a fair price for a 27" non-retina external display…and $999 for the retina 27" display.:) Maybe Apple needs to see some good sales numbers for the 27" retina iMac first…then jump into a 27" external retina display. It's been a while since the external 27" monitor was updated…an external 27" retina display would be nice update!:) Who know's when though. How about a prediction of 1 year from now??;) - Nick [/QUOTE]
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