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Switchresx m111/21/2022 ![]() I'm just very worried that one day I will accidentally splash coffee on it, sneeze on it or something else and it won't be easy to clean and will leave permanent splotches on the screen. It requires a special cleaning cloth and cannot be cleaned by any other means. Looking at parts of the screen that are not directly in front of my field of view felt slightly darker but appear normal as I move my head closer to them or moved further back.Īnother significant concern is with the nano-texture glass. Not a traditional vignetting where the corners are darker, but more so stemming from my field of view. First off, I did notice a kind of vignetting with the display and have heard this directly from a few other XDR owners. There were, however, some concerns as well. I'm incredibly impressed with its performance in a variety of lighting conditions. #SWITCHRESX M1 PRO#That's not an issue at all with the nano-texture Pro Display XDR. The glare was too annoying for doing any real work. The impressive nano-texture glass: My Dell display was matte but I still couldn't use it in my living room when I had a light on behind me. The integrated USB-C hub in the XDR takes care of accessories I need like my webcam, security key and Logitech USB dongle for mice. The XDR just needs power and one single Thunderbolt 3 cable. The simplicity: Setup was a breeze and I can't stress how refreshing it was to take down my older monitor and all of its required cables. It felt like I more actively had to move my neck around to look at the whole screen. It honestly took about a week to get used to the size. I had never been in front of such a large computer monitor. The size: After the typical lovely unboxing with Apple's insane attention to detail, I found myself looking at a huge XDR display on my desk. I'm back to running at the native 3008x1692 resolution. Unfortunately, it does not seem possible to use a custom scaled resolution like that with my new M1 Max-based MacBook Pro. That was all fine and great while I had an Intel-based Mac. Of course, the Retina 2x mode is only 3008x1692 on the XDR, so when I find myself wanting more screen real estate and am okay with sacrificing some sharpness, I use SwitchResX to move to a 3840x2160 scaled resolution. With the XDR, there's more resolution and a physically larger display, so this is less of a problem. Running at the native 3840x2160 was possible but everything was impossibly tiny. The problem with running 4K on my prior 27-inch display was that I always had to be running a scaled resolution to be able to see things large enough to interact with. #SWITCHRESX M1 FULL#I could rattle off the long list of specs but I'd prefer to just keep it simple and only mention the ones really important to me: 6K resolution, nano-texture matte glass, 1000/1600 nits with full P3 wide color gamut, as well as the stunning design and simplicity of it with just one cable to charge and run from my 16" MacBook Pro. ![]() Then the 32-inch Retina 6K Apple Pro Display XDR was announced. The LG 5K remained the only other good contender if your machine could run 5K over Thunderbolt 3 and you didn't mind the ridiculously glossy, reflective display and dull aesthetics. There weren't any new traditional 5K panels, just lots of ultrawide 5K displays being introduced. I had always kept my eye on the new computer displays ever since then but the options for non-gaming displays continued to feel stagnant. #SWITCHRESX M1 PC#At the time it was a great 27" monitor with both Mac and PC support, 4K resolution and impressive color accuracy. For several years I relied upon my Dell UP2718Q 4K display originally described in my 2018 article, Building a Lightroom PC. ![]()
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