27' seems to be a sweet spot for 4K (at least for me), I have fairly good eyesight, but even at about 24' from where I sit, I have to run the interface at 125% scale through the operating system to keep things easily legible. 2 in landscape and one vertically oriented for Slack and email.

I currently have 3 Dell P2721Qs on my desk and couldn't be happier. Getting to the far corners of the display became a chore and items at the corners were just not in my field of vision. When using Vectorworks intensive menu system it really was 'too big'. But I have had WQHD (1440P) and multiple 4K monitors over the last several years. I can't speak to Apples 5K iMac monitors, as I'm a MS user. I'm thinking that if need be I could add another 24' LG. I'm finding that I prefer the 4k over the 5k apple monitor, at 59 years of age my eyes have been changing and not for the better. Previously I was working on a 27' Imac Pro and was concerned with the LG being a smaller screen size and lower resolution. We opted to go with the LG ultra fine 23.7' 4k model. We desperately needed to upgrade one of our old work stations, a MacPro 2021, and decided to go with the Macbook pro M1 MAX as well as an external monitor.

Both are 3840x2160, so one has a larger screen size while the other has better pixel density (the 27' iMac is 5120 × 2880):ĭoes anyone have any monitor advice or wisdom to offer? Based on online research, I'm thinking of these 27' & 32' BenQ models that have a ' CAD/CAM' setting. My eyes are getting worse with age, and VW UI icon design legibility has gotten worse as well. The 2020 Intel mini is still available and that’s what crucial and others are selling memory.As far as monitors are concerned, I'm nervous that anything I buy will be visually annoying now that I'm used to the 27' iMac Retina display. Pick any ten apps you want to start and race the entry level Air with any Mac of your choosing - iMac Pro, Mac Pro, or an 8 core MacBook Pro - there are only few specialized tasks where the Air is slower. Real world benchmarks are showing them completing work dramatically faster than 12 core Mac Pro with 32 GB of RAM. I would not mistake an 8 GB RAM Air, Pro or Mini for anything but a beast of a workstation for most tasks. Everything is soldered to the logic board for Apple Silicon Minis. The SSD chips have separate placement on the logic board from the Processor board. There is no slot or place to add memory on the M1 based Air, Pro or Mini.

RAM Memory on the Apple Silicon M1 Processor is integral to system package “chip” that’s mounted as one unit to the logic board. No RAM upgrade - you would need to reflow new processor board or be skilled enough to rework the one you have.

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