[Hamuko]

The worst part of the new display is that the stand is integrated - you cannot change your mind after you buy it. So if you buy a fancy monitor arm a year after you got your Studio Display with a height-adjustable stand, you'll have to buy a new Studio Display, except this time with a VESA mount.

If you insist on getting a Studio Display, the best option to future-proof your purchase is to get the one with the VESA mount, because at least that way you can have a free choice of stands/arms.

[adanto6840]

Indeed. I was actually about to buy one, they are within the same price realm as other good+ 5k monitors. I was reading through the stand offerings, debating between the height-adjustable or "not" (ie just the standard stand & most likely using my cheap monitor arm) -- then I realized/read the "integrated & can't be changed" and my mind was boggled. I abandoned at that point.

Not having the ability to remove the stand, like virtually all other monitors, is really just anti-customer IMO.

If I get the stand & later want to VESA-mount it, what, I have to sell the monitor to buy a VESA version?! Absurd & really disappointing, especially for a monitor product that otherwise seemed relatively well-positioned.

[thebean11]

That's a pretty mind boggling decision. These things live on your desk, adding a minuscule amount of bulk to support both mounts wouldn't hurt, and is one less SKU to manufacture..

[kipchak]

Perhaps the intention is to get you in the door for $1600, but have the SKU most people wind up buying be $2000.