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by thought_alarm 587 days ago
I wish the same could be said of the Studio Display, which is quite power hungry. If the Mac is running then the display is using minimum 10 Watts of continuous power usage at all times, fan running, with the screen off.

I guess it takes 10 Watts to maintain the Thunderbolt controller, USB hub, A13 processor, and run the fan.

Power usage does drop to <1 Watt when the Mac is actually sleeping, unless anything is plugged into the USB hub. Even an empty iPhone cable will cause the display to draw 5 Watts. It's disappointing.

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Agreed. I’m very impressed with it as a general productivity monitor, but it’s a power hungry monitor. Kind of like an SUV lol.

The built in mics and speakers are fantastic, 5k is great, the webcam is meh.