[vegabook]

auto-correlated downvote trend on a perfectly reasonable point: AAPL is not very innovative as Dell is launching the same monitor. Sure the driver logic might have been the subject of some consulting but if anybody thinks it will not appear within weeks on competitor brands they're kidding themselves. Everything about this display is not proprietary AAPL tech.

[rsynnott]

The Dell monitor is apparently four 2560x1440 panels (a fairly common approach to early-stage 4k monitors/tvs, as well. Anandtech were told that the iMac is controlled as a single unit, so it's probably rather different to the Dell, and yes, they probably _do_ have a proprietary controller.

[glhaynes]

As is discussed above, though, even if such displays appear, who will have anything to plug them into? Yes, some people will be able to go find a specific kind of video card to plug into their homebuilt rig to drive it, but who will be offering something like this that normies (95%+ of the market) will comfortably and confidently be able to just go and buy? That counts for something.

[rasz_pl]

Any card with two outputs will do, just like IBM T220 from 2000y.

[jsz0]

Perfectly reasonable speculation/opinions but there's no technical details available of the internals of Dell's upcoming display that uses the same|similar panel or the iMac Retina at this point. You might be getting down voted for your reasonable speculation/opinions because you presented it as fact. Online discussions can be of higher quality when everyone agrees on the difference between fact and opinion.