Workers at Apple Stores or Authorized Service Providers will have the ability to change which stand is connected to the Studio Display, in line with a report from MacRumors, which cites inside Apple paperwork. This is regardless of a warning on Apple’s “Buy Apple Studio Display” page, which says that it’s important to select a stand on the time of buy, as they’re “built-in” and “not interchangeable.”

Apple supplies three totally different stand choices for the Studio Display. You can get both the usual stand with tilt changes or the VESA adapter for attaching the monitor to third-party arms with out paying something additional. If you desire a height-adjustable stand from Apple, it’s a $400 improve. Apple says it’s important to resolve on the time you’re shopping for the monitor — although the MacRumors report implies that you just’ll have the ability to pay to alter stands in a while for those who change your thoughts or get a special desk setup.

Apple didn’t reply to The Verge’s request for touch upon whether or not these stories are correct.

Differences between what Apple says and actuality appear to be a irritating development with the Studio Display. Apple’s “Important handling information for Apple Studio Display” page says that the monitor’s energy cable is non-removable, but The Verge editor-in-chief Nilay Patel, together with YouTuber Linus Tech Tips, have already proven that the cable can in actual fact be eliminated. (Though, in my view, that shouldn’t distract from the truth that making a monitor with an influence cable that’s purported to be mounted in place is admittedly annoying.)

Verge fellow Umar Shakir factors out that, no less than externally, the hinge appears fairly much like the one discovered on Apple’s Cinema HD Display from the early 2000s. According to an archived copy of a service manual, eradicating the stand for that monitor merely required undoing two screws, which suggests a method Apple may’ve designed the Studio Display’s stand to be user-replaceable.

At least, in my view, that’d be virtually the proper use-case for the corporate’s just lately launched Self Service Repair program — it’s the kind of job that most individuals might be snug doing themselves however wouldn’t be so simple that it’d make the Pro Display XDR (with its magnetic stand mount) much less fascinating. Unfortunately, that’s not the world we stay in proper now.

Currently, Apple’s display service and repair page doesn’t point out the reported program that can allow you to get your Studio Display’s stand swapped out. MacRumors does say that the value “will vary based on the region, the type of stand or mount being installed, and the cost of labor” and that the equipment to make the change gained’t be offered on-line, so it appears unlikely that we’ll ever see laborious particulars about pricing on Apple’s web site. We’ll maintain a watch out for any public point out from Apple that that is an possibility — in any other case, you will have to hit up your native Apple Store and ask in the event that they’ll do a stand change for those who’re seeking to get one completed.

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