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Every time I buy the LG 5K I feel a little sad (it's overpriced for what it is, outdated, and limited with non-Macs), but every time I use it, I'm happy with the purchase.

Biggest downside (aside from the price) is extending the Apple lock-in.




I've also had a great experience w/ this monitor.

As mentioned elsewhere, it and my mac are sensitive to the cable, so it's worth trying a couple if they give problems. (More apple idiocy: what if we put the same connector everywhere, but made devices super sensitive to some qualities of the cables, connectors, or who knows what -- there's definitely no way this will be super confusing for users!)


This is also somewhat usb-c in a nutshell. Not all ports or cables are made equally, and the spec very much allows that.


I have two. One has a bad burnin problem. It takes 30min to set and the rest of the day I see that original image. The other has a weird color wave.

I used to buy an iMac 27 so I could have a great first screen. I’d like to go back or have an apple monitor again.


I can actually connect it to Ubuntu and use some code to simulate physical buttons. So you are not totally locked in apple ecosystem.




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