Much like the tiny-but-beastlyMac Studio, the Apple Studio Display is the key in of equipment onlyApplecould make.
No, Im not talking about the fancy metallic design, 5K resolution, nor its sextuple speaker system.
Nor am I even making fun of the $1,600 price tag.

Apple already confirmed the monitor is using Apples A13 processor the same chip used in the 2021 iPad.
It also uses a similar 12MP front-facing camera for extra-nice video calls with Center Stage support.
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For reference, the A13 Bionicscores roughly1,300 for single-core performance and 3,300 for multi-core performance on GeekBench 5.
That begs the question ofwhyApple would build so much power into a glorified monitor.
Is Apple planning on letting you use the monitor as a standalone computing gadget?
I mean, it already has all the processing power it needs plus a bunch of ports, right?
It sounds absurd, but thats the kind of thing the economics of scale allow for when youre a3-trillion-dollarcompany.