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New Apple Studio Display and Studio Display XDR Don't Work With Intel Macs

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If you still have a Mac with an Intel chip inside, you're not going to want to pick up one of the new Studio Display or ‌Studio Display‌ XDR models.

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According to Apple's list of compatible Macs, neither model will work with an Intel-based Mac. Apple says that the ‌Studio Display‌ is compatible with a long list of Macs dating back to 2020, but they all have M-series chips inside.

  • 16-inch MacBook Pro (2021 and later)
  • 14-inch ‌MacBook Pro‌ (2021 and later)
  • 13-inch ‌MacBook Pro‌ (M1, 2020 and later)
  • 15-inch MacBook Air (2023 and later)
  • 13-inch ‌MacBook Air‌ (‌M1‌, 2020 and later)
  • Mac Studio (2022 and later)
  • Mac mini (2020 and later)
  • Mac Pro (2023 and later)
  • 24-inch iMac (2021 and later)

Apple started phasing out Intel Macs in 2020 when it released the first devices with Apple silicon. Intel chips were phased out in the ‌MacBook Air‌ in 2020 and ‌MacBook Pro‌ line in 2021, and other Macs followed. The last Intel Mac was the Mac Pro, and the Intel version was discontinued in 2023. Apple hasn't sold an Intel Mac for close to three years.

With Intel Macs long discontinued, Apple is phasing out support as well. macOS Tahoe will be the final software update for Intel-based Macs, and Intel Macs will not get macOS 27. While Intel Macs will not be updated past ‌macOS Tahoe‌, Apple plans to provide security updates for three additional years.

The new ‌Studio Display‌ and ‌Studio Display‌ XDR will be available for pre-order on March 4 at 9:15 a.m. Eastern Time.

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zorinlynx Avatar
zorinlynx
5 weeks ago
It's just a display. Why does it care what CPU the host computer is using? Why is it more complicated than it needs to be do its job as a display?
Score: 89 Votes (Like | Disagree)
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curnalpanic
5 weeks ago
No worries, my Intel Mac is an iMac and already has the same screen.
Score: 63 Votes (Like | Disagree)
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Blackstick
5 weeks ago
If you're remotely in the market for an overpriced $3000 panel, you've had an Apple silicon Mac for many years by now.
Score: 43 Votes (Like | Disagree)
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hieranonymous
5 weeks ago
I feel bad for anyone who purchased an Intel Mac Pro in 2023. I understand the necessity of planned obsolescence in this instance, but it underscores what a bad-faith proposition the Mac Pro has become for Apple in general. They’re charging top dollar for a chronically outdated piece of hardware. Even the current Mac Pro is an absolute joke.
Score: 28 Votes (Like | Disagree)
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dugbug
5 weeks ago
Is this apple speak for 'intel macs cannot use all of the new features therefore we will declare them unsupported'? because surely these monitors will take a video signal
Score: 25 Votes (Like | Disagree)
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Blackstick
5 weeks ago

I feel bad for anyone who purchased an Intel Mac Pro in 2023. I understand the necessity of planned obsolescence in this instance, but it underscores what a bad-faith proposition the Mac Pro has become for Apple in general. They’re charging top dollar for a chronically outdated piece of hardware. Even the current Mac Pro is an absolute joke.
Speaking unofficially on behalf of the media powerhouse I work for, we've got 2013 trash can Mac Pros STILL handling control room jobs. For a show that's on the air every morning. "Latest greatest ≠ ideal" for many Mac Pro customers.

We have the ear of Apple, they'd want us to replace these with Studios, but yeah - video guys are very often can kickers "if it works, don't touch my setup!" These are often run headless as servers too, so a display is pretty irrelevant anyway.
Score: 24 Votes (Like | Disagree)
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