, providing a possible best of both worlds when it comes to productivity and performance.
Dell’s monitor does come with a height-adjustable stand that lets you rotate the monitor to put it in a vertical orientation, unlike the Studio Display, which requires a $400 upcharge for a height-adjustable stand that doesn’t support rotation at all. The XDR doesn’t come with a stand at all — that will run you a cool $1,000 more.
The main difference between Apple’s monitors and Dell’s is in the design department. While the Studio Display and ProDisplay XDR have sleek, aluminum frames with even bezels all around, the Dell appears to be made mostly of plastic and, well, kinda looks like most other Dell monitors. It also has a comically large forehead, which is where the webcam and, presumably, the microphones are housed.
It would be nice if the monitor played well with Macs. I have a 38” Ultrawide Dell monitor and it presents many issues regarding charging my MacBook over USB-C. When contacted Dell says they only test and assure their monitors on Windows computers. Wtf.