Uploaded May 2026 | Updated September 2026, 3 days ago

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I told myself I wasn't going to buy this. I walked into Best Buy to RETURN
something. I walked out having spent another $3,100 on the open-box Apple
Studio Display XDR.

This is the honest review of a display I probably shouldn't have bought —
from a working creator who paid for it with his own money, not a unit sent
by Apple. What it actually does well, where it falls short, how it compares
to what I was already using, and whether the price tag makes sense for the
work I do.

No affiliate links on this one. No sponsor. Just the truth about a $3,100
purchase decision and what I think of it now that it's on my desk.

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