The Things I Wanted to Know Before Buying Apple's Studio Display XDR

I have owned somewhere near ten monitors at this point. CRTs, LCDs, a pretty disappointing 4K Samsung panel, then an ultrawide I genuinely loved. For the last few years though, I wanted one very specific thing: a retina-class 5K display at 120 Hz.

4K 120 Hz displays are everywhere. 5K 120 Hz displays, until very recently, basically did not exist at all.

There are finally a couple of companies trying now. One of the more interesting ones is the ROG Strix 5K XG27JCG. It looks like a genuinely fantastic monitor, and it is much cheaper. Honestly, if the Studio Display XDR did not exist, I would buy that in a heartbeat.