It’s nuts to me that Apple never sold the iMac 5K 27” display as a standalone monitor. There was/is the LG UltraFine, but by most accounts it’s rather unreliable and of poor build quality for the price—not to mention it seems to be totally discontinued outside of the US.
It would be the perfect Mac monitor, especially with macOS’ odd scaling method making 4K @ 27” really suboptimal. It would be overpriced I’m sure, but considering it would be less than the price of the iMac that normally contains it, I think it would still have been a popular choice. Unlike the Pro Display XDR which blows right past overpriced and lands squarely into unattainable for the vast majority of people.
It would be the perfect Mac monitor, especially with macOS’ odd scaling method making 4K @ 27” really suboptimal. It would be overpriced I’m sure, but considering it would be less than the price of the iMac that normally contains it, I think it would still have been a popular choice. Unlike the Pro Display XDR which blows right past overpriced and lands squarely into unattainable for the vast majority of people.