Should I buy the TBD now???

Hi guys,
Im wondering whether I should buy the Thunderbolt display now, because im currently running a macbook air 2013 13 inch with 8gb of ram, and a 1.7ghz i7 core, my idea for my setup, is a twelve south bookarc with a thunderbolt display, my conflict here is, i really wish they had upgraded a new formfactor for the TBD, and new usb ports, and such, but im worried that if i wait for them to upgrade it, they would upgrade the resolution too, now im not a big fan of retina or 4k, first is because i dont want my macbook air fans heating up, and second, i dont like spending money on high resolutions when your eyes cant even tell the difference, so basically im happy with the current 1440p, so anyone have suggestions?

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