Poll: Are you planning on purchasing a new Apple LCD?

[MacRumors]

Vote: Poll: Are you planning on purchasing a new Apple LCD? (http://www.macpolls.com/?poll_id=388)

[ZildjianKX]

Vote: Poll: Are you planning on purchasing a new Apple LCD? (http://www.macpolls.com/?poll_id=388)

Not enough bang for the buck...

Warranty is too flimpsy, and not feature rich enough... not to mention the large desktop footprint.

[jkojima]

I voted for a 30" because I would love the experience of using such a large screen. That being said, it would likely be some time before I could afford such a luxury!

[Dont Hurt Me]

Not enough bang for the buck...

Warranty is too flimpsy, and not feature rich enough... not to mention the large desktop footprint.I agree if i get a new Mac and monitor I want TV built into it for those times I want to turn off my brain mr Steve Jobs. overpriced hardware. whats new. tired of being constantly screwed by apples hardware everywhere you look.

[gerlitzappel]

No.

My 17" Sony CRT is still running strong and looking great after almost 7 years, even if it is hooked up to my wife's PC (I feel for it). But now that I have an eMac I don't have much use for another monitor. The Sony will eventually go back to my Power Tower Pro. And the PC to the curb!

[snuflupukis]

Vote: Poll: Are you planning on purchasing a new Apple LCD? (http://www.macpolls.com/?poll_id=388)

30"... No such thing right now! Makes you wonder?

[Photorun]

ONLY if Apple's specs are with or above industry standards and, second if Apple prices them reasonably [laughter ensues].

[pimentoLoaf]

Whenever I get a desktop, a 23" will grace the system. 20" is a bit too small, and 30" would require a much larger work area.

Then again, a cubicle where one whole "wall" is taken up by a ... gets out measuring tape... 72" plasma screen (attached to a TiVo) would... dum-de-dum... be nicely appreciated. :D

[mrsebastian]

plan on getting the biggest i can talk my boss into at work. waiting however for the g5 performance upgrade at which point i'll get a new display, so hopefully apple will have revamped the displays as well.

[Wonder Boy]

30*

*=if new g5's are released too, and if my money comes through

[stoid]

Only if it comes with DVI or VGA. I don't want to spend the extra 100 to connect it to my laptop.

[punter]

I am in the market for a new lcd monitor, but the apple ones are just too expensive (so far!)

[JohnGillilan]

I'm planning on buying a heavily discounted (fingers crossed . . .) 20" or 23" of the current model once the updated ones come out.

[DOUBLEADESIGN]

I have a 22" cinema and would love to have a 30" but, it's not gonna happen. I wish I could though. Maybe I wouldn't feel the need for the additional 15" monitor if I had the 30". I would have to be super wide though. I need more horz than vert.

[Archaeopteryx]

It will be a cold day in hell before Im sucked into the fanboyism of LCD displays... They have inferior quality.. are more likley to break and will cost you an arm and a leg... The only perk is their small size... I have a big desk and Ill have a big Monitor..

[~Shard~]

My 17" flat panel on my iMac will do me just fine. :cool:

[Nermal]

Yes, I'm going to purchase an Apple 15" widescreen, as part of a PowerBook ;)

So, in other words, no.

[lind0834]

Not anytime soon judging by how things are going for the current prices.

[Savage Henry]

Some days I read this forum and it seems as though people are screaming out for new displays and there is nothing else on their mond. So it genuinely surprised me to see that over half the respondees said they wouldn't bother.

I'm not a pro user, so I don't think I'll every buy one whilst they still have their all-in-ones sat on their product line.

[Bear]

It will be a cold day in hell before Im sucked into the fanboyism of LCD displays... They have inferior quality.. are more likley to break and will cost you an arm and a leg... The only perk is their small size... I have a big desk and Ill have a big Monitor..Inferior quality? The build quality is good, so I take iy you mean the image quality? The 22" and the 23" are very nice for photo editing.

The other adbatages for LCD units (since you don't have a desk space issue) is that they use less electricity and generate less heat. So less money spent to run them and less money spent cooling the room in the summer.

Come to think of it, LCDs also weigh a lot less for the same screen space, so they're easier to get home and easier to move around if you havr to move them.

[wrldwzrd89]

My 17" flat panel on my iMac will do me just fine. :cool:
Same here! I've also got a 17" iMac, and I'm quite happy with the display it has. I will be in the market for an Apple display when I get a PowerMac in 2007; by that time I hope Apple's displays have gone through at least one additional revision.

[macFanDave]

The other adbatages for LCD units (since you don't have a desk space issue) is that they use less electricity and generate less heat. So less money spent to run them and less money spent cooling the room in the summer.

Come to think of it, LCDs also weigh a lot less for the same screen space, so they're easier to get home and easier to move around if you havr to move them.

then I'll be using CRT monitors for the foreseeable future.

The amount of heat generated by a CRT is inconsequential. It would probably take decades to recover the energy savings to offset the huge price differential between CRT's and LCD's (that includes ALL non-Apple LCD's, too.)

I just bought a G5. If portability is a big selling point for LCD monitors, then someone better tell Apple that their CPU's are becoming LESS portable. Even if an LCD monitor levitated in mid-air, I'd have to drag my massive G5 box around the house to use it! And, if moving around is a big issue, get a laptop...they all come with free LCD monitors!

By the way, if I used my Mac in a setting where I would interact face-to-face (I mean physically, not via iChat AV) with clients, I'd get an LCD in a heartbeat. It just looks that cool and I could rationalize that image is part of the business.

Now, if you were to tell me that ophthamologists and optometrists were recommending LCD's as being MUCH better for your eyes than CRT's, that would be a convincing argument in my book.

[-hh]

...I'll be using CRT monitors for the foreseeable future.

Same here.


The amount of heat generated by a CRT is inconsequential. It would probably take decades to recover the energy savings to offset the huge price differential between CRT's and LCD's (that includes ALL non-Apple LCD's, too.)

The best arguement in Business is that the higher cost increases an employee's desk space, which gives them a cost avoidance of renting a larger office (eg, 200 people times 1 ft^2 each times $XX/month, etc, etc).

Even so, you'll still shop them as a quasi-commodity: I've just picked up a half dozen Viewsonic VG710b's for our group.


I just bought a G5. If portability is a big selling point for LCD monitors, then someone better tell Apple that their CPU's are becoming LESS portable.

I have my G5 hooked up to a ~1996 vintage Apple 1705 CRT, and it is lighter and smaller than the G5. I'd have to upgrade to a 19" CRT for it to exceed the weight of the G5 (~50lbs vs 40lbs). The desk I'm using was built by my father when he went to Trade School back in the 1940's, and there's no problem for it to hold ~100lbs.


My wife and I have agreed that when the 1705 dies, we will _consider_ an LCD, based on the market prices whenever that occurs, and that will hinge on what their street prices are when that day arrives. YMMV, but I'd list my current go/nogo price points as follows:

17": $200-$250 (~60% of current street)
19": $300-$350 (ditto)
21": $500-$550 (~50% of current street)

FWIW, its very important to note that its not that we can't afford it, but we simply don't see it as an acceptable value. Afterall, its not like we have to have a "beautiful" computer, since no one else sees it anyway...the workstation is hidden away in a small room in our house that we hide from guests because of the mess in there from all of my photography equipment.


Now, if you were to tell me that ophthamologists and optometrists were recommending LCD's as being MUCH better for your eyes than CRT's, that would be a convincing argument in my book.

That's one that I could use as partial justification too; my eyes are bad enough as it is...but there's still no way that I'm going to pay $700 for a 17" LCD to replace a $75 17" CRT.


-hh

[djdarlek]

ONLY if Apple's specs are with or above industry standards and, second if Apple prices them reasonably [laughter ensues].

Poor Apple.. does nobody remember that when apple released the 20" LCD they slashed the prices SOOOOOO much that even my boss at work let me buy a 'fancy' apple screen purely because all the alternatives were MUCH more expensive.

[macFanDave]

Poor Apple.. .
bring CRT monitors back from the dead! Remember when Steve declared CRT's dead a few years ago. Well, the expected deflation of LCD components didn't happen so, until that happens or OLED's or some other CRT alternative becomes economically feasible, Apple should declare [choose your own analogy: resurrection, last minute execution reprieve from the governor, Phoenix rising from the ashes, zombies, etc] of CRT's and design a cool new line of those.

[173080]

I plan to buy a 20" AppleStudio by the end of the year. The looks alone make the extra cost worth it. :cool:

[jasonbw]

Unless they seriously reduce their prices, i'd say no. I'll pay extra for the real hardware, but monitors/keyboards/mice no. beyond that, monitors have lifespans that far exceed the computers you buy them with/for, and the last thing i'd want is a monitor that i have to buy a adapter for to use on a different machine.

[wdlove]

I voted for the 23" but only if they are updated to compliment the G5. So the purchase would be made with a Rev. B 3.0 when available.

[bousozoku]

I've been considering the 20 inch display. My 41 inch t.v. is 10 years old now and may not last much longer. I'd like an alternative so that I can watch t.v. and DVDs and the screen space would be great for both graphics work and programming.

I consider that my KDS radius S-3F is something like 4 years old now and I paid $650 for that at Sam's Club and it's served my well. The prices for 15 inch LCD monitors is $299 there now, which should be much less, but at least, they're not the incomprehensible non-value that the 17 and 19 inch analogue LCDs are. Apple's prices seem expensive but not compared to similar displays with digital connections.

[Capt Underpants]

I need more horz than vert.

HAHA! Think about what you just said. How about you pronounce it out for me, lol.... Thats my laugh for the day!

[mms]

LOL
Anyways, I wouldn't upgrade if they did come out with a new one. My 17 inch LCD on my Cube is still going strong, and I doubt it will die anytime soon. If my current one did die, I would get another 17". I have tried the 20 and 23 at the Apple Store and although they are nice, I do not need that much screen space, and it is not worth the added price.

[Waluigi]

I reluctantly bought a 17 inch LCD from apple when I bought my G5. I just want a display that matches my G5, and I'll get the biggest one they offer with the new look! I've been waiting for months to give apple a thousand or two dollars more of my money.......as john kerry says: bring it on!

--Waluigi

[blackfox]

bring CRT monitors back from the dead! Remember when Steve declared CRT's dead a few years ago. Well, the expected deflation of LCD components didn't happen so, until that happens or OLED's or some other CRT alternative becomes economically feasible, Apple should declare [choose your own analogy: resurrection, last minute execution reprieve from the governor, Phoenix rising from the ashes, zombies, etc] of CRT's and design a cool new line of those.
I agree wholeheartedly...not that I expect it to happen...I have 2 of the last generation Apple Studio Displays (CRT) @ 21" and I LOVE them...although they do weigh a ton.
As you can guess, I say "no" to LCDs (Apple and otherwise)

[SpaceMagic]

If they look anything like that "concept picture"

[Bear]

then I'll be using CRT monitors for the foreseeable future.

The amount of heat generated by a CRT is inconsequential. It would probably take decades to recover the energy savings to offset the huge price differential between CRT's and LCD's (that includes ALL non-Apple LCD's, too.)Actually if you compare like quality CRTs to like quality LCDs, then it would only take about 4 years or so to recover in terms of energy savings. And I don't know about you, but I don't like sitting right in front of a heat source in summer when I'm having to run airconditioning. At least the Powermac can be off to the side and pointing its fans away from me.

I just bought a G5. If portability is a big selling point for LCD monitors, then someone better tell Apple that their CPU's are becoming LESS portable. Even if an LCD monitor levitated in mid-air, I'd have to drag my massive G5 box around the house to use it! And, if moving around is a big issue, get a laptop...they all come with free LCD monitors!Ahh, I didn't mean to imply portability and it's not the biggest part of what I was saying. I mean if you wanted to clean your desk surface properly and such. Also, with the smaller footprint of the LCD, I have more deskspace for othe rthings. So you have a big desk and don't mind using the space, that's alright.

Now, if you were to tell me that ophthamologists and optometrists were recommending LCD's as being MUCH better for your eyes than CRT's, that would be a convincing argument in my book.Some people do better with LCDs. Everybodies eyes are different. I do know that if you get a cheap CRT, an Apple LCD will definatly be better for the eyes in 99+% of the time. Since one of the things I do on the LCD is edit photos, I would need a more expensive CRT anyway to compare with an Apple LCD. Yes, I know there are CRTs which may be better for photo editing at less than the price of an LCD, however, we're now talking several hundred dollars for a good 21" or larger CRT.

Overall, I see for myself (and others) that LCDs are the way to go. Not everyone is ready for an LCD and thats why CRTs are still made.

As a side note, I'm fairly sure there is less RF and radiation emissions from and LCD screen as well.

[----Bowie----]

No!

They look cool but to much $$$$ for me. I happy with my 17 Perfectflat ViewSonic CRT. Mabe I'll get the Apple LCD when I'm out of school.

[Gymnut]

Yes, I'm considering getting the 20" Cinema display and making it my primary monitor to my Apple 17" LCD. Ahh blissful screen real estate for FCP4.