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WWDC: New LCD Displays
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I need help...
I just bought a 20" to go along with the 2.5 G5 on the way... I must control... buying...
ps- I also bought a 40 gig iPod, and why in the name of god did the developer discount go down??? I could have bought a 40 giger yesterday for $400 and now they're $450. What gives?!?!?
I just bought a 20" to go along with the 2.5 G5 on the way... I must control... buying...
ps- I also bought a 40 gig iPod, and why in the name of god did the developer discount go down??? I could have bought a 40 giger yesterday for $400 and now they're $450. What gives?!?!?
Brightness and contrast
The old Contrast was 350:1 and on the 20" for brightness 230 and the others 200. A signifigant improvement from the old Displays
FINALLY a high end graphics card, even though I like the x800 a little better, very happy they have the 6800 Ultra Now
Figured as much on the price, no complaints, I love iit all, just wish I had the money to buy it.
The old Contrast was 350:1 and on the 20" for brightness 230 and the others 200. A signifigant improvement from the old Displays
FINALLY a high end graphics card, even though I like the x800 a little better, very happy they have the 6800 Ultra Now
Figured as much on the price, no complaints, I love iit all, just wish I had the money to buy it.
Soire said:I need help...
I just bought a 20" to go along with the 2.5 G5 on the way... I must control... buying...
ps- I also bought a 40 gig iPod, and why in the name of god did the developer discount go down??? I could have bought a 40 giger yesterday for $400 and now they're $450. What gives?!?!?
I think the developer pricing is just in limbo right now... They're at the same prices in the .edu store. Except for the old 17", it's 629 at the dev store while 599 at the .edu one.
HDCP Compliant?
Are these displays HDCP compliant? I didn't see anything on Apple's site specifying that they were... Which kinda sux... I wanted to be able to use one as an HD display at some point... (Some of the competing LCD displays have component video and svideo inputs... Of course that's not Apple's style...)
Are these displays HDCP compliant? I didn't see anything on Apple's site specifying that they were... Which kinda sux... I wanted to be able to use one as an HD display at some point... (Some of the competing LCD displays have component video and svideo inputs... Of course that's not Apple's style...)
Or maybe if you could find a reseller who would pre-date the invoice to saturday you could also get the $500 rebate....
Might be a good way for the reseller to get rid of old stock also.
Whitaker
Might be a good way for the reseller to get rid of old stock also.
Whitaker
g4cubed said:I can't believe the prices.
I guess I will buy a Sony or Viewsonic monitor before I will pay those prices plus the damn video card. To bad I was looking forward to a new Apple monitor. And besides I'm not that impressed with the look.
I fully agree. Viewsonic, here I come! Way too much premium to pay so that the design matchs my G5 which sits under my desk...
PPC970FX said:16ms? And i think that the speks are better, but I can`t find the specs. nits, 450:1? Where can I find specs??
Go to http://www.apple.com/displays and click on tech specs. It isn't that hard to find....
Right now, I am SO glad I bought my 2 x 17" Ilyama panels. The new displays look great, however there is no way I could justify spending stupid amounts of money on them.
Well I suppose at long last the waiting is finally over.
Apple, you owe me 6 months of my life back. I so wish I'd just bought a dual 2GHz back in January.
Well I suppose at long last the waiting is finally over.
Apple, you owe me 6 months of my life back. I so wish I'd just bought a dual 2GHz back in January.
Apple state you can run 2 230 inch panels off a nvidia 6800 but if one needs dual connections how do you hook up the other?
Or have a miss understood the dual aspect
Or have a miss understood the dual aspect
congrats to apple....it is now once again possible to spend over 15,000 dollars on a single workstation without buying any "accessory" upgrades.
strictly speaking,
dual G5 2.5
load the RAM
dual 30" monitors (along w/obligatory gfx card upgrade)
dual 250gig HDDs
I didn't even have to add a fibre-channel card to get it over 15K.
amazing.
i wonder how clocked-down the 6800 is going to be?
strictly speaking,
dual G5 2.5
load the RAM
dual 30" monitors (along w/obligatory gfx card upgrade)
dual 250gig HDDs
I didn't even have to add a fibre-channel card to get it over 15K.
amazing.
i wonder how clocked-down the 6800 is going to be?
and another thing....i find it VERY hard to believe that all three of these monitors have the same response time.
Call me a pessimist, but I bet the 30" will have that spec revised in the near future...
Call me a pessimist, but I bet the 30" will have that spec revised in the near future...
g4cubed said:I can't believe the prices.
I guess I will buy a Sony or Viewsonic monitor before I will pay those prices plus the damn video card. To bad I was looking forward to a new Apple monitor. And besides I'm not that impressed with the look.
This is such a joke! Apple should be ashamed of themselves. They will understand when they see the sales of the OLD 17" skyrocket. A lot of people, like me, where waiting to buy until the new specs are out. I will now buy the old one. and save 500 bucks or so.
tsk tsk...
So if I want to hook up 2 new displays to my NEW G5 I have to buy an ADC adapter, give me a break.
From now on when I go to the Apple store in the mall I expect the employees to be wearing masks, because they are robbing me when they are taking my money.
From now on when I go to the Apple store in the mall I expect the employees to be wearing masks, because they are robbing me when they are taking my money.
For all the bad that people are seeing with the new displays, there are some good notes.
1. You can now mount with any type of arm to the displys which is oh so cool. Tilt, adjust...anything you want.
2. DVI is the way to go. Now you can hook one to a PC.
3. Someone might make an adaptor with graphics card so you can go powerbook --> adaptor w/card --> 30" of pure love.
The only thing I see as a little confusing is having the usb and firewire on the back of the screen. This could be a little tricky to get to. That is unless you get a new mounting arm that swings the screen around.
1. You can now mount with any type of arm to the displys which is oh so cool. Tilt, adjust...anything you want.
2. DVI is the way to go. Now you can hook one to a PC.
3. Someone might make an adaptor with graphics card so you can go powerbook --> adaptor w/card --> 30" of pure love.
The only thing I see as a little confusing is having the usb and firewire on the back of the screen. This could be a little tricky to get to. That is unless you get a new mounting arm that swings the screen around.