Found one on craigslist and talked him down to $500 should I buy it to connect to my 11" mba 2013? Or should I wait to find a used TB version?
$500 is a good deal if its in good condition. the quality is not as good as other panels offered from asus and dell but not that much far behind. the apple docking conviences it offers makes it well worth more tho
just be aware: thunderbolt cinema display just broke.
The old ones can work for 10 minutes and they turn off!
Check before buying on apple support community!
If you want this is the letter I wrote to Tim Cook after my display just stopped working.
https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/1788255/
I bought a new 2560x1440 27" display for $399 and love it.
I got an HP ZR2740w.
It's not Apple and it doesn't have an iSight camera but the quality is there and the price blows away Apple.
They don't make this model anymore but I suspect you should be able to match the price and features on other monitors.
$100 dollar sound too expensive for me to fix that. If I were you, I may put some decoration at there to hide it.
Of course, it assume that this won't affect the monitor's normal function.