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27-Inch LED Cinema Display Coming Tomorrow Alongside iMacs and Mac Pros?

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Oh how I love Apple - is there anything they won't do for us? Just like Steve said about building all the retail stores just for us too.
 
we finally get to see something besides besides iphone 4 as big as possible on the apple home page:]
i wanna see the magic trackpad!!! please please please!
 
No iMac selection in the Apple Store iPhone app. They must be doing something with the iMac...
 

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aurichie said:
Gruber never leaks information like this as a guess. He is too well connected, and that's probably his reward for being the Paul Thurrott of the Mac community. :cool: I can say with absolute confidence those who have been waiting for new iMacs and Mac Pros to have their credit cards ready tomorrow morning. This refresh will be happening.
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Yeah, he gets a big tip from Apple PR in exchange for towing the company line. Lets all adore someone who puts a corporation above his audience.
 
aurichie said:
Also honestly, you sound a tad jealous and bitter towards Gruber who knows these things before anyone else. ;) Maybe you are one of those two bit bloggers who has gotten everything wrong....?
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No, I don't blog, I've always found the trend behind weblogs to be a bit dumb. They're just the 90's personal pages with a new name. :rolleyes:

I don't really care about Gruber, I'm just refuting what you said about him never being wrong. No one is perfect, Gruber included.

That and I've seen the effects of hyped up expectations falling short on this site. If there are no new Macs, it's not going to be a fun day.
 
Gamut is overrated...

stevielee said:
Apple's current 24" ACD's have a poor to fair Adobe RGB gamut rating and do not compare as well (color gamut wise, and color calibration) against the cheaper ($550 vs $899) HP LP2475w 24″ Monitor.

http://blog.david-kennedy.com/2009/10/15/apple-cinema-24-versus-hp-lp2475w-24/

As a photographer who relies upon having the best color accuracy possible, none of Apple's cinema displays have been up to the task for quite awhile now - even the 30" is woefully lacking in color accuracy for color critical work.

NEC, Eizo, LaCie, HP, and a couple of the Dell's (2707 & 2408 and 3008WFP's) have bypassed Apple in this very important area quite awhile ago. Apple use to rule with their LCD displays when they were the first to introduce a high resolution (1920x1200) 23" ACD way back in 1999 - over a decade ago. Since then, Apple has continued to produce well designed and very respectable LCD monitors that compare favorably to similar LCD offerings by other companies - except in the area of cost. And more recently, with the release of their 24" LED Display, Apple seems to have notched downward in providing a higher-end, professional grade LCD option when it comes to not only color accuracy, but in overall features (limited connectivity options - along with proprietary mini-display port interface), and having only a "glossy" panel option - which is a definite no-go for many design, video and imaging professionals.

Apple will at least have to match - if not exceed Dell's very well received newest 27" LCD monitor: the U2711.
http://accessories.us.dell.com/sna/productdetail.aspx?c=us&cs=04&l=en&sku=224-8284

And Apple won't be able to charge much more than Dell's newest 27" ($999-1099) and they will also have to at least offer an option for a matte screen version of it if they want to be taken more seriously as a viable option with higher-end imaging and design professionals.

If they just offer another 27" LED sporting a proprietary mini-display port, glossy screen and less than 90% Adobe RGB gamut for more than $1400, then except for a few Mac only diehards - it's not going to turn many heads, or entice non-mac folks to buy one.

I currently have the great pleasure of working with one of the very best LCD monitors available right now: the LaCie 730 30" LED 14-bit monitor with BlueEye PE. I purchased one for $1500 Refurbished. If Apple were to ever offer anything on this level in a 30" format - then they might be back in the game of professional, high-end imaging.
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I have been working professionally in high end imaging for 25 years now.
Having a huge color gamut is not as important as you might think, as the color gamut that can be reproduced on paper is substantially less that what can be seen. Usually in calibration the purpose is to reduce the gamut down to match what can be reproduced on paper, whether it be on press, or printed out on an ink-jet, dye-sub, etc.

Through hardware calibration my screen matches to about 99% of my press proofs. Which is really the point of What you See is What You Get (WYSIWYG).

The matte screen is desirable, but the issue overrated. If you were insanely serious about it you would be sitting in a darkened room wearing non-reflective dark clothing. Furthermore when there is an image on the screen most of the reflections are simply overpowered by the image (test that your self by turning your glossy LCD TV off and on).

Anxious for a new 30" iMac to add for my studio... love when the store goes down.
cheers,
michael
 
Confirmation from Steve Wozniak on the MacPro (& maybe iMac) speed bumps [video]

I am lucky to be attending the Campus Party 2010 event in Valencia, Spain today, where literally minutes ago I got to talk to Steve Wozniak (and have him sign my laptop and iPhone). When I asked him if his colleagues at :apple: Cupertino are releasing anything today, he first said he's not allowed to comment, then smilingly added " speed bumps to Mac Pros, yeah". And iMacs too maybe.
Here's the link to the video I just uploaded (this comment around 00:55):

[removed] I have disabled the video upon request from the event organizers.

There are also 2 other videos shot during his conference today which may interest you due to the man's great insight available on my Vimeo account. Enjoy!
 
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