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30 Inch Displays Now Shipping
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You can't get more than 2 ACD 30 running at full res out of a single Mac as there's only 1 AGP slot and no other card has dual-link DVI.
Do I have to wait until 2007 before I can huy a 30" iMac G5 ?
As nice as the Cinema HD Desplays are if I was going to buy a display that big , I would insist on getting it as part of an iMac G5 to help save space.
As nice as the Cinema HD Desplays are if I was going to buy a display that big , I would insist on getting it as part of an iMac G5 to help save space.
wjchan said:
Dude ive been drooling over that T221 for a year now, its gotta be the sexiest display on the market if you want hi-res.
awesome stuff, what do you use it for exactly?
Nothing special, the usual programming, work, surfing stuff. I got hooked on high res when I bought the IBM T210 (2048x1536 20.8") several years ago. Once you get used to the smooth fonts and images that only high dpi displays can offer, you'll never look back. I wish IBM would make a T301 🙂
~Shard~ said:
of course it's fake. Top two monitors are duplicated from the bottom two. Take a look at shadows.
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Not exactly a PB 12" but this picture shows how an OS X desktop spread across eight 17" monitors with 1280x1024 resolution each (5120x2048 total) would look on different monitors. The sizes are to scale.
Edit: I added 12" and 14" iBook to the picture. Again, it's to scale. Note that with the graphics cards available, driving 4 Apple 30" at full res from a single G5 is currently not possible.
Edit: I added 12" and 14" iBook to the picture. Again, it's to scale. Note that with the graphics cards available, driving 4 Apple 30" at full res from a single G5 is currently not possible.
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Four 30 Displays
I have been thinking about the idea of four 30" displays.
You could just have two G5s each with a 6800 card, and have a KVM switcher that you just have the keyboard and mouse hooked up to. It may not be the most convenient way to do it but it would work.
Also you would probably want to put all four 30" LCDs on articulating wall mounts. This way you could have the bottom two panels kissing the table bottom. This would bring down the top monitors by four inches.
Food for thought.
I saw the 30 display the first day they had it out at the Apple store and all I can say is that it is mind-boggling cool! Just stunning. There is something so right about the 30inch. In my mind this is the way that moniores should have always been.
wjchan said:
I have been thinking about the idea of four 30" displays.
You could just have two G5s each with a 6800 card, and have a KVM switcher that you just have the keyboard and mouse hooked up to. It may not be the most convenient way to do it but it would work.
Also you would probably want to put all four 30" LCDs on articulating wall mounts. This way you could have the bottom two panels kissing the table bottom. This would bring down the top monitors by four inches.
Food for thought.
I saw the 30 display the first day they had it out at the Apple store and all I can say is that it is mind-boggling cool! Just stunning. There is something so right about the 30inch. In my mind this is the way that moniores should have always been.
iJon said:
Does the display feel like it is too big given the size of the desktop?
I wonder if iPhoto displays the pictures across the whole screen?
