Can't one take the useless slab of glass off? I remember with some of the MBP's one could do that without causing any damage.
Can't one take the useless slab of glass off? I remember with some of the MBP's one could do that without causing any damage.
If so, wouldn't that be pretty pathetic?
Isn't this topic about whether the 27" TB displays are shipping rather than screen quality/reflectivity?![]()
There is satisfaction in competent function, but given adequate functionality, perhaps even a greater joy in the beauty of the thing.
Akin to the joy I feel using my Snap-On socket wrench set - while Craftsmen wrenches are as good a quality, with a better warranty, at a lower price - the Snap-On sockets are a joy to use because of their beautiful lines.
</sarcasm>
Do you have your Snap-On socket wrench set sitting on your desk in your (maybe carefully decorated) living-/bed-/private office room?![]()
I'm always baffled by those who talk about how they could buy some apple product competitor with better performance stats for less money.
Among other reasons these are apples [ahem] to oranges comparisons is the form factor; the aesthetics of the product. To some this is meaningless, but to many the beauty of the product has genuine value.
The new thunderbolt display is only one example.
Another is the lowly MBA Superdrive, a great example of Apple design simplicity. Not only does the one piece aluminum case match the MBA, I cannot conceive of how it could be designed more simply.
There is satisfaction in competent function, but given adequate functionality, perhaps even a greater joy in the beauty of the thing.
Shipping and when i read is 200 posts about Glossy or Not ?
If you don't have afford to buy this Display or don't like Glossy buy a ****ing ugly Dell instead, whats the problem?
I would never buy a MBP, Display or iMac without Glossy.
So where is the thread about Shipping? i can tell you that my order was shipped today![]()
A Dell Ultra Sharp of that size will cost you $949.
I'm always baffled by those who talk about how they could buy some apple product competitor with better performance stats for less money.
Among other reasons these are apples [ahem] to oranges comparisons is the form factor; the aesthetics of the product. To some this is meaningless, but to many the beauty of the product has genuine value.
The new thunderbolt display is only one example.
Another is the lowly MBA Superdrive, a great example of Apple design simplicity. Not only does the one piece aluminum case match the MBA, I cannot conceive of how it could be designed more simply.
There is satisfaction in competent function, but given adequate functionality, perhaps even a greater joy in the beauty of the thing.
I don't understand why apple does not have a anti glare option?
Many continuously request it. Does anyone have a plausible reason why apple refuses?
Puh-lease. There is nothing magic about USB 3.0. TB smokes it in every way. not just speed but functionality.
Your complaint about cost of FW 800 drives is silly. They are the same or marginally more than USB 3 drives.
Apple 27" Thunderbolt Displays Shipping to Stores
You appear to be looking for Apple Computer, Inc. You're almost five years too late.
Har har! Good one. But, I lament loss of a usable COMPUTING ratio, too. 4:3 would be great, 2560 x 1920. Then I could swivel it for doc reading.
I have a 27" iMac and like the wide screen for computing tasks. I can run a terminal session and a text editor side by aside and even, Sometimes I have to a browser with some kind of technical reference it in. All three can fit side by side.
Wide screen is NOT more horizontal space, it is LESS vertical space.
T-Bolt blues... Today I went to the Apple store and told them that I would like 2 Thunderbolt 27 inch displays for my Mac Pro, and the sales staff (3 different people) sold them to me gladly. I got them home and although the thunderbolt connector fit perfectly into my mini port it did not work (not suprising). After 3 hours back in forth with the local genius bar and apple care central we all found out that there is no solution whats so ever to pair the T-bolt display to my macpro. Not even an adapter of any kind is available. So off I went back to the apple store to return them. Bummer.
T-Bolt blues... Today I went to the Apple store and told them that I would like 2 Thunderbolt 27 inch displays for my Mac Pro, and the sales staff (3 different people) sold them to me gladly. I got them home and although the thunderbolt connector fit perfectly into my mini port it did not work (not suprising). After 3 hours back in forth with the local genius bar and apple care central we all found out that there is no solution whats so ever to pair the T-bolt display to my macpro. Not even an adapter of any kind is available. So off I went back to the apple store to return them. Bummer.
Given that your system can't utilize the hub on the back of a Apple Thunderbolt Display, you would be better off with a couple of Apple LED Cinema Displays.
Beyond the addition of Thunderbolt, the specs of the displays are essentially the same, AFAIK.
Only differences that I'm aware of are the following:
- FireWire 800 port -> (do you need this?)
- Gigabit Ethernet port -> (for MBA users)
- Thunderbolt port -> (can't use this anyway)
- Built-in FaceTime HD camera with microphone -> (so, better camera resolution than iSight camera with microphone in ACD)