I went through the same decision. The Dell is cheaper. You can find a 25% off coupon floating out there. I got mine in the low $800's plus it comes with a 3 year warranty. Add $100 to the ACD to account for 3 year Applecare. I ended up with the U2711. It is an awesome monitor that will not disappoint. Outside of aesthetics, it is better in every way (inputs, manual controls, fluorescent backlight for more accurate color).
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Apple Cinema Display with MacBook Pro
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I went through the same decision. The Dell is cheaper. You can find a 25% off coupon floating out there. I got mine in the low $800's plus it comes with a 3 year warranty. Add $100 to the ACD to account for 3 year Applecare. I ended up with the U2711. It is an awesome monitor that will not disappoint. Outside of aesthetics, it is better in every way (inputs, manual controls, fluorescent backlight for more accurate color).
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Forgot Apple bumped up the price at the start of the year when VAT rose to 20%.
A shame that even though competitors' peripheral prices drop substantially over time, Apple's stay rigid or even rise!
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Really? I didn't know the dell had magsafe output for the MBP, or a built in iSight....
Depends on what you care about. I don't care about those things since I have a camera on my laptop and it has a charger. Producing accurate colors is what I care about along with the warranty. Plus I use the big Apple keyboard along with a multi card reader, and those plug into my Dell. That way I only need to plug into one USB port to my Macbook Pro because of the 4 port USB hub on the Dell.
The new MBPs have an HD-quality camera while the ACD's is lower res. Guess which I'd prefer to use?
