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Apple Introduces 24" LED Cinema Display with Built-in iSight

Apple doesn't offer a DVI-to mini DisplayPort, only a mini DisplayPort to DVI/mini-DVI adaptor.

Apple must update iMacs,minis, sand Mac Pro with a mini DisplayPort port so these can use the new display.
 
Fail

Yay. $900.00 for a glossy-screen 24" LCD monitor that requires a video card with a DisplayPort connector. 🙄

NO THANKS, Apple. You can keep you're overpriced glossy screen. I'll find a nice 24" matte screen LCD for my Mac Pro with a DVI connector, and skip this.

Nice pricing points all around, Apple. Totally oblivious to the current global economic climate. Yeah, I'm sure people will be lining up to pay $1,000 for last year's Macbook tech or 1399 for the new Macbook tech.. 🙄
 
For those of you freaking out that this will only work with the new macbook/pro, Apple will release an adapter shortly to connect DVI and VGA. Don't be so crazy negative 😉

And this is an LED display with speakers, camera and mic built in. Theres a reason it's expensive. It's not just because it's Apple. Find a comparable LED monitor that is much cheaper. I bet you won't!

Kan-O-Z
 
Wild-Bill said:
Yay. $900.00 for a glossy-screen 24" LCD monitor that requires a video card with a DisplayPort connector. 🙄

NO THANKS, Apple. You can keep you're overpriced glossy screen. I'll find a nice 24" matte screen LCD for my Mac Pro with a DVI connector, and skip this.

Nice pricing points all around, Apple. Totally oblivious to the current global economic climate. Yeah, I'm sure people will be lining up to pay $1,000 for last year's Macbook tech or 1399 for the new Macbook tech.. 🙄
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....dont buy it?

And to all those people saying stuff about the economy, apple seems to always manage to do better year by year, the market will recover and apple knows this.
 
jmnikricket said:
But think of it like this: you could buy a 25 mpg sedan for $15000 that may fall apart on you tomorrow or you could get a 50 mpg sedan of the same dimensions and similar specs for $25000 that will last much longer.
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Full of Win said:
Find me a LED backlight for this price point.
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When there is a 100% markup, who cares about LED? I'd say this is very similar to getting SSD in an Air, only a lot less easy to justify. Do you know how long it takes to make up $10,000 through gas-mileage alone? A VERY long time.

Add onto that the fact that this screen ONLY works with Apple Laptops, and you've got a for-sure non-starter for most consumers.

However, yet again, I want one. Very sexy. That would look sooooo good to a new Aluminum Macbook.
 
Pieira said:
"requires a new MacBook, MacBook Pro or MacBook Air with the Mini DisplayPort connector."

eh? really?
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My thought exactly. Who would want one of those no-button freaks, when you have a perfectly great current/last? gen MBP with the optimal number of mouse buttons - one.

Although I wish the ACD had speakers...
 
Is this thing supposed to be a display for laptops, that will stand alongside the current ACDs, or is this where the entire line is going?

I pray it's the former. As so many before me have said, this thing is a joke for Pro users - the only people who stuck around back when Apple really was in the shi**er.

My two 23's personal appeal and value just skyrocketed.
 
Glossy Screens - No Thanks!!

I can't believe Apple is going all glossy with the new Cinema Display and Macbooks. I am a huge Apple fan and have been waiting to upgrade my MacBook Pro and Cinema Displays. I have the cash but now it looks like I will have to keep my old MPB and look elsewhere for a display.

Not offering matte screens can't be good for business. I spend all day behind the computer and can't imagine sitting more than 30 min behind a glossy display. It's almost impossible to position a glossy display to avoid reflections. Reflections give me, and many of my friends, instant headaches.

Also, have you noticed how all the promotional images from Apple show how reflective the displays are? It's like they're bragging about it. Reflections are not a good thing!

Apple - Please give us the alternative to choose matte displays!
 
Wow. This is a complete wash. I'm guessing that the display port requirement is because they've included HDCP, and they don't want to offer any way for Non-HDCP-enabled Macs to connect to a digital display.

This means we'll probably see new video cards for Mac Pros in November, along with blu-ray drives.

At the same time, we should see BTO blu-ray drives for macbook pros and imacs.

If not, then Apple's smoking crack through a box of clove cigarettes.

The prices on everything announced today make me wonder if Apple is paying attention to the world...they will not be able to move as much product as they're used to moving with a 1300 dollar bottom-end laptop price, even if it is cooler than most laptops around...

The new big thing in laptops is 400 dollars and 9 inch screens...that's what I wanted them to introduce. An Atom-powered MacBook Mini with a 9 inch 720p screen and one of these mini displayport connectors, a 16gb SSD and 2 GB of RAM would completely replace my macbook if it were in the 700 dollar range. As it is, I'm thinking about linux on an acer....
 
Soo... basically we have this:

  • $900 price-tag. Roughly DOUBLE that of a comparable (non LED) monitor from Dell.
  • Compatibility issues. Apparently only works with Apple Laptops with DisplayPort technology. No other computers whatsoever. Not old Apples, not new competing models.
  • Glossy, the only option. Many love them (I'm a convert), many hate them. The problem, is that there isn't an option.
  • Lack of Firewire. 3 USB, no Firewire. What gives???
  • Limited display resolutions. Saw earlier (1920 by 1200 pixels, 1280 by 800 pixels, 1024 by 640 pixels)
 
Steve Jobs ...
Someone asks why there are no matte screens. Answer: “The vast majority of our customers prefer a glossy finish.” http://digitaldaily.allthingsd.com/...le-notebook-event-2/?reflink=ATD_yahoo_ticker

After reading this forum, I find such a statement VERY difficult to believe. So, if this forum is not "the vast majority" of "pro" users, then Steve must mean the "vast majority" of all users. Wow, do many of you see parents buying their teenagers Macbook Pros with $900 desktop monitors?
 
NT1440 said:
....dont buy it?

And to all those people saying stuff about the economy, apple seems to always manage to do better year by year, the market will recover and apple knows this.
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They have for every year of the last decade...until this year.

Seen Apple's stock price lately? It dropped almost 50% in September. Somehow I don't think they've been getting hit because they're too heavily leveraged in mortgage-backed securities.
 
Umbongo said:
The move to glass will likely cross all lines eventually.
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Why? Seriously, why is everyone going to glass? What is wrong with matte?

Does it cost less to take a matte screen and slap a piece of glass over it, versus not adding the piece of glass ?
 
Rybold said:
Steve Jobs ...
Someone asks why there are no matte screens. Answer: “The vast majority of our customers prefer a glossy finish.” http://digitaldaily.allthingsd.com/...le-notebook-event-2/?reflink=ATD_yahoo_ticker

After reading this forum, I find such a statement VERY difficult to believe. So, if this forum is not "the vast majority" of "pro" users, then Steve must mean the "vast majority" of all users. Wow, do many of you see parents buying their teenagers Macbook Pros with $900 desktop monitors?
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I'd like to give Apple credit for knowing their market place, but it does look a bit odd. This is obviously a display aimed at non-professionals and at $900 regardless of features and specifications its a luxury item and I can't see it being a high demand item.
 
Wild-Bill said:
NO THANKS, Apple. You can keep you're overpriced glossy screen. I'll find a nice 24" matte screen LCD for my Mac Pro with a DVI connector, and skip this.:
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We recently bought NEC LCD2470WNX monitors for our office to use with Mac Pro and Mac mini -- 24 inch matte screens with height adjustment. They're great but I was not impressed with the packaging -- not much protection. Other than that, I recommend them -- just keep your fingers crossed that they arrive in one piece.
 
Mini DisplayPort to DVI Adapter

The Mini DisplayPort allows you to connect an external display or projector using an adapter. You can use an external display as your main workspace or to extend your desktop, or you can work in mirrored mode with a projector so you can view what your audience sees. The Mini DisplayPort to DVI adapter lets you connect an advanced digital monitor, such as the 20- or 23-inch Apple Cinema Display, that uses DVI video. Review the documentation or check with the manufacturer of your monitor to make sure you're choosing the right adapter.
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that is what u see in the options when building a new MBP
 
Rybold said:
Why? Seriously, why is everyone going to glass? What is wrong with matte?

Does it cost less to take a matte screen and slap a piece of glass over it, versus not adding the piece of glass ?
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In Apple's case I assume, the real answer is probably out there, that it is to do with "green" issues and maybe that their feedback does indcate that people prefer glossy displays. Whether those people are going to be the ones buying $900 displays is another question.
 
Well, got my glossy Cinema Display with LED backlight-- problem is I can't plug it into my machine, and there's no 30" version... Still waiting.

Rocketman said:
For those concerned about glossy screens, just buy a plastic sheet like for iPhone users, but in matte style and place it right over the screen. Works great.
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Or sandpaper-- that would probably work too...
 
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