I will be buying a new MBP soon after MWSF in Jan. I want to buy a monitor with it and from what I've read the best one I could buy is the new 23 Cinema Display with 1920x1200 res. Would it be less expensive to shop around at Dell for a similar monitor (HD, DVI display) presumably for less money or should I stick with an Apple monitor?
Yes, it would sometimes be cheaper to buy a Dell or HP monitor, but I like the looks of Apple's cinema displays, and they are really good quality.
Check out what display changes (if any) MWSF will bring, if they're big, the current ACD price will drop significantly