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Now that the Keynote is over, does this mean no update on external monitors

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SandersHokie

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for apple? I'm still thinking about getting an external monitor from apple for my MBP C2D, but was going to wait until after the keynote incase they were going to update them. any idea if they still are?

thanks.
 
A few people suggested that price drops are classified as upgrades for displays. That wasn't too long ago.
 
Vidd said:
A few people suggested that price drops are classified as upgrades for displays. That wasn't too long ago.
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gotcha. any idea on how soon the upgrades may be? I could wait another month, but I don't want to wait until November or December.
 
Statistically, the ACDs are refreshed every 7 - 8 months or so. If you take the price drop in April as a refresh, that means we'll probably see new ACDs in December. If you don't see it that way, then we're overdue for an update by about two months.

These are statistics only, and I got the numbers from the Buyers Guide. So, if you're waiting for another refresh, statistically it's either coming any day now, or closer to 2008.
 
I would say hopefully before the end of the summer we will have new ones. They are long overdue. I mean, this model has been around since August 2004 I believe. Yeah, the specs have been updated a little bit (better contrast) and the prices have dropped, but I think we should see new ones very soon. I was hoping for them to come at WWDC, but now I would say by the end of the summer. I'm holding out until then!
 
It almost certain that they will not. In my opinion, the ACD is a professional display and it seems that there wouldn't be much of a point adding glossy to the lineup.
 
What they need to do is add HDCP support to the displays. Seems pointless to buy a display without HDCP so you wont be able to use it when macs get blu-ray drives.
 
LED desktop displays currently cost $4000.

Do you have $4000 currently?

That answers your question. And if you think Apple will be cheaper than the competition... LoL keep thinking that way.
 
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