Apple LCD Specs?

...but personally, i can't ever buy a monitor with a proprietary connector. yeah, i know there are adaptors, but they ain't cheap.

still, the apple displays are decent.

i just wish they'd use industry standard connectors for them.

I guess all those rumour sites coming up with the same stuff has to mean that this is true, right ?

Still I think the Formac 2010 will still be better value (if all this is true).

NicoMan

Macwispers?....so exactly how many Mac-rumors sites do have now? This is geting crazy, I mean is it now mandatory that you get a mac, not only do have to put your Apple sticker on your car that you have to now have to start up your own rumors website?

How many do we have now:
Macrumors.com...of course
Macosrumors.com
Spymac.com
Thinksecret.com
Looprumors.com
MacosXrumors.com
RumorTracker.com
Macwispers.com....Am I missing anybody???

So... uh...how many more rumors sites do we need?

heh... yes... a lot of rumor sites... many of them are not so reliable.

MacWhispers actually, I believe, has 'real' sources... from what I can tell... based on messageboard postings, and it seems they may be the source of MOSR's info anyhow... which is why I post it here.

As for the others... despite the recent surge of rumors sites... there haven't been any new ones that actually seem to be able to provide any surprising new (and accurate) info... so far it's been not very exciting.

arn

I was hoping for a 17" less than 700$. Frankly, it's still a bit expensive, unless the design, quality, warranty and features are outstanding. My excellent LG CRT was FREE with my G4. Since I was looking for a LCD, I took this deal in hope Apple would come up with a model around 700$ shortly, but that was a year ago! Still can't afford an LCD and for working one at work, I really want to wait for an Apple-branded one. Anybody knows if Apple really sells that much displays at theses price points now that their CRT line is defunct?

Originally posted by krafix
I was hoping for a 17" less than 700$. Frankly, it's still a bit expensive, unless the design, quality, warranty and features are outstanding. My excellent LG CRT was FREE with my G4. Since I was looking for a LCD, I took this deal in hope Apple would come up with a model around 700$ shortly, but that was a year ago! Still can't afford an LCD and for working one at work, I really want to wait for an Apple-branded one. Anybody knows if Apple really sells that much displays at theses price points now that their CRT line is defunct?

almost every powermac i sell someone buys a studio or cinema display. especially when the rebates are going on.

iJon

If I get a low end Power Mac at $1700 and a low end monitor for $800, that's $2500 for a low end Apple system and $3300 for a mid line. That sucks. The next high end iMac better be something to brag about or I might be the next switcher...to the dark side :::shiver:::

No one ever obligates you to get an Apple display... there are two main reasons why people get them these days: first, they want to retain the feel that they're looking at an Apple product (which is harder when you've got a PowerMac tower which is probably on or near the floor); second, they want to only connect a single cable to get the display running.

If none of those are important enough to you, then by all means get a less-expensive 3rd-party display. Every PowerMac you can get now (and with at least the update previous to this) has a DVI connector and DVI-to-VGA adapter as well as the ADC connector, so you're not really limited.

Don't be an idiot...the low end Powermac and the 17" studio display is NOT a low end Apple system. If you want a cheap computer, buy an eMac...or better yet a G3 iMac.

And don't try to say that the G4 iMac isn't powerful enough for you. If you are complaining about spending $2500 for a system then you don't really need anything more than an iMac.

Apple compares the 17" lcd's real estate to the same as a 21" CRT monitor. Hooey!! The 17" is stuck with 1280 x 1024, which is fine for a 17" CRT with 16" viewable, but I think the 17" LCD screens need to step of to the density of the 23" Cinema HD display. 1600 x 1200 is what my 21" Apple CRT runs and is the next standard res (which I think is too tight for a 17" lcd), but we need something a step up from 1280 x 1024, maybe a 1440 x 1152?

Nice and tight baby... nice and tight...