Newsday.com has a very positive article about Apple's 22-inch Cinema Display. "For now, the king of the flat/big monitor market is Apple's 22-inch Cinema Display, a masterful execution of what computing should look like in the 21st Century."
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I don't really think the author of the newsday.com article really understands LCD technology at all. "...the Apples also hook up via a dedicated digital connection (this can only be used with newer Macintosh computers) that gives the displays a true 3-D effect." What in the heck is that supposed to mean?
...and how about this gaffe? "With a maximum dots-per-inch resolution of 1024 by 768..." That would be one outstanding LCD.
It looks like Stephen Williams doesn't understand the LCD technology on which he decided to report, and didn't bother to research even basic concepts such as resolution and connection interfaces. This article was a complete and utter disaster.
Dear Reader who has trouble understanding why Apple sells such limited quantities of the Cinema Display:
Basically, it comes down to yields. I imagine that the yields for such a large display is small enough that they probably have trouble enough meeting demand for the Mac market alone, even at the price-point they're selling 'em at. There would be absolutely no way they could meet demand if they tried to sell to the Wintel market as well!
Also, way back in the '80s, the reason why Apple was able to sell so many Postscript laserprinters, even to Wintel shops, is because they were basically the only ones on the market with a Postscript printer (and there was no problem meeting demand).
In the '80s "they were basically the only ones on the market with a Postscript printer". This isn't even close to true.
If the Cinema Display were available to the Wintel side, the product would sell on the merits of its quality.
Personally, I think we'll be getting closer to a 21st century display when someone (Apple, one hopes) comes up with making a flat screen display with no border. - so the desktop appears to be floating in space. :-)
check out the black sony 15" lcd panel if you get the chance. it's the closest thing to borderless i've ever seen. and it's razor thin.
if they made a 19" version, or heck even a 17" version, i'd take a 2nd mortgage to figure out how to get one ;-).
lousy article. I've been working with a Cinema Display for some months now and am not happy with it. Sure, the desktop is enormous and it's easy on the eyes...but the display has BURNED IN. Some of the applications I use frequently constantly show on the desktop, with 'opacity' set to 2%. Anyone else experiencing this?
Tim
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While this is all well and good, it is MEANINGLESS as long as eveyone is completely locked into a buying a new machine in order to USE this display. I was all set to take the plunge when they decided to lock me out from buying it. And lock everyone who might have an interest, but who don't need a new machine.
PLUS, most of you won't remember, but way back when, the wormy fruit sold a LOT of PostScript LaserWriters into the wintel market. Now they don't do printers at all, but think about the philosophy. Make the product accessible to a wider range of people and gues what? You have the potential for more sales. Severely restrict who can buy, and guess what? Less sales than you COULD have had.