New Cinema Displays...

Tue, 10/14/2008 - 11:34am — Seth Weintraub

Are these only for use with MacBooks? Certainly there can be some for not new MacBook customers...

Also that connector array is starting to resemble a dock...

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All a bit frustrating...

Tue, 10/14/2008 - 12:11pm — 9to5Mac Poob (not verified)

no blueray in the new macbooks, no full HD Resolution for the 15" MBP, The 24" still has 1920 resolution but i like the new cable solution.

I'll pass

Tue, 10/14/2008 - 12:22pm — 9to5Mac Noob (not verified)

$900 for a 24 in monitor? I think I'll pass

It's not just any monitor.

Tue, 10/14/2008 - 3:10pm — 9to5Mac Noob (not verified)

It's not just any monitor. It's an LED monitor with a laptop dock built in. How much are those other 24 inch LED monitors selling for? Hmmmm?

You're right. It's a great

Tue, 10/14/2008 - 3:12pm — 9to5Mac Noob (not verified)

You're right. It's a great deal on a quality product. Don't forget the iSight camera and the speakers, too.

I'm sure that this can be

Tue, 10/14/2008 - 12:49pm — 9to5Mac Noob (not verified)

I'm sure that this can be used as a dual monitor on an iMac too.

I just talked to someone from

Tue, 10/14/2008 - 12:49pm — 9to5Mac Noob (not verified)

I just talked to someone from apple online and they said the display would work with my powerbook and mac mini with an adaptor

That's a lie. These employees

Tue, 10/14/2008 - 1:25pm — quanji (not verified)

That's a lie. These employees really do not know what they're talking about.

"Compatible with MacBook, MacBook Air, and MacBook Pro systems with Mini DisplayPort."

see, you my friend, are

Tue, 10/14/2008 - 5:40pm — 9to5Mac Noob (not verified)

see, you my friend, are unaware of adapters. they are these handy little things that turn one type of connector into another and make them available to other products that don't have the same port configuration. think before you speak. please.

not to mention its IN THE

Tue, 10/14/2008 - 8:53pm — 9to5Mac Noob (not verified)

not to mention its IN THE TEXT!

they wouldnt make something like this not backward compatible in some way.

The broken upgrade is getting

Tue, 10/14/2008 - 12:50pm — 9to5Mac Noob (not verified)

The broken upgrade is getting a little weird. It's really odd for Apple to have so many lines broken between different styles/generations. I'm sure it's not cheap for them, though, so I assume/hope it won't last past January.

I honestly thik that it's a

Tue, 10/14/2008 - 1:13pm — 9to5Mac Noob (not verified)

I honestly thik that it's a waste of money unless you really need it, what traveling business person is going to get one of these? what is it's market geared towards?

some one that travels is the

Tue, 10/14/2008 - 11:34pm — 9to5Mac Noob (not verified)

some one that travels is the target, personal my MBP is the on computer I have so when its at home and on my desk so I can run Dual displays, but I usually take it with me when I go to class in the morning, it would be nice to be able to have all the cords right there. So I could plug in or unplug 3 (four including the speakers) instead of having to get out my charger plug it into the wall to my mac, the display, my iphone dock, my tablet, and my storage drive.

I am just not happy with them killing off the firewire 400 and no Pro updates :(

only*

Tue, 10/14/2008 - 11:35pm — 9to5Mac Noob (not verified)

only*

DVI and VGA cable... no more in the box?

Tue, 10/14/2008 - 1:26pm — gpsite (not verified)

WTF!!!! I Have now to spend add 29$ for something mandatory in the business world??????? WTF!!!!

Ok. Now I REALLY think that a

Tue, 10/14/2008 - 1:48pm — 9to5Mac Noob (not verified)

Ok.

Now I REALLY think that a tablet computer is coming out...with a display port as well to connect to this monitor.

give it up

Tue, 10/14/2008 - 5:01pm — 9to5Mac Noob (not verified)

man, are you guys stubborn! this is straight from engadget's live feed, ok?

Q: You've put a lot of work into the new touchpad, do touchscreens not make sense?
A: Steve: so far it hasn't made a lot of sense to us.

can it be any clearer? give it a rest, ok? you can start annoying us again in, say, 12 months.

Nice, it's a pitty they are

Tue, 10/14/2008 - 4:01pm — Jared (not verified)

Nice, it's a pitty they are just for laptops. I would love to have 2 of these babies on my Mac Pro. I think we will see these bought over to their other cinema display soon.

Jobs did say more than once

Tue, 10/14/2008 - 5:22pm — Ethan (not verified)

Jobs did say more than once that the Mini-Display Port was an industry standard that was coming to ALL of the products Apple offers. The next Mac Pro revision will include it either in place of (with adapters) or alongside DVI.

the target audience

Tue, 10/14/2008 - 5:00pm — 9to5Mac Noob (not verified)

i think i may fall into the target audience.

i'm a young professional and i try hard to live below my means. i cut corners where i can. i do things for free whenever possible. i haven't had cable for quite a while now, and i do almost 100% of my "tv" watching on the computer- downloading and streaming shows/movies whatever. actually, just this morning i bought a 22" samsung monitor to hook up to my macbook. the challenge now is speakers. it would be nice to have a monitor that can provide audio and power as well as video, at a high resolution (not like using a LCD TV) and lower price for the size.

i think more and more people are using their computers for their entertainment centers. and more and more people are only using a laptop.

i personally am not ready to shell out $900 for an LED display. I bought an LCD monitor for 199 today. i'll use separate speakers, but this is a nice product.