Apple Cuts Prices On Cinema Displays

[Kent Pribbernow]

http://www.apple.com/displays/

Apple is reducing prices on its line of professional Cinema displays. Prices on the 20" and 30" models have been slashed to $999 and $2,999, respectively. While the 23" has been reduced to $1,799. The 20" model is clearly the best deal of the bunch, especially since you can use it with PCs as well as a Mac. I plan on getting one for myself this year. 8)

[Kent Pribbernow]

http://www.apple.com/displays/

Apple is reducing prices on its line of professional Cinema displays. Prices on the 20" and 30" models have been slashed to $999 and $2,999, respectively. While the 23" has been reduced to $1,799. The 20" model is clearly the best deal of the bunch, especially since you can use it with PCs as well as a Mac. I plan on getting one for myself this year. 8)

[bdegroodt]

Hmm. I do love all things Apple (guilty!), but I really have a hard time trying to justify the cost difference between these and say Dell or Samsung's monitors. Where's the $500 difference (20")? Other than the obvious, "It's Apple..."

Maybe they have to charge more due to the damage to their display inventory from me drooling in their stores. ops:

[Zack Mahdavi]

Originally Posted by bdegroodt

Hmm. I do love all things Apple (guilty!), but I really have a hard time trying to justify the cost difference between these and say Dell or Samsung's monitors. Where's the $500 difference (20")? Other than the obvious, "It's Apple..."

Is the 20" Dell for $500 offered in a "wide" version? I could have sworn the 20" widescreen Dell LCD was being sold for $799. Maybe I'm wrong.

I agree with you though. Apple LCD prices are very expensive. I bought a 17" Apple Studio Display about 3 years ago for around $700, which at the time was a good price for a 17" display. I've been wanting a bigger monitor, but I just can't justify the cost of trading in my 17" LCD for one of the bigger Apple LCD displays. In fact, I'm thinking about buying a cheap 17" Dell LCD when the price drops to $150 after discounts. The dual-monitor setup would give me 2560 x 1024 resolution at a fraction of the cost.

[bdegroodt]

Originally Posted by Zack Mahdavi

Is the 20" Dell for $500 offered in a "wide" version? I could have sworn the 20" widescreen Dell LCD was being sold for $799. Maybe I'm wrong.

I agree with you though. Apple LCD prices are very expensive. I bought a 17" Apple Studio Display about 3 years ago for around $700, which at the time was a good price for a 17" display. I've been wanting a bigger monitor, but I just can't justify the cost of trading in my 17" LCD for one of the bigger Apple LCD displays. In fact, I'm thinking about buying a cheap 17" Dell LCD when the price drops to $150 after discounts. The dual-monitor setup would give me 2560 x 1024 resolution at a fraction of the cost.

Yeah. You can find it "on sale" for about mid-$500 with coupons. I think list is closer to the $799. From what I keep hearing the Dell LCDs are very nice monitors.

[edbott]

I have one of the Dell 20" wide-screens. Bought it on sale for $530 or so. The resolution is identical to the 20" Apple Cinema, and the display is absolutely gorgeous.

[klinux]

For the price of Apple's displays, I would get two Dell LCDs (consistently highly rated in the PC world) and set it up as a dual screen.

Once you go wide, you can never go back! (I own at 17" iMac G5 among other PCs.)

[Lee Yuan Sheng]

I'm sure Dell doesn't make their own monitors.. and neither do Apple. Maybe they have the same OEM? =P