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View Full Version : Spotlight Turns to Notebooks Part 4: The 24" Cinema Display


Vincent Ferrari
10-15-2008, 09:00 AM
<div class='os_post_top_link'><a href='http://www.apple.com/displays/' target='_blank'>http://www.apple.com/displays/</a><br /><br /></div><p><em>"The first display made precisely for a MacBook.&nbsp; Introducing the 24-inch LED Cinema Display. It doesn't just expand the screen of your new MacBook, MacBook Pro, or MacBook Air. With a built-in iSight camera, mic, and speakers, it expands your whole experience."</em></p><p><img src="http://images.thoughtsmedia.com/resizer/thumbs/size/600/dht/auto/1224027394.usr18053.jpg" /></p><p>The final item Apple discussed at their big announcement event was a new LED-backlit Cinema Display.&nbsp; For the first time ever, Apple has designed a display specifically for their notebook line.&nbsp; The new 24" model has connectors for the Mini DisplayPort, Magsafe power adapter, and USB port (to connect the camera on the top bezel and the 3-port USB hub inside).&nbsp; While Apple has caught a lot of grief over recent years for not having a proper docking station for their laptops, this does seem like an interesting compromise.&nbsp; The new Cinema Display has a resolution of 1920 x 1200 and will be available in November for $899.</p>

Macguy59
10-15-2008, 10:47 PM
Sexy looking but limited to the new 'Books (for now) and overpriced.

Vincent Ferrari
10-16-2008, 02:19 AM
It's definitely a bit overpriced, but when you think about it, it's a 24" monitor (and Apple makes some of the best displays I've ever seen) and a faux docking station with a web cam all wrapped into one.

Overpriced? Sure, but it's way more than just a monitor.

Also, there's nothing to say that if you had a DisplayPort adapter (DisplayPort is a standard, not an Apple creation) you couldn't run this monitor attached to another device other than a 'Book.