Comments on: Cinema Display Upgrade

By: Mackie

Mackie — Fri, 25 Aug 2006 16:43:57 +0000

The 20″ Cinema Display actually has more pixels than the 22″, as mentioned above. It seems really weird that you bought it and didn’t notice this (I mean, even if you don’t look at the specs, it’s clearly noticeable if you put them side by side).

Nice blog btw.

By: Paul

Paul — Sat, 25 Feb 2006 16:27:22 +0000

wow, what a useful website, am thinking about buying a new 23″ apple screen, but cant work out in my mind if i will be happy with the plastic cheaper looking dell, even though its basically the same insides ! .. being on a tight buget i cant see being able to afford the new apple 23″ one for a long while, although it would be so useful right now, and for the future. Does anyone think that it would be a better idea to buy the old apple screen on ebay, rather than buy the new dell ?

By: Melvin - All Forces

Melvin - All Forces — Thu, 24 Nov 2005 20:44:11 +0000

i would definetly wait for the new laptops that will be hopefully announced in january at MacWorld.

By: gfisch

gfisch — Thu, 24 Nov 2005 20:20:47 +0000

well - VERY intersting blog I found searching for “old cinema dispay” in google. Actually I was just comparing screen resolution between new PowerBooks (my) old 22″ 1G Cinema Display vs. new CDs from Apple.

Because I use Timbuktu to control my G5 with 22″ from the living room (on a 12″ PB) i was thining what new PowerBook would fit best to which Cinema Display (for Timbuktu experience). Well - the 17″ PB would fit best to the 21″ CD. Both have 1680×1050.

Theres my point. Now compare 22″ to the new 21″ and 17″ all with about the same resolution. I mean - isn’t the real cool thing about the 22″ the huge pixels and the easy read? You can lean back and still work on it. Where you have to get real close to work on a 17″ PB.

So - should I not just keep my 22″ for the time beeing and NOT upgrade?
By a 17″ PowerBook instead (and keep the 12″ because I love the form factor).

Or should I just buy nothing right now. Wait for the new Intel stuff…

greetings

gfisch

By: Ben

Ben — Wed, 17 Aug 2005 02:32:34 +0000

I also switched from the old cinema HD to the new style, but I stuck with the large size because I do a lot of two page layouts for books and find that I always use all the space available.

Q: I noticed that you’re powerbook lid is closed in your shots. Do you always use it that way? and do you run into any cooling problems?

Someone else suggested that you buy a Tactile Pro keyboard. FYI: I tried one and killed it in less than two months. Also, I was unable to type Shift-Command-Right arrow to cycle through tabs in safari using the right side of the keyboard… it worked using the shift and command keys from the left side though, but that made it a less comfortable one handed shortcut (the shift and command keys on the right side worked fine individually… just not with the right arrow key combo).