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2.0 stars
"What's the Point?"
Pros: -Looks very good
-Good idea to have easy access to laptop
-ThinCons: -Only Works with New Macbooks
Summary: I think it's a decent idea for apple to do something like this, but restricting it to only the new macbooks is ridiculous. They're shooting themselves in the foot because only people that have new macbooks and another $800 to plop down for this will buy it. It would also be great if they allowed people to connect this to mac pros, mac minis or even windows PCs, but they can't. Anyone with $100 can connect a laptop to a monitor, and although i think it's a good idea for apple to make it this easy, few people will have the opportunity or the money to do this.
-Doesn't work with desktops.
-Expensive
- 6 replies to this review
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I don't think anyone who doesn't own this display should be allowed to review. All they offer are opinions not based upon experience or fact. This is a great display if you own a Macbook or Macbook Pro as I do. I think the Cnet reviewer should have given the display at least 4 stars, that he should not have subtracted any points from the rating based on its narrow compatibility with new apple macbooks. The display is designed to work with new macbooks and shouldn't be judged by its lack of compatibility with other machines.
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The above review, as many others, is inappropriate because in essence, the reviewers are giving low star ratings based on Apple's decision to make this a Macbook only display. Clearly these people do not even own the display and therefore should not be writing reviews. People come to CNET for product reviews, not for reviews of company policies.
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Obviously, the point is, it is an expensive but great docking station for the new macbook (pro). If you don't own a one, move on.
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Don't you know by now that no one would ever dream of using an Apple product in any way not already dictated by Steve Jobs and the rest of Apple??? Why would anyone dream of using a monitor like this unless they had one of the new MacBooks? And they made fun of Vista for drivers issues...what's Apple's solution? Just cut off older hardware entirely.
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Another issue that seems to be absent from any of these posts is that the new Macbooks lack Blu-Ray support. So, movies are limited to either DVD or digital copies which don't have 1080p resolutions and we end up not taking full advantage of this display's high resolution. I'm not sure if anyone else sees this as an issue. Let me know.
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I really would like to tell you that mini-display is a new advanced technology that apple adopted for future use. They pulled an "apple" and moved on to a new technology. No they probably don't care that the older macs don't work with this, but since this is a royalty free technology anyone can use it. That means that means that PC's could use it when the needed adapters are made. Though i don't know why that would matter because apple specifically said its the missing piece for the Macbook to finish making it a desktop replacement. Its also an expensive monitor because even if you take the dell 2408WFP it starts at 689 with no speakers or usb hub built in. Add 75$ to the price for a 2.1 speaker system and you aren't that far off of the Price of the Cinema Display. There for even though it has less connectivity with the just beginning of a new Mini-Display Port technology, i believe that you left out these important aspects of the monitor in your review.
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Apple LED Cinema Display (24-inch):
$873.64 - $906.08
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