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Terrific review. A worthy read, if only to compare it to shoddy reviews of any product.

Nice one! If only it had a computer inside it that you could override when connecting a laptop.

Dec 08, 08 - 11:52 am Comment from: ron

"Nice one! If only it had a computer inside it that you could override when connecting a laptop."

It's called an iMac.

I am a fan of AppleInsider. I appreciate their 'stick to the fact' style of things, a lot, and I enjoyed this article yesterday as well. MDN chose to spin only the positives from the report, while the article was more even handed and offered up quite a few valid negative aspects as well. Matter of fact, if memory serves me right, Apple Cinema Display received just 3.5 stars out of 5.

Anyway, the deal breaker for me is: there is no dedicated power off button. From the article, it appears, you plug in your device to the Apple Display and the display turns on automatically. Then, in order to turn it off, your only option is to either turn off or unplug the device. Sometimes, I like to download files all night, and would prefer to just turn off the monitor. I could dim the MBP, but not sure that's even possible for my Apple TV. I realise though, currently there are not dongles to connect the AppTV to this current crop of Apple Display. Maybe Apple TV is never meant to be connected to the Cinema Displays. Anyway, this is no firewire issue (although none are available now on this either, hahahah), but still, no physical power off button is off putting for me. Not all buttons are evil, Mr. Jobs.

@krquet as someone noted in the comments section at AI, try this ctrl + shift + esc, turns off the monitor without putting the computer to sleep.

Dec 08, 08 - 12:12 pm Comment from: pastrychef

I wish they updated the 30" model (with dual link DVI)... I'd love to have a 30" version of that monitor!

@ibookfast:
Thank you for that. I read the article yesterday and didn't come across that particular comment. Either way, would that key combination also work on non-computer devices? Even Apple issued ones?

Won't EVER buy a glossy screen.

Just bought 4 previous version MacBook Pros. A steal at $1449.00 each and NO GLOSSY screens.

Boo... no firewire... again. Very sad, and microsoft-like. 1 less advantage removed that drives customers (like me) to look elsewhere for a display for significantly less cost.

@ krquet, not sure.

Now if only they would show up for sale. I put my order in with Expercom.com on the 22nd of November A MONTH AFTER THEY WERE ANNOUNCED and still no word. Lame.

Dec 08, 08 - 03:35 pm Comment from: Brau

"certain professionals or especially demanding home users simply won't want the display at all due to the gloss"

Add me to that list. Unless Apple offers a color correct matte display with a wide reflection-less viewing angle, my next purchase will be a third party display that does.

Btw, it's CTRL-SHIFT-EJECT to turn the monitors off, not ctrl-shift-esc.

And of course, certain professionals or especially demanding home users simply won't want the display at all due to the gloss. Again, it's not terrible, but to exclude a significant portion of Apple's bread-and-butter pro market from considering an ideally-sized display is effectively throwing money away. Even if a future 30-inch display goes with a matte cover, those prospective buyers aren't likely to be upsold to the bigger offering -- they'll buy elsewhere instead," Malley reports

My thoughts exactly, fsck glossy displays

I'm at an Apple store, and your correct.... thanks Daniel...