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(55 customer reviews) 235 of 262 people found the following review helpful
Don't attempt to rationalize - Trust your instincts,
November 29, 2007 Brian Seeve - See all my reviews
This review is from: Apple Cinema 30-inch HD Flat-Panel Display M9179LL/A (OLD VERSION) (Electronics)
In all likelihood, you are reading this review with two separate goals in mind. First, you want to make sure that nothing is horribly wrong with the lyrically-beautiful, breathtakingly-enormous 30-inch Cinema Display. After all, it is only natural to worry that its intoxicating attractiveness is counterpoised by some hidden, yet devastating, flaw. Well, you can breathe a sigh of relief: it is flawless. Indeed, it represents the very essence of perfection in both function and form.
Second, you are reading this review in a desperate attempt to find some way to justify the purchase of a 30-inch Cinema Display. Perhaps you need to justify it to your thrifty spouse, and are trying to find a reasonable answer to that inevitable question, "but why do you NEED a 30-inch monitor?" Or perhaps you must justify the purchase to an emotionless manager, who is unable to appreciate the aesthetic beauty of this gargantuan monitor. Fortunately, previous reviewers have outlined a number of...Read more
52 of 56 people found the following review helpful
Apple Cinema 30" HD Flat-Panel Display,
January 12, 2006 Victor Bono - See all my reviews
This review is from: Apple Cinema 30-inch HD Flat-Panel Display M9179LL/A (OLD VERSION) (Electronics)
This screen is great.
Upgraded from a 23" and the increase in realestate is awesome.
You can play games with crystal clarity; have so many pages up and read them clearly.
You will need a graphics card that supports Dual-link DVI, not a card that says dual DVI.
I installed the GeForce 7800 GT on my PC and it works flawlessly!
The Quadro cards are great, but big $$$.
The 7800GT can be had for under $300!
Here's a list of cards for PC and Apple:
NVIDIA Geforce 6800Ultra DDL AGP for Powermac G5
NVIDIA Geforce 6800GT DDL AGP for Powermac G5
NVIDIA Geforce 6600 PCI Express for Powermac G5(PCI Express)
NVIDIA Geforce 7800GT PCI Express for Powermac G5(PCI Express)
NVIDIA QuadroFX 4500 PCI Express for Powermac G5(PCI Express)
For the PC Windows platform, the following graphic cards support the Apple 30" Cinema Display:
NVIDIA QuadroFX...Read more
69 of 77 people found the following review helpful
It takes a little getting used to...,
November 10, 2004 Mark Bessey (San Jose, CA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Apple Cinema 30-inch HD Flat-Panel Display M9179LL/A (OLD VERSION) (Electronics)
I've had mine for a few weeks now, and it's a great monitor. It's just amazing to be able to open up 100+ thumbnails on the screen at once, and still be able to see what each one is. Games look fantastic on it , though not all support the native resolution. The dual firewire and USB ports on the monitor are very handy, too.
There are a few quirks, due to the sheer size of the thing:
It *just barely* fits under the overhead storage hutch on my computer desk. Measure carefully before you buy any furniture that you intend to put one of these displays on.
Neck strain is a definite possibility if your chair and/or desk don't adjust far enough. The top of this monitor is a lot higher than the typical 20 inch or so monitor, and the stand is pretty tall, too.
It's possible to "lose" things off towards the sides of the screen. While the (relatively low) pixel pitch means that a dialog box is the same size as it would be on a smaller Apple monitor, it...Read more
